ok i have a GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X, this isn't enogh to let me play the PC game Call of Duty Modern Warfare (1). I checked the site Can You Run It? and it says the minimum i need is a NVIDIA GeForce 6600+ (im gonna go with Nvidia cuz i have that now so....)
I actually have 2 questions
1. Do i need to have to update all other hardware to accommodate my soon to be new video card?
(bear in mind i have a 1 gb RAM and a 2.8 gHz performance computer)
2. How would i go about installing it? Do i need some sort of special card so it fits inside my computer without anything happening?|||You have four options, none of which I expect you to like:
1) Forget about playing CoD:MW (it's the cheap solution)
2) Buy an AGP based Radeon HD 4650/4670 video card. There are no AGP based nVidia cards available at 6600+ levels. There are some ATI based ones (a couple of companies took PCIe graphic processors and adapted them to AGP cards.) http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLis…
3) Replace the motherboard, cpu, memory, video card (and probably power supply) to bring your system up to current performance levels.
4) Buy a new computer
#3 is probably the most cost effective|||1) depends on what motherboard you have
2) depends on what motherboard you have.|||You need to upgrade A LOT of parts. Especially your Motherboard cause it probably still use AGP and not PCI-e.|||increase ram to 3GB and but (depending your motherboard you will need a at least 1 gb graphics card|||what pc make and model do you have?
i would recommend getting more RAM as well if possible
also, make sure to get an AGP card, unless your PC also has a PCI-E slot
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Star Craft 2! bad video card...?
i currently have nvidia geforce mx 440 with agp8x. its a rather old computer and starcraft says i need a video card with vertex shader 2.0.... im looking for something that will let me play SC2 on medium to high settings and doesnt cost too much. $80-$130 is what im willing to spend overall.
Sony VAIO PCV-RZ Series (PC3200) Desktop/PC is my computer. i need a video card that is compatible.
thanks|||Sorry to break it to you but you will most likely have to update your whole computer.
Thing is that your current graphic card is AGP based which means that your motherboard can only accept other AGP graphic cards.
Problem is that AGP is an old technology which isn't used anymore.
It means that you cannot buy any new graphic card and use it in your system, because all the current graphic cards are PCI-E based, not AGP.
So in short, buy a new computer.
Sony VAIO PCV-RZ Series (PC3200) Desktop/PC is my computer. i need a video card that is compatible.
thanks|||Sorry to break it to you but you will most likely have to update your whole computer.
Thing is that your current graphic card is AGP based which means that your motherboard can only accept other AGP graphic cards.
Problem is that AGP is an old technology which isn't used anymore.
It means that you cannot buy any new graphic card and use it in your system, because all the current graphic cards are PCI-E based, not AGP.
So in short, buy a new computer.
Video card psu?
I have a sony vaio pcv-rs610 and i was wondering if there is a decent video card that i can get without upgrading the psu. I only need a card that can run source engine games(probably on medium settings or lower nothing too fancy) at a steady 40-60 fps. So far my comp is stock from the factory except for the ram.
These are my specs:
p4 2.8ghz cpu w/ hyper threading
1gb ram
psu is at least 266w out of factory.
i think it has an agp8x slot?|||u maybe able to use a 8600 gt nvidia
geforce on that psu ...
but going to a higher version than that then
8800 gt is the best value for money but for that u will
need at least 450w psu ... so get a 8600 gt
512 mb ... its a good graphic card ...
however u should find out more info on what
kind of a psu u will need for a 8600 gt anyway
if ur psu aint living with the needed power
u may have to go for a 8500 gt but got less
power to run games thats coming out these days
at least get the 512 mb version of it still most
of the games can be run on medium graphics
on a 8500 gt 512 mb ...
---------
by the way i suggest u have at least 2 gb memory ...
and i hope that it would have been a dual core
processor at least not a p4 ... but its ok ...|||For agp slot, you don't have to change your psu when changing you gfx card.
However, i haven't seen psu with 266w, minimum should be 300w to 350w.
