Upgrading from Radeon 9250

Skesis · 12-26-2008, 11:03 AM

I've had a read though the links in the stickies but to be honest it's all going over my head. I have an ATI Radeon 9250 which was fine until recently but I've started using a 22" monitor running 1680*1050 res and when I've got a few poker windows open it starts to lag and the mouse starts to jump. I play poker professionally so I need this sorted, can someone recommend a new graphics card for me that I can upgrade to with minimal fuss? Don't really care about the price but I don't use the PC for gaming or anything so no need for anything really high-end.

Thanks in advance for any help, I know it's a dumb question compared to some of the problems people need help with on here.

Skesis · 12-27-2008, 08:53 AM

Bump

If I'm not giving enough info what do I need to tell you? Don't have a clue what my motherboard is or what slot the graphics card is in...was hoping there's an upgraded version of the 9250 that I can just slot in

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**magnethead** · 12-27-2008, 04:11 PM

sounds like you might be asking a bit much of the card. What brand and model computer is this?

Skesis · 12-29-2008, 09:55 AM

Computer's not a brand name, built last year out of spare parts pretty much. Don't use it for anything other than poker so didn't feel the need to spend much on it, always ran fast on the old 19-inch CRT monitor but doesn't seem to like running on the new higher resolution.

I think the motherboard is a Gigabyte nforce3 250 if that helps.

Edit: Ran a program to find out what's in the computer:

Motherboard: Gigabyte NFORCE - nforce3 250
Processor - "AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ @ 2000 MHz"
1.5gb DDR-SDRAM
Bios : Award Software International, Inc. F2
Video: ATI Radeon 9250

Just noticed even simple things like scrolling through a website with the page down key make it freeze up for a second so it seems the card just can't handle the screen res for even simple tasks.

Skesis · 01-01-2009, 02:50 PM

Bump, anyone?

**emosun** · 01-01-2009, 07:11 PM

When you reconnect the old crt now does the problem still exist?

Skesis · 01-02-2009, 06:13 AM

No the old monitor works fine. The problem is the card can't handle the res, if I drop it to 1280*768 then everything works perfect. I just want a recommendation of a card to buy that can handle the 1680*1050 screen resolution. I've asked this on three forums over a week ago and only had vague responses on each one, if it's an impossible question to answer can you just tell me so I can save some time and drop it into a PC shop to get upgraded.

Skesis · 01-02-2009, 04:52 PM

Never mind, got help elsewhere...

12-26-2008, 11:03 AM	#1 (permalink)
Skesis Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 6 OS: XP SP3	Upgrading from Radeon 9250 I've had a read though the links in the stickies but to be honest it's all going over my head. I have an ATI Radeon 9250 which was fine until recently but I've started using a 22" monitor running 1680*1050 res and when I've got a few poker windows open it starts to lag and the mouse starts to jump. I play poker professionally so I need this sorted, can someone recommend a new graphics card for me that I can upgrade to with minimal fuss? Don't really care about the price but I don't use the PC for gaming or anything so no need for anything really high-end. Thanks in advance for any help, I know it's a dumb question compared to some of the problems people need help with on here.

12-27-2008, 08:53 AM	#2 (permalink)
Skesis Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 6 OS: XP SP3	Re: Upgrading from Radeon 9250 Bump If I'm not giving enough info what do I need to tell you? Don't have a clue what my motherboard is or what slot the graphics card is in...was hoping there's an upgraded version of the 9250 that I can just slot in.

12-27-2008, 04:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
magnethead Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Texas, USA Posts: 3,570 OS: Vista ultimate 32bit My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: Upgrading from Radeon 9250 sounds like you might be asking a bit much of the card. What brand and model computer is this? __________________ For proper support: what are you running? graphics, cpu, m/board, ram, PSU brand wattage PCI-E requires 26 amps at 12 volts. That's a 650W PSU. Power Supply Info and Selection . Info on thermal compounds & application . TEST PSU USING MULTI-METER . Bench Testing Your System

12-29-2008, 09:55 AM	#4 (permalink)
Skesis Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 6 OS: XP SP3	Re: Upgrading from Radeon 9250 Computer's not a brand name, built last year out of spare parts pretty much. Don't use it for anything other than poker so didn't feel the need to spend much on it, always ran fast on the old 19-inch CRT monitor but doesn't seem to like running on the new higher resolution. I think the motherboard is a Gigabyte nforce3 250 if that helps. Edit: Ran a program to find out what's in the computer: Motherboard: Gigabyte NFORCE - nforce3 250 Processor - "AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ @ 2000 MHz" 1.5gb DDR-SDRAM Bios : Award Software International, Inc. F2 Video: ATI Radeon 9250 Just noticed even simple things like scrolling through a website with the page down key make it freeze up for a second so it seems the card just can't handle the screen res for even simple tasks. Last edited by Skesis; 12-29-2008 at 10:10 AM.

01-01-2009, 02:50 PM	#5 (permalink)
Skesis Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 6 OS: XP SP3	Re: Upgrading from Radeon 9250 Bump, anyone?

01-01-2009, 07:11 PM	#6 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 7,087 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: Upgrading from Radeon 9250 When you reconnect the old crt now does the problem still exist? __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list

01-02-2009, 06:13 AM	#7 (permalink)
Skesis Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 6 OS: XP SP3	Re: Upgrading from Radeon 9250 No the old monitor works fine. The problem is the card can't handle the res, if I drop it to 1280768 then everything works perfect. I just want a recommendation of a card to buy that can handle the 16801050 screen resolution. I've asked this on three forums over a week ago and only had vague responses on each one, if it's an impossible question to answer can you just tell me so I can save some time and drop it into a PC shop to get upgraded. Last edited by Skesis; 01-02-2009 at 06:16 AM.

01-02-2009, 04:52 PM	#8 (permalink)
Skesis Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 6 OS: XP SP3	Re: Upgrading from Radeon 9250 Never mind, got help elsewhere...