i need some help choosing a new graphics card, i want to be able to play games like half-life 2, counterstrike source and farcry on the higher graphics settings without it being all jerky. i would like a decent 512mb card really, but i dont want to go too high on the price range.

First of all we need to know whether you have an AGP or PCI-e slot for the graphics card to go into. Matt matt@webgrafix.co.uk 0 Response Number 2 Name: JimmsssMKII Date: February 25, 2006 at 10:09:43 Pacific Reply: oops forgot to include that, i've got an AGP slot 0 Response Number 3 Name: jam Date: February 25, 2006 at 10:24:50 Pacific Reply: You definitely don't need a 512MB video card. And without your complete system specs, it's difficult to make a recommendation for an AGP card. What motherboard do you have? What speed RAM? What's the wattage of your PSU & how many amps are on the +12v rail? The AGP slot does not supply adequate power for high end cards, so any performance card you install will HAVE to be connected to the PSU...therefore the PSU must be able to handle the added load, if not, you'll either have to upgrade that too, or go for a weaker video card. Lastly, how much are you willing to spend? 0 Response Number 4 Name: JimmsssMKII Date: February 25, 2006 at 11:51:06 Pacific Reply: WHAAAA?! i never knew this could be so complicated. right i have no idea what most of those things are, except the motherboard. how would i go about finding out the answer to your question 0 Response Number 5 Name: Sabertooth Date: February 25, 2006 at 17:33:36 Pacific Reply: CPU-Z and taking a look at the side label on the PSU. When Google isn't your best pal 0 Related Posts new graphics card now games wont play powermac g5 graphics card Register a new dll invalid graphic settings installed a second graphics card device disabled bypass graphics card See More Response Number 6 Name: JimmsssMKII Date: February 26, 2006 at 08:10:42 Pacific Reply: urm, whats a CPU-Z, and whats the PSU? sorry im pretty ignorant when it comes to computer parts 0 Response Number 7 Name: JimmsssMKII Date: February 26, 2006 at 09:39:18 Pacific Reply: oooooh. my friend has just sold his computer and, very kindly, given, thats right GIVEN! me an ATI Radeon X1600 Pro Video Card. mind you, he is rich so... it probably doesnt mean as much to me as it does to him 0 Response Number 8 Name: jam Date: February 26, 2006 at 10:14:19 Pacific Reply: CPUZ is a program that will provide all sorts of info about your CPU, motherboard & RAM. PSU = Power Supply Unit. If you don't have an adequate PSU, with at least 350 watts & no less than 18 amps on the +12v line, you're not gonna be able to run a high end video card. Like I explained above: "The AGP slot does not supply adequate power for high end cards, so any performance card you install will HAVE to be connected to the PSU...therefore the PSU must be able to handle the added load, if not, you'll either have to upgrade that too, or go for a weaker video card." And if you look at this picture of a typical x1600 Pro, you'll see (upper right corner of the pic) that a floppy type power plug is required: http://tinyurl.com/qbopa 0 Sponsored Link Ads by Google Taking apart M6810 Missing Slave Drive Post Locked This post is quite old and has been locked from receiving new replies. Please create a new posting instead. Go to General Hardware Forum Home Sponsored links Ads by Google Results for: choosing a new graphics card.. 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