4u111

Hi everyone;

I am planning to get a new video card, because unfortunately, i couldn't run my windows vista on my computer. But the problem is that i dont know whether im supporting AGP or PCI, and my current video card is intel extreme graphics(64mb) and it's attached to my motherboared... So the question is how do i know if i have AGP/PCI slot????, and how do i install my new video card??? i mean; if i insert my new vid card into the brown slot, in this case ill have two video cards working at the same time, or is it possible to cancel my old vid card????


I have arround 170$AD in my pocket, so do you think i can get somegood video card??

my regards to everyone.
&
Anyhelpis greatly appreciated.

4u111

just forgot to mention my sys spec:
intel P4 3.06 GH
512 MB RAM
Intle 82845G Extreme Graphics 64 MB
hope this ueseful.

dai

check with this what slots you have
http://www.cpuid.com/pcwizard.php
before updating check your power supply is capable of running the new card you choose
video and power supply upgrades go hand in hand
http://www.techsupportforum.com/showthread.php?t=107466

1 g0t 0wn3d

what is your power supplie unit watts and 12 rail amperage

4u111

i cecked that website you gave me and the calculator too, and i get arround 200w, but actually im not so sure, but it gotta be around this value. And by the way how do you check what type of powersupply you have???? damn, i didnt know that the video card is related to the powersupply, i mean as they mentioned in the link above. and i couldnt find if im have AGP or PCI!!!! becouse i downloaded pc wizard but it just gave me what type of card i currently have, like, intel extrmem graphics.

thanx by the way.

Fr4665

the powersupply rating is actually in your computer. if u feel fine with it just take off the computers side panel and there is a sticker with all the ratings ont he PSU. please post these

download everest home edition from my signature and post the mother board specs or a full system report

4u111

Hi guys, I am sorry to post aproblem everyday(lol), but you will get used to me by the way.

Anyway, I bought a new Video card, which is much better than my old Vcard, and my new one is Ati Radeon 9800 pro-256MB, but this sux, becouse i havent seen any new features or any difference on my pc. My 3d program is still laggy, my games as well, it's really the same, it's like i havnt changed my old Vcard,,, no no there's much more>>>> and the bad thing is my pc turned to a slow turtle, it's now takes much time when restarting my windows, and afterthat, my whole windowsXP is alittle bit laggy than before, i really dont know what to do.

I made sure that my old Vcard is uninstalled, I reinserted my new Vcard into the AGP slot again, i downloaded all the updates for ati radeon 9800 pro, but still the same.

My Sys Spec::::

P4 Intel 3.06GHZ,
512RAM
ATI 256MB
WinXp HE

So please guys if anybody has got this problem before please help me, and thanx alot for any respond...( I know this is supposed to be in Video Discussion, but i get much help in this room-sorry-).

robert diggs

Hey,

First I would make absolutely sure that you have th most up-to-date drivers installed. Secondly, try doing a search on Google.com and you can find any number of ways to tweak XP to make it go faster.

Regards,

Brandon

dai

the correct forum is video cards and i have moved it there
you were being helped in your previous thread,help will natrually cease if you fail to reply to your own thread
merging the threads

dai

look at the side of your power supply and post the
brand
wattage
12v+ line amps listed on the label
you listed your original video card as this
Intle 82845G Extreme Graphics 64 MB
which is a onboard chip
if you removed a actual card what was it
check the onboard is disabled in the device manager
if you removed a card and it was a nvidia card,check in add and remove that all nvidia has been removed

4u111

i made sure that i have all the latest updates, and more thing, when restarting my pc my pc monitor keep flashing(around 4 times) at start up, but after around 4 minutes everything goes back to normal and then i can use the computer(because it's slow at start up).

My power supply holds 450W
I have 845GV-M3 motherboard,
P4 Intel 3.06GHZ,
1 Sddram,
st3 harddisk,
ati radeon 9800 Vcard and
onboard graphic card(disabled now),
3 fans
(powersupply,
cpu fan
80*80*25mm, and case fan),
floppy disk driver,
cd/dvd writer,
audio card,
Modem,
network card,
two LED's one infront of the computer, and one is attached to the case fan.

I hope the problem is not from the powersupply anyway.

And again all the problem is: since i installed my new video card, my pc turned to slowstart up, and the video card didn't make so much difference than before.

4u111

and how do i enable AGP texture acceleration because my one is in grey, and dont know how to enable this thing.!!!

dai

how many amps on the 12v+line
in the device manager is there any yellow alongside the cards entry
have you installed the catylst software suite
https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206..._enu_40211.exe

4u111

i dont know how many amps, that will take me to open the case, but ill find out soon.

there's one yellow question mark next to video controller under display adapter.( I guess that's for my old graphics card).

thanx dai

dai

your old cards listing should have been removed have you installed the software as well as the drivers for the card,you need both installed

4u111

I have all the updates and my old onboard graphic card is disabled and every thing is installed properly.

I tried something which is i enabled my old graphic card, and restarted my computer with two graphics card enabled and the reason was that my pc went back to normal and was fast!!!!!! weird!!!!!

You have to know that my old onboard Graphic card has the 3d acclerator updates, and the chipset, and i think disabling my old graphic card would disable some important stuff. am i right????

4u111

ok here we go, back to your question, 450W, and 15Amps( that what it says on the power supply case).

dai

you need 18a on the 12v+ line

Falconoffury

You don't need 18 amps on the +12V line for a 9800 series video card. The series is about 5 years old, and my old 400 watt power supply worked just fine for years with a 9800 Pro. ATI recommends at least a 300 watt power supply for the 9800 series.

http://ati.amd.com/products/radeon9800/radeon9800pro/specs.html

dai

you may have got away with it five years ago,but five years ago you were not using power hungry other parts of the system adding to the draw
you need a min of 18a on the 12v+ line for what you are running