which video card

daddy/ben · 05-23-2005, 07:25 PM

wow this is a great forum ! I am a newby at computers, my computer is about 5 years old and it seems to not work well with games or music videos. I would like to upgrade my video card so I can enjoy some gamers.

my computer specs-

hp pavillian 7855
pentium 3
127mb ram
windows ME
60 gb harddisk
1 gig. speed

can you suggest what I would need? thank you

~johnboy~

**Sarkast** · 05-23-2005, 08:10 PM

The problem with your PC is
1) the PSU used it in limits your choice of video card
2) the motherboard in it has no AGP slot - so you are stuck with a PCI card

This is one of the few that might be an option:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102527

I'd combine that with another 128Mb of system RAM and that would probably the best you could get out of that machine. If you want to really improve graphic performance you need a new board with AGP - and a faster CPU, chipset, RAM.

daddy/ben · 05-23-2005, 09:49 PM

ok that looks good to me but the operating sys. says 2000 or XP , I have windows ME, will this card work with windows ME ?

~johnboy~

**Sarkast** · 05-24-2005, 08:45 AM

No that card should work under ME - its the drivers that determine that. I believe the reason it says that is that the included driver disk only comes with the drivers for XP/2000. If you want to install the card in an ME system you need to either get the ME drivers from the sapphire page:

http://www.sapphiretech.com/downloads/downloads.asp

Or directly from Ati:

https://support.ati.com/ics/support/...uestionID=1160

daddy/ben · 05-24-2005, 10:48 PM

thanks SarKast for all your help, I have a lot to learn about computers.
this is a great forum..

~johnboy~

05-23-2005, 07:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
daddy/ben Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: las vegas Posts: 41 OS: ME	which video card wow this is a great forum ! I am a newby at computers, my computer is about 5 years old and it seems to not work well with games or music videos. I would like to upgrade my video card so I can enjoy some gamers. my computer specs- hp pavillian 7855 pentium 3 127mb ram windows ME 60 gb harddisk 1 gig. speed can you suggest what I would need? thank you ~johnboy~

05-23-2005, 08:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
Sarkast TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: NY Posts: 2,715 OS: WinXP	The problem with your PC is 1) the PSU used it in limits your choice of video card 2) the motherboard in it has no AGP slot - so you are stuck with a PCI card This is one of the few that might be an option: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102527 I'd combine that with another 128Mb of system RAM and that would probably the best you could get out of that machine. If you want to really improve graphic performance you need a new board with AGP - and a faster CPU, chipset, RAM. __________________ P4 2.4@2.9 / XP-90 / Albatron PX865PE Pro V2.0 / Kingston Hyper-X 512MB Dual Channel CL2-2-2-5 / Geforce4 MX440x8 64MB / WD80GB 7200RPM 8MB / Thermaltake 420W PSU --> SEE IT ALL GLOW <-- MBM5 - SpeedFan - PSU Calculator - MemTest86 - ThrottleWatch

05-23-2005, 09:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
daddy/ben Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: las vegas Posts: 41 OS: ME	card looks good ok that looks good to me but the operating sys. says 2000 or XP , I have windows ME, will this card work with windows ME ? ~johnboy~

05-24-2005, 08:45 AM	#4 (permalink)
Sarkast TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: NY Posts: 2,715 OS: WinXP	No that card should work under ME - its the drivers that determine that. I believe the reason it says that is that the included driver disk only comes with the drivers for XP/2000. If you want to install the card in an ME system you need to either get the ME drivers from the sapphire page: http://www.sapphiretech.com/downloads/downloads.asp Or directly from Ati: https://support.ati.com/ics/support/...uestionID=1160 __________________ P4 2.4@2.9 / XP-90 / Albatron PX865PE Pro V2.0 / Kingston Hyper-X 512MB Dual Channel CL2-2-2-5 / Geforce4 MX440x8 64MB / WD80GB 7200RPM 8MB / Thermaltake 420W PSU --> SEE IT ALL GLOW <-- MBM5 - SpeedFan - PSU Calculator - MemTest86 - ThrottleWatch

05-24-2005, 10:48 PM	#5 (permalink)
daddy/ben Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: las vegas Posts: 41 OS: ME	looking good thanks SarKast for all your help, I have a lot to learn about computers. this is a great forum.. ~johnboy~