Graphics card help?

LiFe · 07-10-2005, 12:09 PM

Im going to get a new graphics card however im not sure what will work with my computer.

I have a Compaq Presario 6000 and have been looking at the GeForce 6600GT 128MB GDDR3 PCI Express graphics card, I was wondering if this would work with my computer and if not what cards will?

fredchang · 07-10-2005, 12:40 PM

LiFe:

How's it goin'? See you're brand new to the forum. Greetings!

The rule for graphics cards compatibility is, well, I guess there isn't one. My rule of thumb is: if it fits in the slot, then its gotta be compatible!

But seriously, you can get videocard drivers for every OS that is in existance, and some that aren't (Hal 3000 anyone?). Except for very rare and odd incompatibilities (some PC owners can't get Gigabyte motherboards and Sapphire videocards to live together in harmony, or to boot the system at all, for that matter), it should work. In your case (rather literally) if the motherboard that shipped with your system has PCIExpress, and if you can turn off integrated graphics (if any), than it will work.

That first "if" is a big one, though. PCIExpress is a very new standard.

If you post your exact model number (ie 6018xtf), i can help you more

07-10-2005, 12:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
LiFe Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1 OS: XP	Graphics card help? Im going to get a new graphics card however im not sure what will work with my computer. I have a Compaq Presario 6000 and have been looking at the GeForce 6600GT 128MB GDDR3 PCI Express graphics card, I was wondering if this would work with my computer and if not what cards will?

07-10-2005, 12:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
fredchang Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Cleveland OH Posts: 13 OS: Win2000Pro	LiFe: How's it goin'? See you're brand new to the forum. Greetings! The rule for graphics cards compatibility is, well, I guess there isn't one. My rule of thumb is: if it fits in the slot, then its gotta be compatible! But seriously, you can get videocard drivers for every OS that is in existance, and some that aren't (Hal 3000 anyone?). Except for very rare and odd incompatibilities (some PC owners can't get Gigabyte motherboards and Sapphire videocards to live together in harmony, or to boot the system at all, for that matter), it should work. In your case (rather literally) if the motherboard that shipped with your system has PCIExpress, and if you can turn off integrated graphics (if any), than it will work. That first "if" is a big one, though. PCIExpress is a very new standard. If you post your exact model number (ie 6018xtf), i can help you more Last edited by dai; 07-10-2005 at 01:42 PM. Reason: comments like this are in bad taste in any circumstance