Re: about PCI video cards...

Hey!
Seriously!
You want your AGP sized predicament to resolve, Get An AGP slotted MB
(at least 4x or pci-e)!
If your stuck with a 33 mhz pci slot only, get out of the early 90's
and upgrade. I learned the expensive way to ignore the sales babble.
Motherboards now are hanging on to a longevity (time before upgrade)
*if* you get at least 4x agp and ddr and other things I dont need to
mention. Hell, I'd still be running a 900 Athlon if it could handle the fast
ram and agp out now!
Dont fall into the abyss of a pc's contentment, Rip it apart! throw
things in the ocean! Build Build! Build!

"John Doe" <jdoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> I see somebody mentioned the geforce 4400mx to you. That would be a good
>> card for you, although finding them in pci is going to be very hard.
>> Newegg
>> is out and has only AGP, as do alot of other sites I looked at. But here
>> is
>> one for $40. It is the only one they got. The other 25 or so cards they
>> have
>> are AGP.
>>
>> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/search.asp?page=2&keywords=GeForce%20MX%204000
>>
>>
>> "Bill D." <b.dechat canada.com> wrote in message
>> news:vRwtf.2742$Yk2.413171 news20.bellglobal.com...
>>> franciz3 gmail.com wrote:
>>>> ok... im not sure if i am on the right newsgroup but i am going to ask
>>>> my question anyway...
>>>>
>>>> well.. i am thinking of buying a new pci video card either online or
>>>> any nearest electronic stores (most likely online for cheaper prices)
>>>> because i have a built in graphic card and i dont have a video card
>>>> slot on my motherboard (AGP slot i think is what you guys call it). I
>>>> want to upgrade it because i play world of warcraft and the game isnt
>>>> smoth as its supposed to be. The frames kinda skips everytime i run
>>>> around in the game... plus if im on a major area with bunch of players
>>>> in it, it definitely skips big time.. It's still good tho... it's
>>>> playable.. ive actually been playing this game on this computer for
>>>> 3..4.. months now... I'm tired of going to my friends house to play
>>>> world of warcraft for smoothier gameplay, so i decided to upgrade my
>>>> video card which hopefully solve my problem. Since i dont have a video
>>>> card slot in my motherboard... the only video card upgrade i can think
>>>> of is PCI video cards.... I am planning to buy a 256mb pci video card
>>>> (not sure of the brand yet). But are they worth buying? will it make
>>>> my world of warcraft gameplay smooth? If i do buy it, what happens to
>>>> my built in video card? will it add up the MB of the old one to the new
>>>> one?? am i gonna hav to disable the old one? ......... is there a way
>>>> to make my old graphic card faster than before???
>>>>
>>>> My computer Info:
>>>>
>>>> OS: Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2
>>>> Built-in graphic card: Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV graphic card (64
>>>> mb)
>>>> DDR RAM = 256mb + 512mb
>>>> Computer: HP Pavilion a305w (i know it sux)
>>>> Processor: Intel Celeron 2.70 ghz
>>>> Motherboard: ( i dont know how to check sorry )
>>>>
>>>> please reply and help... need info before i buy it. thanks in advance
>>>> :-D
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Your computer uses the 'Asus P4G533-LA/P4G533-GL' Motherboard. You will
>>> find that the GeForce MX 4000 works very well with the hp configuration
>>> you have.
>>> If you are installing PCI Graphics, make sure that you first disable the
>>> onboard Intel Graphics. Then shut down your machine and install your
>>> new
>>> PCI card. If you do not proceed in this manner, on reboot, you will
>>> have
>>> no display.
>>> You may want to go to a more modern card, but the GeForce PCI works very
>>> well.
>>>
>>> As someone else said, DO NOT purchase a PCI-E card. You can't use it.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> "ACK",
>>> Bill D.
>>> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
>>> " Now just look..... they're burning the `Porta-Potties' "
>>> ........ OPUS
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