I have a Raedon x300, but im having alot of problems with it so i went and got a G-force fx 5500, well......my computer doesnt have the right slot for that...Im not sure what slot my computer does have actually =\ I just know on the raedon, there's 2 of the metal's on the bottom as opposed to the gforce fx, theres 3.
can anyone recommend something that will work with Secondlife? and some of the other newer games out there?
My budget is 100-130ish dollars.....give or take a few.
And i perfer 256mb;
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Tara Flytrap
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04-09-2006 20:14
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Osgeld Barmy
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04-09-2006 20:34
this will help identfy what type of card you need
agp vs PCI-E   standard issue PCI (old / slow)  altho alot of new cards have 3 sets of fingers like this (which is probally like your FX)  cupple of screball ones AGP PRO this is usually on super high end graphics workstations from a few years ago, made it on some macintosh, and most notably the Asus A7v athalon mainboard(which i happen to have too... in the other computer) but its backwards compatible with normal AGP  64 bit pci rare on home PC's altho my old mac has one  |
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Cottonteil Muromachi
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04-09-2006 20:39
The metal teeth thingies?
I think the one with 2 uses a PCI slot. If your PC is quite old, this is quite likely what it is. The one with 3 is probably an AGP slot. One of the short metal thingies don't have teeth I think. The newer PCI-Express slots have 2 again. Its hard to tell unless the motherboard model is known, because some manufacturers split their 'metal teeth thingies'. The motherboard model sometimes appears the moment you boot up your computer. If your PC is too old, you might have to upgrade both the processor and graphics card to get some decent performance from it. Knowing what your current specs are would help people here determine how best to help.  |
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Tod69 Talamasca
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04-09-2006 23:04
Ok, I think I might have the answer for this one. Just looked up the OP's Radeon x300 on Newegg.
The Radeon x300 is PCI-Express. The GeForce FX 5500 is AGP. Therein lies the problem. So, Tara, odds are you need a PCI-E compatible card. If thats the case, take/send the 5500 back & get the 6600. BTW Guys, Good job on the pictoral view of computer Slots. |
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Tara Flytrap
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04-10-2006 01:20
Okay i will do that.....and that will be a good graphics card right?
a upgrade ill notice from now? Thanks so much for all your help. sorry i didnt explain so well oh the graphics card....all this stuff confuses me! haha. Oh and by the way from looking at the pictures, It is a PCIe I dont know if anything else could be a problem..how do i find my specs to list them? (not good with computers) lol. _____________________
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04-10-2006 06:19
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150133
6600GT 256MB $110 after rebate Pretty much just copy and paste whats under help then about second life, it should have your ram, cpu, and video card listed. |
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04-10-2006 06:59
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150130
6800 XT 256MB GDDR3 Ram $94.99 after rebate Pretty much just copy and paste whats under help then about second life, it should have your ram, cpu, and video card listed. |
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Osgeld Barmy
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04-10-2006 17:08
agreed
altho if your machine is biult by a name brand the eziest is the make and model number |