Guide to video card upgrades/questions

Hi Rage_3K_Moiz.

To convert my .bmp images/screenprints of the CPU-Z program showing my system's technical info to .jpeg format, which program could I use? I've downloaded IrfanView 4 and I can't see anywhere in the program's Help file anything under convert/conversion. Is it possible with that program? Thanks again.

I beg you pardon, but I didn't realise that all you needed to do was Save As - .jpeg in MS Paint. Easily done. I'll be adding the screenprints to my thread now.

1. Motherboard - D865PERL
2. Graphic interface - AGP 8x
3. Memory - DDR 2x512MB + DDR 1GB Kingston
4. CPU - Intel PIV Prescott
5. CPU Speed - 2800Mhz HT
6. Power Supply Make/Model - LivStar
7. Watt output/Amperage - P4-400W 20+4Pin +12V-12A

My Graphic Card = BFG GeForce 7800 GS/OC 256MB GDDR3 AGP 8x Specs Here

Problem (Posted it b4 no replies)
With the mentioned PSU the PC Keeps restarting after power failure although I have a 150$ 1200W PCE/Pro UPS ... What Could be the problem ?

10x for the thread

Your PSU is a crap brand that is probably dying or not enough for your card, since it has a +12V rail that supplies only 12A, which is hardly enough. Tell me a budget and your location and I'll give you a recommendation on a new PSU.

Well I live in Beirut - Lebanon, And we might not have many brands like u do...I suspect we only have crap brands ... my old PSU was a Mercury 300W +12V/10A .... so be my guest and tell me what i can buy ... Plus Getting a 600W tell me what Amperage It should be b4 buying it for 50$ ... 10x

Tell me if you can order online and give me a budget too. I'll provide recommendations based on that information.

Nope sorry cant order online for the lack of online security here in Lebanon .. So I went to a shop ordered 1 from their stock but 1st I wanna know the Amperage that the PSU should have b4 I pay him 50$ for it ... He got it for me ... but still didn't buy it .. PLZ I'm going to the shop tomorrow plz reply b4 then ... as I'm desperate ... He told me it's a 600W REAL if this means anything to u plz enlighten me

Ok ... I got a Diamond PSU 600W +12V/34A is that any good plz reply ASAP !!!!!

PSU Specs

Ch33rs
The.Freak

Yeah that should be more than enough for your needs.

10x Bro .... I love dis forum .. The easyiest to understand ... What I learn here helps me in my forums ....

Ch33rs
The.Freak

Upgrading

HI, I TRIED TO UPGRADE MY GRAPHICS CARD BUT GOT THE WRONG ONE, I THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE A STANDARD SIZE, WHAT A PLONKER.I'VE JUST DONE THE CPU-Z THINGY AND MY INFO IS;
MOTHERBOARD= DELL MODEL 0F4491
GRAPHICS INTERFACE AGP VERSION 3.0, TRANSFER RATE 8X
MEMORY TYPE DDR, SIZE 1024
CPU INTEL PENTIUM 4 CPU 3.20GHz
DELL DIMENSIONS 4600
WATTAGE 250W VOLTAGE 100 TO 120V AT 60Hz, 200 TO 240V AT 50Hz.
Is there a graphics card i could upgrade to? I live in the UK.If you could help me it would be great, Many thanks.

Hi mingmong and Welcome to Techspot!
First of all, what are you going to use your PC for? Next, do you have a budget in mind and are you willing to buy what you need online? And last, to get any new decent video card to work in your computer, you're going to have to upgrade your power supply first. So as I said, get back to me with the info and I'll help you to the best of my abilities.

Hi i use my PC for all kinds of stuff, i just thought my PC was about 4 years old and needed an upgrade, i got "Ages of Empire", and it wouldn't play properly on my PC. I did buy a card for about £50 but had to send it back because i got the wrong one. H ow can i upgrade the power supply? Thanks.

As I stated before, are you going to game a lot on your PC i.e. are you only going to play Age of Empires or newer and upcoming games like FEAR and Crysis as well? Also, get me the info on your power supply ASAP. Upgrading a PSU (Power Supply Unit) only involves disconnecting the current one from everything, removing it from the case, putting a new one in and reconnecting everything to the new one. You have to be careful while reconnecting everything though, since one wrong connection can kill your PSU and\or your PC. In addition, you've got to give me a budget range so I can recommend something for you.

Hi, I do intend to play games such as Fear, and my price range is anything up to £75. I bought the last card from ebuyer on-line. Are PSU expensive? Thanks.

A good-quality PSU will cost you around £30 while a decent graphics card will set you back about £50-60. Add in the fact that you'll have to buy this since your PSU is a wired differently by Dell and you'll be spending more on the lines of £100. Let me know if you're okay with that or not and I'll recommend parts accordingly.

Need a new PSU/ Video card...NEED HELP!!!

I'm looking online for a video card and I think I am going to get PCI-e card but at the same time I need a new power supply, I saw one that said it has PCI-e conectors...do I need those for a PCI-e card???

Yes for most of the PCI-E cards you get today, you'd need some way of giving the card extra power it doesn't get via the PCI Express slot. This is usually a 6-pin PCI Express power connector on new PSUs. If your PSU doesn't have any, you can use something like this.

psu/PCI-e

so if I got a power supply with a PCI-e connector it would just plug straight in the the PCi-e slot regardless if there is a video card in it or not?

LOL no the video card will have a slot for the power connector. The PCI Express already provides power but for higher-end GPUs, that power is not enough so a direct connection is needed to the power supply, which is provided by the 6-pin connector(s).

got it...thx for treating my ridiculous question with repsect! lol

Problem with updating drivers...

is there any way I can check the latest drivers installed on my computer?