quick question on VC

dragonslayerssj · 07-03-2006, 10:08 AM

would i be able to install this card on my Compaq Presario S5000NX???

ATI Radeon® X1300 Pro Video Card - it supports XP and Vista which i have now obnly thing i dont know is if i have the x16 PCI slot im just not sure if the ones i have are x16... if i cant use this card can you tell me what is the best possible card i can get for my computer... right now i have

Compaq Presario s5000NX
Windows VISTA
2.5Ghz intel Celeron
TON of HD space (about 280GB on one hd and 12GB on the other)
1GB memory
basic onboard graphics... (only thing i have to upgrade).

Thanks...

ebackhus · 07-03-2006, 12:37 PM

Most motherboards that PCI-Express capable motherboards have at least ONE PCI-E 16x slot. To check, open the case and look for a slot that's about 4.5" in length with a small opening near the back of the case and a long opening opposite of it.

manofsorrow · 07-03-2006, 12:49 PM

As far as I can see on any of the specs I have looked at for your system it does not have a pci x16 slot, nor does it have an AGP slot which really limits the performance of the card that you can get. Here is a list of the cards i could find in pci slots. As you can see none of them are very close to the x1300 in performance. To be honest I dont even know if any of those cards will be supported by VISTA

dragonslayerssj · 07-03-2006, 01:45 PM

where is the list i dont see a link for it or anything?

07-03-2006, 10:08 AM	#1 (permalink)
dragonslayerssj Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 16 OS: Windows XP	quick question on VC would i be able to install this card on my Compaq Presario S5000NX??? ATI Radeon® X1300 Pro Video Card - it supports XP and Vista which i have now obnly thing i dont know is if i have the x16 PCI slot im just not sure if the ones i have are x16... if i cant use this card can you tell me what is the best possible card i can get for my computer... right now i have Compaq Presario s5000NX Windows VISTA 2.5Ghz intel Celeron TON of HD space (about 280GB on one hd and 12GB on the other) 1GB memory basic onboard graphics... (only thing i have to upgrade). Thanks...

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ebackhus Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 14,313 OS: WinXP Pro SP3/Windows 7 RTM My System Blog Entries: 28	Most motherboards that PCI-Express capable motherboards have at least ONE PCI-E 16x slot. To check, open the case and look for a slot that's about 4.5" in length with a small opening near the back of the case and a long opening opposite of it. __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.

07-03-2006, 12:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
manofsorrow Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 89 OS: winxp	As far as I can see on any of the specs I have looked at for your system it does not have a pci x16 slot, nor does it have an AGP slot which really limits the performance of the card that you can get. Here is a list of the cards i could find in pci slots. As you can see none of them are very close to the x1300 in performance. To be honest I dont even know if any of those cards will be supported by VISTA __________________ Asus A8N-E mobo Benq light scribe dvd-rw Amd athlon x2 4400+ @ 2.8 ghz 2x 160 gig hard drives in RAID 0 array water cooled 4x 80mm case fans controlled by a Vantec controller 42" LG plasma monitor Idle temp. 28C load temp. 34C (on average) Fully sleeved etc.

07-03-2006, 01:45 PM	#4 (permalink)
dragonslayerssj Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 16 OS: Windows XP	where is the list i dont see a link for it or anything?