Getting a video card

[nubian13]

well i need some opinions on getting a video card since i dont know anything
about installing a video card or if i have an AGP or PCI or PCI express or anything
so if anybody can tell me how to check what i have and where to get a good video
card for my PC so that i can play games that will be coming out like -fable 2-batlle field-
or far cry- the point is good games and somthing that doesnt heat up so fast so i can
play for hours

 

[gavinseabrook]

Well, stay away from PCI if you do have AGP or PCI-E. AGP ports on the motherboard are usually brown ports that are pretty thick (about 1/2" wide). PCI-E ports are thin and long (bout 1/4" wide). If it is AGP, I would look into the Lower Radeon HD models. IF it is PCI-E I would go with a Radeon HD 4870. This will be more than enough to play these games. Check out www.tigerdirect.com for video cards. They have displays at the bottom that show you what these ports (AGP PCI PCI-E) look like

 

[MetalX]

Download CPU-Z from HERE and tell us what it says in the "Model" box of the Mainboard tab.

This will allow us to tell you what kind of video card (PCI, AGP, or PCI-E) will fit in your motherboard.

 

[nubian13]

ok ill se what i have be back

* Intel® i430TX, i440LX, i440FX, i440BX/ZX, i810/E, i815/E/EP/EM, i840, i845, i845E, i845G, i850/E, i845PE/GE, E7205, E7500, E7520, i852, i855, i865P/PE/G, i875P, i915P/G, i915PM/GM, i925X/XE, i945P/PL/G/GZ, i945PM/GM/GT, i955X/XE, P965, Q965, G965, GL960/GM965/PM965, i975X, P35, G33, G31, Q35, Q33, X38, X48, P45, X58 ;

VIA® Apollo VP3, Apollo Pro, Apollo Pro +, Apollo Pro 266, KX133, KT133(&A), KT266(&A), KT400(&A), KT600, P4X266(&A), PT880, PT880 Pro, K8T800, K8T890, K8T900, P4M800CE, P4M890, P4M900, CX700/VX700 ;

NVIDIA® nForce, nForce2, nForce3, nForce4, nForce4 SLI Intel Edition, GeForce 6100/6150 (nForce 410/430), nForce 520/550/560/570/590, GeForce 7050/7100/7150, 650i, 680i, 750a/780a, 750i, 780i, 790i ;

ATi® RS350, RS400, RS480/RX480, RS482, RD580/RX580, RS600/RD600, RS690, RS700, RD790 ;

SiS® 645, 645DX, 648, 648FX, 649, 655FX, 655TX, 656, 662, 735, 756, 761GX, 760, 760GX, 755, 755FX, 741, 741GX, 671/FX/DX/MX ;

AMD® AM-751, AM-761, AM-762 (760MP) ;

* Memory Technologies

SDR, DDR, DDR2, FB-DDR2, DDR3, RDRAM (Rambus®) ;
EPP and XMP extended profiles ;


Sorry for the long post but i didint know werer to look these are the chipsets

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

Erm, what exactly are these for? Did you do what MetalX asked?

 

[nubian13]

agp version 3.0 model MS-7255 v2.0

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

You can only use AGP cards. Give us a budget and the specs on your PSU for some recommendations.

 

[nubian13]

my budget would be around 60 bucks and system specs are below

 

[megabomination]

I have an inno 3d 7300GT 512Mb card with 1Gb RAM. This plays FAR CRY with everything turned up at high resolution and costs i beleive around $40 US. Your CPU may let u down?

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

The 7300GT and 7600GS\GT are good choices, although I believe the latter are out of your price range. If you can find them for cheap on eBay though, they're the ones to go for.

 

[nubian13]

actually at newegg.com both are around $40.00 but just arent g-force stuff like zdac and sparkle

whell i got a question while im at it does these to cards have enough shades and able to use direct x and stuff like that to play most of the games out there