Graphics Card

[Majid123]

kk ty

[fl00d3d]

If you're going to invest in hardware so you can play larger games of C&C:Renegade your priorities are out of wack.

[TsuScorpio]

lol

[TsuScorpio]

does overclocking help with performance?

[Effigy]

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).

[sinestro]

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:

[danpaul88]

Surely it has an AGP slot at least?

[sinestro]

dont think it

[Effigy]

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).

[Spoontard]

You can get PCI cards from wally world.

[sinestro]

how do u find out what slots u have?

is it under device manager?>??

You can get PCI cards from wally world.

were???


live in the uk(i dont buy things online)

[danpaul88]

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.

pcwiz.jpg (117.29 KiB) Viewed 2177 times

[sinestro]

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 :

[sinestro]

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



what the other part said

[danpaul88]

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.