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hotbotishot · 12-09-2007, 05:39 PM

Hi, my dad has offered to get me a graphics card for X-mas, as long as its $299-... which isn't that big of a deal since my monitor has a maximum resolution of 1280 x 1024.

So i was wondering which graphics card to tell him, and where to get it for the best price.

I'm also not sure about my old one but i think its pretty crappy. its like a Radeon X600. which im almost positive is really old. Allright, thanks in advance for the replies

TheJESTERJ · 12-09-2007, 06:08 PM

www.newegg.com

Cheap parts. Only good if you're in the US (Canado too?) though.

As for the card, if your other card was really old to begin with, and your motherboard actually accepted it, you might have an old *** motherboard. I just hope it wasn't AGP...

FabianN · 12-09-2007, 06:11 PM

First, does your motherboard have AGP or an PCI-Express x16(note: This is different from PCI) slot for the grapics card?

The two types are not compatible. So figure that out, and then we can start helping you.

hotbotishot · 12-09-2007, 06:17 PM

well im not sure, I have dual core 2.8ghz so its not THAT old... how do i check? (sorry for being computer nubb)

Bomil75 · 12-09-2007, 06:43 PM

Download Everest home Edition
Search it on google its free to download
And then look up your motherboards name on the everest home edition program
Then search it up on the internet
then look if its AGP or 16x

Unless u know ur motherboards name then its easy only have to search on google for ur motherboards name

Xente · 12-09-2007, 06:52 PM

if its a dual core cpu its most likely a pci-x 16.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121099

thats the card i have and i love it

hotbotishot · 12-09-2007, 07:23 PM

well the motherboard is a Dell DM051.... i can't seem to find the which type of graphics card it supports

Aru · 12-09-2007, 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xente

if its a dual core cpu its most likely a pci-x 16.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121099

thats the card i have and i love it

That's definitely a great card, and it comes in just within the price range you wanted.

Bomil75 · 12-09-2007, 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hotbotishot

well the motherboard is a Dell DM051.... i can't seem to find the which type of graphics card it supports

ITS A DELL , its a buildin motherboard which they not sell apart
apparently..

†Ð£MØÑ† · 12-09-2007, 07:43 PM

Whats your power supply watt outage and stuff.

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hotbotishot Lockhart’s are forever Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 385 Reputation: 10	help with finding a grahpics card Hi, my dad has offered to get me a graphics card for X-mas, as long as its $299-... which isn't that big of a deal since my monitor has a maximum resolution of 1280 x 1024. So i was wondering which graphics card to tell him, and where to get it for the best price. I'm also not sure about my old one but i think its pretty crappy. its like a Radeon X600. which im almost positive is really old. Allright, thanks in advance for the replies

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12-09-2007, 06:17 PM	#4 (permalink)
hotbotishot Lockhart’s are forever Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 385 Reputation: 10	well im not sure, I have dual core 2.8ghz so its not THAT old... how do i check? (sorry for being computer nubb)

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Bomil75 SuperKenshin's Servent Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: no Posts: 1,046 Reputation: 17	Download Everest home Edition Search it on google its free to download And then look up your motherboards name on the everest home edition program Then search it up on the internet then look if its AGP or 16x Unless u know ur motherboards name then its easy only have to search on google for ur motherboards name

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Xente Banned Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: ¯\(°_O)/¯ Posts: 4,007 Reputation: 118	if its a dual core cpu its most likely a pci-x 16. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121099 thats the card i have and i love it

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hotbotishot Lockhart’s are forever Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 385 Reputation: 10	well the motherboard is a Dell DM051.... i can't seem to find the which type of graphics card it supports