[Kwag]

I bought a Windows XP Media Center 2005 recently in Oct. 2006.
The graphics card currently in it (Inter(R) 82945G Express Chipset Family) kinda sucks and I want to upgrade to an ATI Nvidia or GeForce because I can never play games I get because my chipset is not supported. I have the TV Tuner and all that jaz and an available PCI slot. I need to know some things before I upgrade.

1. Am I even able to upgrade?
2. Do I need to remove my current chipset?
3. Or do I just add my new card to the available PCI slot?
4. If I get a card with a TV Tuner, will my media center have errors when trying to use the TV?

Any other information I should know would be much appreciated.

EDIT: I just realized that I posted this in the wrong forum, sorry.

 

[pharoah]

before i can say anything about upgrades.i would need to know a bit more about your pc.like make,and model of your motherboard.if its a prebuild like hp,dell,sony etc etc.tell us the model of your pc.from the chipset id say its an agp board,but some prebuilds dont even have the slot for the upgrade.

 

[Kwag]

I got it prebuilt from Gateway.

Basic Summary:

 

[pharoah]

i looked your machine up on gateway,and it has a pci-x slot so you could upgrade your video.the specs on gateway says it has gma950 graphics which is an onboard chip.most likely if you add a video card you will also need a larger power supply.most computer makers only put one in big enough to power what they put in the computer.

http://support.gateway.com/s/PC/R/1009122/1009122sp3.shtml

 

[Kwag]

Earlier today I went ahead to Future Shop and purchased a Vista ready ATI Radeon X1650 Pro. I just inserted into my extra slot and disabled my Intel. It works pretty good on my computer and I can run Call of Duty 2 very nicely.