[CTS] Re: Video Card Upgrade
- From: cuffy10 <cuffy10@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 16:47:45 -0700
Kim/Dreamspinner3 wrote:
I want to upgrade my video card & have a question. I have a Compaq
Presario model 7110US running Windows XP. The current video card
installed is a 64MB SDR nVIDIA GeForce2 MX with TV-Out AGP graphics
card. I would like to install something with more RAM onboard but I'm
worried about what my PC's old motherboard can support.
I emailed Compaq/HP and was told the following, "The motherboard of
your computer is designed in such a way that the AGP slot on it can
support 4x AGP card only. Therefore, it is recommended not to use
higher than 4x AGP card
for upgrading it." Does this mean that if I buy a video card that
runs at 4x OR 8x I'll have problems?
Where is a good place to buy an older video card that my PC will be
able to support?
Thanks.
Compatibility......
http://www.ertyu.org/~steven_nikkel/agpcompatibility.html
http://www.geeks.com/products.asp?cat=VCD
I've bought a couple cards from Compgeeks for a good price.
A 4X card should run in the neighborhood of $50 for your machine. Look
over their selection and if you see something of interest Google up a
review by searching on the name of the card + review.
You'll be inundated with info.
I'm using a 128MB ATI card in one machine here and it seems to do all
that I want (no gaming). Many people don't like ATI because of drivers
but if you follow their install instructions to the letter I doubt that
you would have any problem.
I'm sure the other guys will have some favorites and Google will turn up
more info than you could possibly read.
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