Wanting to upgrade my video card

**Speedy_Gonzales** · 07-31-2008, 03:43 PM

Its for my desktop but I have no idea which one to buy ?

**shady milkman** · 07-31-2008, 03:45 PM

well nvidia has been doing great things since the 7800gt...need to know your budget ect

**Speedy_Gonzales** · 07-31-2008, 03:48 PM

Originally Posted by shady milkman

well nvidia has been doing great things since the 7800gt...need to know your budget ect

my pc is 5 years old. Just need some to boost the video for my flat panel I bought. not getting the full 1440x900 resolution

**shady milkman** · 07-31-2008, 03:50 PM

go to newegg.com and look under their video cards...and narrow the search by price and just look for max res. while looking through them

**Speedy_Gonzales** · 07-31-2008, 03:51 PM

Originally Posted by shady milkman

go to newegg.com and look under their video cards...and narrow the search by price and just look for max res. while looking through them

I been there looking. Not sure which one my pc can handle

**shady milkman** · 07-31-2008, 03:53 PM

Originally Posted by SpeedAddict38

I been there looking. Not sure which one my pc can handle

well believe it or not..look into the ati 9800 pro...those are solid cards..not sure about their max res....but they are older cards and dont need much.

**Speedy_Gonzales** · 07-31-2008, 03:57 PM

Originally Posted by shady milkman

well believe it or not..look into the ati 9800 pro...those are solid cards..not sure about their max res....but they are older cards and dont need much.

ya its doesnt have to be anything great or expensive. Since its an older pc I dont want to put alot of $$$ in it. I added 512 RAM and that speed it up pretty good...............do you have to have a certain amount of RAM for different video cards ?

**shady milkman** · 07-31-2008, 03:59 PM

shiiit with anything over 1gb your set...its the power requirements that is bad

**Speedy_Gonzales** · 07-31-2008, 04:00 PM

Originally Posted by shady milkman

shiiit with anything over 1gb your set...its the power requirements that is bad

I have 1gb of ram

**shady milkman** · 07-31-2008, 04:01 PM

for the 9x00 series you are set.

**Speedy_Gonzales** · 07-31-2008, 04:02 PM

Originally Posted by shady milkman

for the 9x00 series you are set.

ok..............thanks for the info

**Speedy_Gonzales** · 07-31-2008, 04:15 PM

by the way.........my current vido card is a NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

When I try to raise my pixels/screen resolution my images/text gets smaller

**rbob93** · 08-01-2008, 12:46 AM

You're crackin' me up man!!

**Mike's02Z28M6** · 08-01-2008, 08:46 AM

If your PC is that old I'm sure you have an AGP slot for the vid car so make sure you don't buy a PC-xpress and DO buy an AGP slot one.

512 x1950 pro I believe is AGP and a ROCKin' card for cheap

**Speedy_Gonzales** · 08-01-2008, 01:54 PM

Originally Posted by Mike's02Z28M6

If your PC is that old I'm sure you have an AGP slot for the vid car so make sure you don't buy a PC-xpress and DO buy an AGP slot one.

512 x1950 pro I believe is AGP and a ROCKin' card for cheap

yes it is AGP.........Do I install the new card in the AGP slot of the PCI slot ?

**Speedy_Gonzales** · 08-01-2008, 01:55 PM

Originally Posted by rbob93

You're crackin' me up man!!

what turned your giggle box over ?

**ls1camino** · 08-01-2008, 02:02 PM

I just rebuilt my machine...8800 Video Card...fucking mazing...I have two monitors and I was running a Movie (DVD) on one monitor and a YouTube video on the other...didn't even flinch, took it like a champ.

**Speedy_Gonzales** · 08-01-2008, 07:53 PM

Would this card work with my system ? It doesnt tell what power watts is needed........I only have 250

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...IN#detailspecs

**Speedy_Gonzales** · 08-01-2008, 07:55 PM

My PC is five years old. I want to upgrade the video card but cant find which one that will work. Here is the info on my pc. I bought a new flat panel monitor and would like to be able to get the 1440x900 resolution its capable of getting. Dont play games just movies and pictures

Gateway Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.60ghZ
2.59 GHz, 1GB of RAM
Creative SB Audigy
Windows XP
Version 2002
Service Pack 2
NVIDA GeForce FX 5200 (Gateway)

250watt max power

**Mike's02Z28M6** · 08-05-2008, 07:41 AM

Originally Posted by SpeedAddict38

Would this card work with my system ? It doesnt tell what power watts is needed........I only have 250

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...IN#detailspecs

I had a friend that had that vid card and it really blows. However, this one, for the price is rockin'

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...2902&CatId=318

Flat blow the doors off that FX card you're looking at