Your pc seems pretty old, consider investing on a new one.
Edit: As I said, your pc is old, you might be lucky if you can find a graphics card for agp today. Consider buying a new computer. If you found an AGP Gfx Card, you can install it freely without burning your hardware as you mentioned.
These are my specs:
p4 2.8ghz cpu w/ hyper threading
1gb ram
psu is at least 266w out of factory.
i think it has an agp8x slot?|||u maybe able to use a 8600 gt nvidia
geforce on that psu ...
but going to a higher version than that then
8800 gt is the best value for money but for that u will
need at least 450w psu ... so get a 8600 gt
512 mb ... its a good graphic card ...
however u should find out more info on what
kind of a psu u will need for a 8600 gt anyway
if ur psu aint living with the needed power
u may have to go for a 8500 gt but got less
power to run games thats coming out these days
at least get the 512 mb version of it still most
of the games can be run on medium graphics
on a 8500 gt 512 mb ...
---------
by the way i suggest u have at least 2 gb memory ...
and i hope that it would have been a dual core
processor at least not a p4 ... but its ok ...|||For agp slot, you don't have to change your psu when changing you gfx card.
However, i haven't seen psu with 266w, minimum should be 300w to 350w.
Your pc seems pretty old, consider investing on a new one.
Edit: As I said, your pc is old, you might be lucky if you can find a graphics card for agp today. Consider buying a new computer. If you found an AGP Gfx Card, you can install it freely without burning your hardware as you mentioned.
Is DDR2 AGP8X graphics card compatible with DDR based mother board?
Nvidia Geforce 7600 Gs 512mb Ddr2 AGP 8x/4x Video Card
Nvidia Nforce 2 Chipset basedK7N2-V DDR 400 Mother Board|||Yes it is compatible if you read this before I edited it, sry I didn't see how you typed your mother board info... But yes that card will work
P.S.
the DDR on the mother board simply refers to the type of RAM or Memory that it uses. more then likely if it is new it uses DDR2 or DDR3 if its really new. and i can look it up for you
EDIT:
WOW that's an old board. something I just thought of, you might want to make sure that you have a big enough power supply in this computer. If you try to turn the computer on and get nothing, you may not have enough watts. you always want more wants on you power supply then you need. If you decide to upgrade that mother board, PCI-E is much faster....
Justin A+, Net+, Microsoft Certified|||its just means it will read and write to your video card faster while gaming, than your apps will read and write to your regular ram, it will all work together as long as you have a 8x agp slot|||It should be at AGP x8. See link below.|||yes, the DDR on the video card has nothing to do with the type of RAM.
Nvidia Nforce 2 Chipset basedK7N2-V DDR 400 Mother Board|||Yes it is compatible if you read this before I edited it, sry I didn't see how you typed your mother board info... But yes that card will work
P.S.
the DDR on the mother board simply refers to the type of RAM or Memory that it uses. more then likely if it is new it uses DDR2 or DDR3 if its really new. and i can look it up for you
EDIT:
WOW that's an old board. something I just thought of, you might want to make sure that you have a big enough power supply in this computer. If you try to turn the computer on and get nothing, you may not have enough watts. you always want more wants on you power supply then you need. If you decide to upgrade that mother board, PCI-E is much faster....
Justin A+, Net+, Microsoft Certified|||its just means it will read and write to your video card faster while gaming, than your apps will read and write to your regular ram, it will all work together as long as you have a 8x agp slot|||It should be at AGP x8. See link below.|||yes, the DDR on the video card has nothing to do with the type of RAM.
Which video card should I get?
I run on a 2GHz processor, a gig of RAM, and I have an AGP 8X slot.
Currently I am running with a GeForce 5200 FX, and it blows. I get on average 22 frames per second.
All I'm asking for a boost to at least 40 frames on average and possibly 60 in deserted places.
These are some cards at a store a few minutes away from me. I don't have PCI-E, so it's all I can do...
