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Need help with a video card for my pc |
DonJuan
Joined: Jul 27, 2006
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From: Las Vegas
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Im just upgrading my pc, we dont have the money at the moment to get a new one. I just upgraded the ram to 2gb thanks to Crucial.com, however now i need a better video card.
My PC;
HP Pavilion 061
Model;
DW233A-ABA A520N
CPU;
AMD Athlon(tm) Processor
i was hoping someone here could point me in the right direction
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shyam335
Joined: May 25, 2004
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From: 127.0.0.1
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Right,Some questions.
What are ya going to use it for (newest and best games or some oldies only? or just as a HTPC)
how much do you want to spend for video card.
There are a terrible lot of lies going around the world, and the worst of it is half of them are true - Winston Churchill
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DonJuan
Joined: Jul 27, 2006
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From: Las Vegas
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i just want to upgrade because i was going to get vista and it said i need to change my graphics card, thats all really 
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shyam335
Joined: May 25, 2004
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From: 127.0.0.1
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Confirm that this is the product spec of your pc
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewf[....]en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN
According to that it has an AGP 8x slot.
And in case of vista,any dx9 video card will do,
but for the sake of future proofing get one of these (hdcp + HD video acceleration for blu ray et all ).
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131081
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814241072
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102709
There are a terrible lot of lies going around the world, and the worst of it is half of them are true - Winston Churchill
We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us - Winston Churchill |
DonJuan
Joined: Jul 27, 2006
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From: Las Vegas
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shyamm yeah that is our pc, you know what i dont understand, it says that i can only have 1gb of ram, when i have 2gb at the moment, i even have right clicked on my computer and it says under properties memory 1.93gb. But yeah thanks for your help here
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Cycovision
Joined: Nov 30, 2003
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From: England
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That's just an error. Motherboards like yours with Windows XP running support up to 4Gb
Whichever graphics card you get, make sure that it supports Direct X 10 and has at least 128Mb of RAM, preferably 256Mb. That'll make Vista look very pretty
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Posted: 2008-03-13 08:29
