could use video card recommendations

Robie7642003 · 01-30-2009, 06:41 AM

Hi All,
I'm looking to upgrade an older (~4 year old) machine, and finally put in a video card:

Pentium D 2.80 GHz
Intel 82945G Express Chipset (Asus Mobo, don't have model handy)
Windows XP
1 GB Memory

I intend to add another 1 gig or memory. But was wondering if anyone can recommend an inexpensive video card, mostly to boost some games a bit for my son (lots of World of Warcraft).

Thanks,
Larry

**asidman** · 01-30-2009, 08:02 AM

Download CPU-ID and when its running, go to the last tab "About" and do a "HTML dump" which is a button on the bottom of the screen.
Then attach the file so we can see exactly what you have and then we can get to the advice part.

Robie7642003 · 01-30-2009, 07:37 PM

Thanks for the reply. I downloaded and ran the program as you suggested--quite amazing thinkg! File attached. I opened my case and saw that I have one PCI Express x 16 and one PCI Express X 1 slot free.
Thanks for any advice on what card would be appropriate.
Larry

Robie7642003 · 01-30-2009, 07:38 PM

BTW, above attachment is text file. Hope that is okay.

**grimx133** · 01-30-2009, 08:21 PM

Did you note down the details of your power supply while you were in there? Video upgrades generally are limited by the psu, might need another one, or the existing with low end card.
We need the make and model, total wattage, and the output (in amps) for the +12v. rail or rails.

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Robie7642003 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 27 OS: Vista, XP	could use video card recommendations Hi All, I'm looking to upgrade an older (~4 year old) machine, and finally put in a video card: Pentium D 2.80 GHz Intel 82945G Express Chipset (Asus Mobo, don't have model handy) Windows XP 1 GB Memory I intend to add another 1 gig or memory. But was wondering if anyone can recommend an inexpensive video card, mostly to boost some games a bit for my son (lots of World of Warcraft). Thanks, Larry Last edited by Robie7642003; 01-30-2009 at 06:44 AM. Reason: Hit send too fast by mistake!

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Robie7642003 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 27 OS: Vista, XP	Re: could use video card recommendations BTW, above attachment is text file. Hope that is okay. Last edited by Robie7642003; 01-30-2009 at 08:05 PM.

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grimx133 Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canada eh Posts: 3,152 OS: xp mce sp2, xp pro sp2, windows 7 beta My System	Re: could use video card recommendations Did you note down the details of your power supply while you were in there? Video upgrades generally are limited by the psu, might need another one, or the existing with low end card. We need the make and model, total wattage, and the output (in amps) for the +12v. rail or rails. __________________