hi im currently running windows 7 on a dell dimension 1100 with a Celeron 3.06GHz CPU and 512mb ram soon to be 2GB and need a better graphics card as my current one is a Readon 9200 series and does not support vista or windows 7 as its a old enough card and they never made drivers for it, only problem is i only have pci slots and am not to sure about what one would be the best to get full effects from aero and to be able watch movies in full hd when i get my 24\" monitor at the end of the month, my price range is 50-100 euro if any one can help
regards
d@z
If you'll give us a list of sites you will buy from, or the sites that have stores close to you, we'll better be able to help you.
Also, we need to know what kind of graphics slot you have, whether it's PCI, AGP, or PCI-e.
To check this, use the following program:
GPU-Z Video card GPU Information Utility
Download, and install that, and give us the slot name, located under \"Bus Interface\".
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From the look of that you'd be better off replacing the motherboard and buying a reasonably priced card such as Nvidia 9600 PCIE, should be able to do that for under £100 just, as PCI is obsolete considering even AGP cards are like gold dust these days. Make sure you get a motherboard that supports both your current cpu and ram as their slots have also changed over the years, although to be honest I'd can the lot and get a bundle pack with cpu, ram, video and mobo that will bring it up to date better as you can get cheap but fast parts these days fairly cheap.
thanks for your answers, but no i dont wanna wait, as i use this computer everyday and at the min i cant watch any videos as they are very jumpy due to the card i have, so 50 euro to get it working untill christmas sounds like a good idea, + then i can hand down the computer to my younger cousin once im finished with it (minus the monitor)
am goin a little mental at christmas tho abnd building one that i wont need to upgrade for quite some time, specs below
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bundle for around £530
*OVERCLOCKED* Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz @ 4.00GHz
Gigabyte EX58-UD5 Intel X58 Motherboard
Patriot Viper 6GB DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz DDR3
Titan TTC-NK85TZ Fenrir CPU Cooler
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)
*OVERCLOCKED* Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz @ 4.00GHz / Gigabyte EX58-UD5 Intel X58 Motherboard / Patriot Viper 6GB DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz DDR3 Bundle + World in Conflict Game
should defo keep me happy
Yeah,,, I should have clarified that the 8600GTS is for the old system.
GTX 260 or maybe newer for the new system,, I have not researched new video cards in a while.
I will want one too bad if I do that. So I stay ignorant on that.