Good Graphics Card

Published on January 13, 2006 By Patriots In Personal Computing

hey all, I'm looking for a better graphics card...any thoughts?

Comments (Page 2)

aimzzz

on Jan 13, 2006

I have a room full of smoldering ruins....

You must have had fun though

NightTrainthedark

on Jan 13, 2006

I have a room full of smoldering ruins

Yet, I do whatever you tell me to do to my PC.

yrag

on Jan 13, 2006

The boys down at the shop don't call me 'The Flamin' Ass' for nothin'..........

Patriots

on Jan 13, 2006

I have a room full of smoldering ruins....

Didnt' the fire department take care of that when they put the fire out

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Corky_O

on Jan 13, 2006

I have PCI slots.

Do you have an 'AGP' slot (usually dark brown in color sitting just above the standard PCI slots and a bit further back from the rear panel)?

Just a question, as some of the manufactured computers leave this slot out when using the onboard graphics controller.

yrag

on Jan 13, 2006

The 845G has an AGP.....think it's a 4X

LittleBearJason

on Jan 13, 2006

Hmmm I looked at my Intel 865 board. It apparently has only 3 PCI slots , but it looks like an AGP connector could of fit there but in this budget desktop board , Gateway removed the AGP port but you can clearly see it on the motherboard where an AGP slot is supposed to go.

kona0197

on Jan 13, 2006

Patriots: that would be the onboard graphics controller on your motherboard. When you do upgrade you will need to go into your device manager and disable the onboard graphics.

Actually you can disable the onboard video most times through BIOS.

I have a bunch of memory laying around if anyone is interested...if ya want I can make a whole list of memory I have..even the "old" 8mg ram

Let me know if you have any DDR 2700 sticks. By the way I would recommend Nvidia.

LittleBearJason

on Jan 14, 2006

On some intel branded motherboards , You have to set the Video to PCI and the frame buffer to 1mb to gain your full amount of ram back from what the built in video controller used originally.

Patriots

on Jan 14, 2006

Let me know if you have any DDR 2700 sticks. By the way I would recommend Nvidia.

Sorry

Those went awhile ago

Patriots

on Jan 14, 2006

To Post #25 I meant to put in the sad smiley face..do forgive me

PoSmedley

on Jan 14, 2006

I have a fairly new PC, that is rather lacking. If anyone has any emeory laying around, these are the specs...

Memory Installed 256 MB (1 X 256)
Maximum allowed 1.0 GB (2 X 512 MB) requires the replacement of the installed 256 MB DIMM
Speed supported PC2700 MB/sec
Type 184 pin, DDR SDRAM
DIMM slots Two
Open DIMM slots One

When you're done laughin', let me know.

Patriots

on Jan 14, 2006

Po' I have a brand new 256mb dimm chip for you, never used. I'll have to check what else I have

PoSmedley

on Jan 14, 2006

You can email me if you want Po-Smedley at sc.rr dot com

Patriots

on Jan 14, 2006

Nope,

Sent it to your profile e-mail account

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