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Damalis · 11-16-2006, 01:40 PM

Hi guys, im here to steal some of your help on a couple of easy matters.

So im wanting to upgrade my memory to 1gig. My motherboard is a gigabyte GA-8SIML, which on its website has the following info on the motherboard spec(http://www.giga-byte.co.uk/Products/...ProductID=1335)

1. 2 x 184-Pin DIMM slot
2. Supports up to 2GB DDR266 memory

My question is just if i will be able to fit two of these ram sticks into the motherboard above- http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s...ram-21/51s&P=1

Is that memory compatible? If not, could someone link me one that is?

Sorry if this is a stupid question- a lot of the spec is gibberish to me, and id like to get somone to confirm its alright.. wouldn't want to blow money on something that turns out to not work for me eh :(

Another thing is, my motherboard has an agp 4x slot (doesnt support 8x video cards) so im looking for a good graphics card which will play some of the newer games (even if on lowest settings) at a playable rate. I currently use an nvidia fx5200 card. Primarily i am looking to play counterstrike source and warhammer mark of chaos with it, if that helps.

Thanks for your help :D

11-16-2006, 01:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
Damalis Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 6 OS: XP / SuSE10.1Linux	Couple of easy newbie questions :) Hi guys, im here to steal some of your help on a couple of easy matters. So im wanting to upgrade my memory to 1gig. My motherboard is a gigabyte GA-8SIML, which on its website has the following info on the motherboard spec(http://www.giga-byte.co.uk/Products/...ProductID=1335) 1. 2 x 184-Pin DIMM slot 2. Supports up to 2GB DDR266 memory My question is just if i will be able to fit two of these ram sticks into the motherboard above- http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s...ram-21/51s&P=1 Is that memory compatible? If not, could someone link me one that is? Sorry if this is a stupid question- a lot of the spec is gibberish to me, and id like to get somone to confirm its alright.. wouldn't want to blow money on something that turns out to not work for me eh :( Another thing is, my motherboard has an agp 4x slot (doesnt support 8x video cards) so im looking for a good graphics card which will play some of the newer games (even if on lowest settings) at a playable rate. I currently use an nvidia fx5200 card. Primarily i am looking to play counterstrike source and warhammer mark of chaos with it, if that helps. Thanks for your help :D