Graphics Card PCI
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zain6267
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4. September 2010 @ 12:47 |
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I don't know much about this stuff so I need help.
I want a graphics card for windows 7, and i want quite good speed/graphics on the computer.
However, my motherboard, which is a Xenon4, only has PCI slots
My computer is a HP Pavillion t191.uk
My Chipset is i845G
I have 3 PCI and 1 AGP.
The Xenon4 Motherboard specifications are found here - http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/docum...name=c00019945.
What Graphics card under £45 should I get?
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ddp
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5. September 2010 @ 00:23 |
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agp is better then pci as can be upto 8x faster then pci.
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6. September 2010 @ 10:03 |
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Quote: quite good speed/graphics on the computer.
Not possible on AGP, and not possible for £45 either.
What are you trying to do with the PC? There's no point spending £45 on a new graphics card if the game you want to play still won't run on it.
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7. September 2010 @ 05:08 |
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Put that Xeon 4 in a museum where it belongs.
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12. September 2010 @ 13:13 |
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wow all of those were harsh...yet true. sorry to say, don't worry though i had to deal with a pent 1 till 2006, with it's spacious 6gb hdd, and "i could write this essay in pen faster!" speeds. (2006 i upgraded to the infamous linuxbox.) and have yet to go back to intel, right now i upgrade to the latest stuff 3very 1-2years...however i still have that 6gb hdd, don't use it anymore (still works though 0.0)
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ddp
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12. September 2010 @ 13:26 |
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jkl, got you beat as i still have my 1st hard drive, a 105meg rodime scsi half height 5.25" drive which i haven't used for at least 17yrs.
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12. September 2010 @ 23:08 |
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yes but does it still work? lol, mine even still has a modified version of xp on it so i use it to install my upgrades through vista and win7. (seriously have to buy an acutal install installing 3 os's to get to my win7 sux)(bc have to install the actual xp from the modded one then vista then win7 for some reason if i don't do the first step vista says i don't have a valid os) 105mb rodime though...wonder if it could be sold to a museum for some $$ :P
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ddp
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12. September 2010 @ 23:17 |
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worked when i switched over 3.5" scsi drives.
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13. September 2010 @ 06:46 |
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Ah the good old 'my hardware's older than yours' competition :P
I always lose this one, haha, and ddp usually wins :P
My first PC was a relatively modern Pentium 3 450 with Windows 98SE and 128MB of RAM, and the hard disk was Gigabytes in double figures!
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13. September 2010 @ 15:58 |
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i have an ST-412 that goes into a 80286 machine, beat that.
yeah OP time to drop some cash on a decent machine.
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ddp
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13. September 2010 @ 16:36 |
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how about a clone xt turbo?
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13. September 2010 @ 17:36 |
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Originally posted by ddp: how about a clone xt turbo?
No but I've got a TRS-80. the last time i hooked it up it killed my tape collection which was about 1999 its been setting in my attic for 11 years.
A Clone turbo doesn't really mean anything, Who made the Turbo clone would be more appropriate.
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ddp
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13. September 2010 @ 17:47 |
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how about a ti-99 4a computer that uses a tv for monitor & tape cassette for data storage?
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13. September 2010 @ 18:28 |
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Originally posted by ddp: how about a ti-99 4a computer that uses a tv for monitor & tape cassette for data storage?
okay,okay. you win.
poor OP even the mods off topic on this one.
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zain6267
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3. October 2010 @ 06:25 |
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I just want it because nothing on windows 7 seems to work on it (e.g. google earth, 3Dvia etc). Is there any way a driver update can fix this, if so where from?
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ddp
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3. October 2010 @ 16:08 |
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