ATI X1650 Pro AGP 512MB
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0665000FS10081930&catid=10524&logon=&langid=EN
EVGA e-GeForce 7600GT AGP8X Superclocked 512MBhttp://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0665000FS10088627&catid=10524&logon=&langid=EN
BFG Geforce GS OC 512MB AGP Video Card (7600GSOC)
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10081478&catid=
Sadly, I don't have the option of using the internet on this one, so it'll have to be one of these.
Keep in mind I don't want the highest range card, just something that'll definitely run WoW, CS:S...|||Listen, don't waste your money. With gaming hardware now as it is, it's either buy a DirectX 10 card or don't buy anything.|||i have a 2.8 gig intel cpu and an xfi extreme sound card and 2 gigs of ram recently installed the evga geforce 7800gs w/256mb of gddr3 8x agp works fine but i do not play those games so cannot give you a frame rate sorry
Currently I am running with a GeForce 5200 FX, and it blows. I get on average 22 frames per second.
All I'm asking for a boost to at least 40 frames on average and possibly 60 in deserted places.
These are some cards at a store a few minutes away from me. I don't have PCI-E, so it's all I can do...
ATI X1650 Pro AGP 512MB
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0665000FS10081930&catid=10524&logon=&langid=EN
EVGA e-GeForce 7600GT AGP8X Superclocked 512MBhttp://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0665000FS10088627&catid=10524&logon=&langid=EN
BFG Geforce GS OC 512MB AGP Video Card (7600GSOC)
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10081478&catid=
Sadly, I don't have the option of using the internet on this one, so it'll have to be one of these.
Keep in mind I don't want the highest range card, just something that'll definitely run WoW, CS:S...|||Listen, don't waste your money. With gaming hardware now as it is, it's either buy a DirectX 10 card or don't buy anything.|||i have a 2.8 gig intel cpu and an xfi extreme sound card and 2 gigs of ram recently installed the evga geforce 7800gs w/256mb of gddr3 8x agp works fine but i do not play those games so cannot give you a frame rate sorry
Which video card is better?
i got civilization IV. It says you need a Directx 9.0c compatible 64 MB video card with Shader 1.1 support of better. i have a NVIDIA geforce4 mx 440 with agp8x microsoft corporation. is it better than the one needed for civilization iv?
Thanks for answers!|||it should work, but possibly not on highest settings. the GPU (graphics processing unit) is fast enough, but the rest of the actual graphics card/chip (memory/ports/etc.) arn't listed, although i would assume that you have enough memory, because 64mb is very very little.|||No, my old computer had the exact same card and it ran so slow, that it really wasn't worth playing.|||http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyr…
Try Can You Run it.
Thanks for answers!|||it should work, but possibly not on highest settings. the GPU (graphics processing unit) is fast enough, but the rest of the actual graphics card/chip (memory/ports/etc.) arn't listed, although i would assume that you have enough memory, because 64mb is very very little.|||No, my old computer had the exact same card and it ran so slow, that it really wasn't worth playing.|||http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyr…
Try Can You Run it.
Is half-life 2 capatible with a Gforce4 MX 440 with AGP8X video card?
I'd like to know before I buy it.|||That's an old card you have -even older than my 5200 card.
Unless the game specifies that you NEED 256 megabytes of video RAM to play the game, then you should be able to run it. You'll have to disable a lot of 3-d features in the game though.
To make sure, you should go to half-life 2's web site and make sure that there aren't any special 3-d video card features that are required by the game.|||Well the game may load up, but you will not be able to get any decent graphics at all. You need a video card upgrade before you try to play that game.
Unless the game specifies that you NEED 256 megabytes of video RAM to play the game, then you should be able to run it. You'll have to disable a lot of 3-d features in the game though.
To make sure, you should go to half-life 2's web site and make sure that there aren't any special 3-d video card features that are required by the game.|||Well the game may load up, but you will not be able to get any decent graphics at all. You need a video card upgrade before you try to play that game.
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