How to Boost the performance of my e-GeForce 7300gt?

michaelmiller85 · 11-10-2006, 04:05 AM

I have to admit that i don't know that much about computers, except that i love to play games every once and a while. I just purchased an e-GeForce 7300gt (512mb)graphics card expecting to get a huge boost of performance compared to the previous card that was, which was a Radeon something that 128mb of ram.

I have a dell E510. Here is what i did when switching out the old for the new card. I simply took the old card out and plugged in the new 7300gt card. The manual said something about plugging in a power cable to the card but didn't see anything to plug into (should i plug in additional power?). I plugged everything back up to the computer, started it, and then went to install the new drivers. I got an error message that said something about not being able to test the windows logo or something. I finished the installation without complication.

Like i said, i don't know much of anything about computers, but it seems that this upgrade should improve the performance of my new flight simulator game by a large amount. It still is jerky!

What can i do do improve the performance (faster) of my computer without having to spend more money. My processor speed is over 2gighertes, 1gb of ram, and then my new GeForce 7300gt pci express graphics card.

Thanks for the help!

Michael

Impr3ssiv3 · 11-10-2006, 04:18 AM

well you should have gotten a 4-pin molex to PCI-E power converte. Use that on your power supply to plug into your card. it will need more power when your gaming

the only thing to boost performance would be to overclock it

ryf · 11-10-2006, 06:12 AM

what are your PC specs? your video card might not have been your bottleneck.

pdc76 · 11-10-2006, 06:47 AM

it's usually a good idea to completely remove the old drivers, especially when switching brands.

11-10-2006, 04:05 AM	#1 (permalink)
michaelmiller85 New Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1	How to Boost the performance of my e-GeForce 7300gt? I have to admit that i don't know that much about computers, except that i love to play games every once and a while. I just purchased an e-GeForce 7300gt (512mb)graphics card expecting to get a huge boost of performance compared to the previous card that was, which was a Radeon something that 128mb of ram. I have a dell E510. Here is what i did when switching out the old for the new card. I simply took the old card out and plugged in the new 7300gt card. The manual said something about plugging in a power cable to the card but didn't see anything to plug into (should i plug in additional power?). I plugged everything back up to the computer, started it, and then went to install the new drivers. I got an error message that said something about not being able to test the windows logo or something. I finished the installation without complication. Like i said, i don't know much of anything about computers, but it seems that this upgrade should improve the performance of my new flight simulator game by a large amount. It still is jerky! What can i do do improve the performance (faster) of my computer without having to spend more money. My processor speed is over 2gighertes, 1gb of ram, and then my new GeForce 7300gt pci express graphics card. Thanks for the help! Michael

11-10-2006, 04:18 AM	#2 (permalink)
Impr3ssiv3 Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,231	well you should have gotten a 4-pin molex to PCI-E power converte. Use that on your power supply to plug into your card. it will need more power when your gaming the only thing to boost performance would be to overclock it __________________ The Shit: Antec P180B ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe AM2 nForce 570 AMD X2 4200+ AM2 @ 2.42 CORSAIR XMS2 DDR2 800 2X1GB eVGA 256MB 7900GT KO BenQ 19" 2ms LCD Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS 3DMark03~19601

11-10-2006, 06:12 AM	#3 (permalink)
ryf Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 60	what are your PC specs? your video card might not have been your bottleneck. __________________ New System1-AMD 64 3800, 2x 513 pc6400, 2x80gig HD's, nvidia 7600 gt system2-p3 1.33 tulatin 1gig ram 40 gig HD radeon 9500 oc'dto 290mem/400FSB GONE - p4 1.4 384 Rdram, 120 gig HD geforce 5200 Laptop - AMD 2400 mobile XP downclocked to 800mhz for heat, 512 mb ram, 40 gig HD

11-10-2006, 06:47 AM	#4 (permalink)
pdc76 Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 757	it's usually a good idea to completely remove the old drivers, especially when switching brands. __________________ Intel QX9650 w/ Ultra-120 Exreme / Evga nForce 780i SLI 4Gb (2x2Gb) Corsair Dominator DDR2 1066Mhz 5-5-5-15 2 nVidia 8800GTX SLI / 22" Asus Wide LCD, 19" KDS CRT SB X-FI X-tremegamer FATAL1TY Edition w/ 64Mb X-Ram 2 Sata II 320Gb Raid 0 array, 2 Sata 110Gb Raid 0 array Super Multi Blue Blu-Ray & HD-DVD w/ Lightscribe / Floppy Antec Quattro 1000W Modular PSU / Lian-Li PC-65B case Dual Boot Vista Home Premium SP1, XP Professional SP2

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