[Wutz]

I have a nvidia geforce 6200 le graphics card and its absoultely crap! i cant play any of my games at full detail just about runs on low detail, can someone tell me a good graphics card that would run on my pc i dont know if its agp or pci i hope someone can tell by the one thats installed.

thanks

Wutz

[SocialWarfare]

Download CPU-z here
Click on mainboard it will tell you what type of motherboard you have and then we will be able to determine what kinda graphics card you need

[Wutz]

I dont have access to the internet at home only work, is there any other way i can get the motherboard information im running windows vista

[alex]

Well you could open it up and read the mobo make and model off it.

Or you could tell us the brand name and model of the pc you've purchased and we can probably find it.

What size screen monitor do you have? as this will also have a bearing on it.

budget?

[Wutz]

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[Wutz]

I was thinking of buying ...

PNY Verto GeForce 7 7800GS / AGP 8x 256MB GDDR3 Graphics Card

If it works on my Pc?

Also is it much better than the one i have now ??

[Krlll]

Im still not sure if you have AGP or PCi E graphics slot.
Are you?

[alex]

Haven't forgotten.

Still trying to source the mobo.

[Krlll]

I added GPU-Z to the system info part of downloads section.That will tell you which graphics slot you have.
Thats if it works on your machine its still very new but getting updated regularly.

[Wutz]

Ill download it on Friday and ill be able to tell you on Monday what the motherboard is, all this help is much appreciated!

[Wutz]

Sorry guys forgot to bring in the information but i do remember when i used that program it said PCI - E on it is that the type of graphics card ?

[Wutz]

I dont remember how to edit lol

ATI Radeon X700 256MB Sapphire PCI-E Graphics Card

I was thinking of buynig that card, will it work on my pc, and how much better than the old one, does it matter its ATI and not nvidia ?? as you can tell now i havent a clue about graphics cards!

• 128 or 256MB of DDR memory
• 128-bit memory interface
• 8 parallel pixel pipelines
• PCI Express x16 lane native support / AGP versions also available
• Dual display support
• S-Video TV-out port
• Full support for DirectX® 9.0 and the latest OpenGL® 2.0 functionality
• 3Dc(TM) High quality 4:1 Normal Map Compression delivers beautiful scenes without the performance hit
• Unique VIDEOSHADER HD engine uses programmable pixel shaders to accelerate video processing and provide better-looking visuals
• HYPER Z(TM) HD is optimized for performance at high display resolutions, including widescreen HDTV resolutions

Cheers

[alex]

It could matter as older mobo's, some anyway, required either an Nvidia or ATI card.

Besides, stick with Nvidia for DX9 gaming, better bang for your buck.......and lower noise levels........and lower temps.......and less power requirements........

Budget?

[Wutz]

Budget is up to £150 but i was hoping to get a graphics card that was reduced to that from alot more.

I cant get the details on the motherboard because i formated my pc with a retail windows xp because my backup dvd is unable to read so i downloaded a retail version of xp same edition home. Well i thought i could just use my old cd key which is the sticker on my pc, but no it wont accept it says invalid key so im stuck for now trying to work it out, when i do ill get the details of the motherboard!

[Wutz]

Found out why even know the OS i downloaded is the same as my own original wont work with my cdkey, its because mines a OEM!! what ever that means, obviously i need to download a XP SP2 RETAIL OEM version. Yes ???