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Never mind, I thought I remembered you saying it was a Dell at some point.... my memory is terrible these days!

danpaul88 wrote:that's what you get for buying a Dell

???dell does the emachines com??

Interesting, there is no mention of an AGP slot on your motherboard. The chipset supports it though, I guess Dell decided that you should pay them more money for a machine that supports decent graphics... that's what you get for buying a Dell


Well, as far as PCI graphics cards go, your options are extremely limited and, to be honest, you probably wouldn't see much improvement over the onboard graphics anyway, if you see any at all. If you still want to go down that route, try one of these;

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/121534 (It's the only one I could actually find that's PCI!)

If you prefer not to order online, you best bet is a smaller PC specialist shop, you won't find PCI cards in any of the major outlets anymore, they are too old.

danpaul88 wrote:You need to scroll down a bit, the Slots Information part I wanted to see is off the bottom of the window!


Anyway, based on the chipset your motherboard has (Intel i845G) your machine should have a 4x AGP slot which you can use for a graphics card, which is far superior to any PCI graphics card (but not as good as PCIe). Looking further down that information screen should confirm that.

i copyed and pasted the whole thing before the pic post

On-Board Device Information :
Device : Intel GMCH AGP Graphics Controller (Video)
Device : Intel 82562 Ethernet Device (Ethernet)
Device : Intel ICH4 Audio Device (Sound)
Embedded Controller : No

Slots Information :
Slot PCI : Available (32-bit) 3.3v
Slot PCI : Available (32-bit) 3.3v
Slot PCI : In Use (32-bit) 3.3v

External Connectors :
USB : PS/2
Keyboard : PS/2
Serial 16550A Compatible : DB9 female
Parallel ECP/EPP : DB25 male
Serial 16550A Compatible : DB9 female
USB : Access Bus (USB)
USB : Access Bus (USB)
Video : DB-15 male
Network : RJ-45
Audio : Mini-jack (headphones)
Audio : Mini-jack (headphones)
Audio : Mini-jack (headphones)

5 different people just hijacked my topic lol

You need to scroll down a bit, the Slots Information part I wanted to see is off the bottom of the window!


Anyway, based on the chipset your motherboard has (Intel i845G) your machine should have a 4x AGP slot which you can use for a graphics card, which is far superior to any PCI graphics card (but not as good as PCIe). Looking further down that information screen should confirm that.

what is a normal temp for yr com fan??
pcw says it is 38oC-39oC atm



what the other part said

alot of unspecified lol

General Information :
Manufacturer : Unspecified
Product : Unspecified
Version : Unspecified
Serial Number : TGSR41108660
Support MP : Yes, 1 CPU(s)
Version MPS : 1.4

Chassis Information :
Manufacturer : Unspecified
Type : Unspecified
Version : Unspecified
Serial Number : Unspecified
Asset : Unspecified

On-Board Device Information :
Device : Intel GMCH AGP Graphics Controller (Video)
Device : Intel 82562 Ethernet Device (Ethernet)
Device : Intel ICH4 Audio Device (Sound)
Embedded Controller : No

Slots Information :
Slot PCI : Available (32-bit) 3.3v
Slot PCI : Available (32-bit) 3.3v
Slot PCI : In Use (32-bit) 3.3v

External Connectors :
USB : PS/2
Keyboard : PS/2
Serial 16550A Compatible : DB9 female
Parallel ECP/EPP : DB25 male
Serial 16550A Compatible : DB9 female
USB : Access Bus (USB)
USB : Access Bus (USB)
Video : DB-15 male
Network : RJ-45
Audio : Mini-jack (headphones)
Audio : Mini-jack (headphones)
Audio : Mini-jack (headphones)

Internal Connectors :
J1A1 :
J1A1 :
J3A1 :
J4A2 :
J2G1 :
JA5A1 :
JA5A1 :
J4A1 :
JA5A1 :
J6A1 :
J6A1 :
J6A1 :
J5C1 - +12V :
J4H1 - FDD : On Board Floppy
J6H2 - PRI IDE : On Board IDE
J6H1 - SEC IDE : On Board IDE
J6B1 - CDIN : On Board Sound Input from CD-ROM
J7A1 - AUX IN :
J9G1 - FRONT PANEL HDR :
J2F1 - CPU FAN :
J8H2 - FRONT CHASSIS FAN :
J1B1 - REAR CHASSIS FAN :
J9H2 - BIOS CONFIG :
J9F2 - FRONT PANEL USB :
J2H1 - PS :
J8H1 - CH INTR :
J8H2 - PWR LED :

http://www.cpuid.com/pcwizard.php <- download and install this.

Load the program (this could take a while as it sacns your hardware).

Click on the Mainboard icon on the left (their word for motherboard, might be an American term for it...), and then when it loads up click on the name of the motherboard on the right, as shown in this screenshot.

Then copy-paste the text that comes up below that (under information) or take a screenshot of it with the Slots Information category visible and post it here.

how do u find out what slots u have?

is it under device manager?>??

Spoontard wrote:You can get PCI cards from wally world.

were???


live in the uk(i dont buy things online)

You can get PCI cards from wally world.

I added 4 gigs of memory to my asus p4p800 and overclocked the processor (P4.280Ghz) 800Mhz fsb. Video card is a Tul corp. Radion 9200 SE. the lag seems to be generating at the network I'm on.
The memory addition seemed to resolve most of my lag issues until recently. Perhaps I need to defrag the hard drives (7200 rpm).

dont think it

Surely it has an AGP slot at least?

i cant buy a card for mine dont know anywere that sells pci cards(no pci-e slots ~_~) lol

(my com is 8 years old maybe 7)
Manufacturer: eMachines, Inc.
Processor: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.80GHz
Memory: 1526MB RAM
Hard Drive: 80 GB
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Sound Card: Realtek AC97 Audio
Speakers/Headphones:
Keyboard: USB Root Hub
Mouse: USB Root Hub
Mouse Surface:
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)
Motherboard:
Computer Case: