Re: about PCI video cards...

bgd wrote:
Hey!
Seriously!
You want your AGP sized predicament to resolve, Get An AGP slotted MB (at least 4x or pci-e)!

Will his HP case and PSU accept a new standard ATX motherboard? There are still plenty available new for his CPU and 20 pin PSU. They're quite cheap now, too, and may even have more features (network, better sound, and extra usb2 ports). If this is a viable option, go this route and get an AGP card. The money you save on the AGP card will offset the extra you'll have to spend to get the exact same card in PCI format. Just make sure you buy some thermal compound to put on your CPU when you switch boards. Instructions for applying it can be found on this newsgroup repeatedly from over the last couple of years.

Ari

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!

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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


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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.


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