Bigfatgoalie
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Hi all, First time poster here!
I just have a quick querey that i was hoping someone could help me with.
I just recently brought Half Life 2 but apprantly im told my video hardware isnt sufficent to run the game, im only running 32mb on board graphics (not surprised then!)
My computer is a Time, 2700Processor, 512Ram with a 120Gb hard disk, it does have an AGP slot but this is the problem!
Im not sure what type of card i can buy, obviously i need an AGP one (ive concluded that so far!) but can i jusy buy any AGP card? So far i know my slot supprts up to 8x but the nature of the slot is concerning me. It is just one long slot but most of the cards i have seen on websites and in shops all have like 2 or 3 sections of pins with deviders, will these fit in my slot? I believe that my slot is 'AGP Universal' does that sound right!? and will it therefor take such cards as ive seen in the shops and on websites!?
Also my slot is 32bit BUS width, are there any compability issues here or are all AGP cards 32bit width?! Also are there an issues with the speed of the cards/slot AGP clock, or again is that an irrelevant issue! Like for instance the ABIT RADEON R9250-128-ADT graphics card says it has a 240 mhz Clock speed and a 64-bit DDR memory interface, so is this the same 32bit thing that i was worried about and therefor does this make the card incompatible? and again the 240 mhz speed is that a problem? like for instance is it possible that my motherboard will only support up to 200mhz cards?? i have no idea if thats right but is it possible?
Basically im thinking that i need not worry about the above and i can just buy a regular 8x AGP card and it SHOULD work! does that sound right!? My Mother board is a FIC k7M-400 and the ID is 07/08/2003-KM400-8235-6A6LYF0EC-00 and my front side Bus is 64bit width with a 167mhz real clock (333 effeftive) if thats any help!!!!!
Any help would be greatly appreciated! and also can anyone recommend a card!? im not into gaming in a massive way im just after something basic to run HL2 and maybe some future games.
I was thinkning like a ABIT RADEON R9250-128-ADT, a PNY GEFORCE FX 5200 or a SAPPHIRE RADEON 9200SE 128MB DDR GRAPHICS CARD
all or which are between £30-£50 on PCworld website and was all i was looking for really? does anyone know if they are compatable and any good for running half life 2??
Any help would be much appreciated!
Thanks!
BFG.
I just have a quick querey that i was hoping someone could help me with.
I just recently brought Half Life 2 but apprantly im told my video hardware isnt sufficent to run the game, im only running 32mb on board graphics (not surprised then!)
My computer is a Time, 2700Processor, 512Ram with a 120Gb hard disk, it does have an AGP slot but this is the problem!
Im not sure what type of card i can buy, obviously i need an AGP one (ive concluded that so far!) but can i jusy buy any AGP card? So far i know my slot supprts up to 8x but the nature of the slot is concerning me. It is just one long slot but most of the cards i have seen on websites and in shops all have like 2 or 3 sections of pins with deviders, will these fit in my slot? I believe that my slot is 'AGP Universal' does that sound right!? and will it therefor take such cards as ive seen in the shops and on websites!?
Also my slot is 32bit BUS width, are there any compability issues here or are all AGP cards 32bit width?! Also are there an issues with the speed of the cards/slot AGP clock, or again is that an irrelevant issue! Like for instance the ABIT RADEON R9250-128-ADT graphics card says it has a 240 mhz Clock speed and a 64-bit DDR memory interface, so is this the same 32bit thing that i was worried about and therefor does this make the card incompatible? and again the 240 mhz speed is that a problem? like for instance is it possible that my motherboard will only support up to 200mhz cards?? i have no idea if thats right but is it possible?
Basically im thinking that i need not worry about the above and i can just buy a regular 8x AGP card and it SHOULD work! does that sound right!? My Mother board is a FIC k7M-400 and the ID is 07/08/2003-KM400-8235-6A6LYF0EC-00 and my front side Bus is 64bit width with a 167mhz real clock (333 effeftive) if thats any help!!!!!
Any help would be greatly appreciated! and also can anyone recommend a card!? im not into gaming in a massive way im just after something basic to run HL2 and maybe some future games.
I was thinkning like a ABIT RADEON R9250-128-ADT, a PNY GEFORCE FX 5200 or a SAPPHIRE RADEON 9200SE 128MB DDR GRAPHICS CARD
all or which are between £30-£50 on PCworld website and was all i was looking for really? does anyone know if they are compatable and any good for running half life 2??
Any help would be much appreciated!
Thanks!
BFG.
