Help on picking out a video card

yangster · 11-19-2006, 04:38 AM

I read the guide and need some help on finding a video card. I have a ATI Radeon Xpress 200 (PCI-Express) 128MB Shared Video Memory, according to this site anyways, http://reviews.digitaltrends.com/rev...pecs13159.html.

The computer is pre-built, but I'm not sure on what card to get that'll be compatible. I'm new to computer hardware and need advice on picking one out. I don't really care if it's AVI or Nvidia. I don't have a price range, but I'll go which ever is the cheapest. I plan on doing dual LCD monitors, but as of now I'm doing one monitor. If you can, could you recommend one for single monitor and one for dual monitors? I will be buying a wide screen LCD monitor if that makes any difference.

Thanks.

jp198780 · 11-19-2006, 04:42 AM

what kind of computer do you have? and the model?

Burgerbob · 11-19-2006, 05:13 AM

Light Gaming-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814141035
Medium Gaming-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814143049
Heavy Gaming-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814195024
Really Heavy Gaming-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130072

yangster · 11-19-2006, 05:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jp198780

what kind of computer do you have? and the model?

Just click on the link.

I only play Guild Wars so I guess that'll be considered light gaming?

Burgerbob · 11-19-2006, 05:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yangster

Just click on the link.

I only play Guild Wars so I guess that'll be considered light gaming?

More like medium gaming, with the cards i put. I would not reccomend the first card in almost any case. I would go for the second one (7600GT).

Bobo · 11-19-2006, 05:33 AM

Yea, the 7600GT is good, or if you wanna save a little money, the 7600GS would suffice.

yangster · 11-19-2006, 05:19 PM

Thanks for your inputs. I'll probably be buying the 7600GT. Since this is the first time I'll be installing it. Where is the old video card?

Is it the one on the bottom left? Will I just have to remove the old one, install the new one, install the drivers and etc, correct?

Thanks again.

diduknowthat · 11-19-2006, 05:51 PM

The x200 is integrated, so you do not have to do anything besides disabeling it.

jp198780 · 11-19-2006, 07:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Burgerbob

Light Gaming-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814141035
Medium Gaming-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814143049
Heavy Gaming-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814195024
Really Heavy Gaming-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130072

a light gaming GPU should be a 128MB, you posted a 256MB...the medium link is 256MB also..

Bobo · 11-19-2006, 08:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jp198780

a light gaming GPU should be a 128MB, you posted a 256MB...

No actually he posted a 64MB one.....seriously nobody should buy that thing, it's junk. Not for gamin.

And memory capacity isn't everything, remember.

11-19-2006, 04:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
yangster Bronze Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 71	Help on picking out a video card I read the guide and need some help on finding a video card. I have a ATI Radeon Xpress 200 (PCI-Express) 128MB Shared Video Memory, according to this site anyways, http://reviews.digitaltrends.com/rev...pecs13159.html. The computer is pre-built, but I'm not sure on what card to get that'll be compatible. I'm new to computer hardware and need advice on picking one out. I don't really care if it's AVI or Nvidia. I don't have a price range, but I'll go which ever is the cheapest. I plan on doing dual LCD monitors, but as of now I'm doing one monitor. If you can, could you recommend one for single monitor and one for dual monitors? I will be buying a wide screen LCD monitor if that makes any difference. Thanks.

11-19-2006, 04:42 AM	#2 (permalink)
jp198780 Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Deptford, New Jersey Age: 18 Posts: 4,090	what kind of computer do you have? and the model? __________________ My computer:Amd x2 4200+@2.20ghz 1gb ram 200gb 7200rpm hard drive X1950XT xp home

11-19-2006, 05:13 AM	#3 (permalink)
Burgerbob Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Private Island Age: 18 Posts: 2,515	Light Gaming- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814141035 Medium Gaming- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814143049 Heavy Gaming- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814195024 Really Heavy Gaming- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130072 __________________ MY Computer AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+ Black Edition, Zalman 9700 4096Mb Patriot Viper, ASUS M3N78 Pro 750GB Seagate HDD, eVGA GeForce 8800GT w/Akimbo Antec Three Hundred Logitech MX Revolution, UltraX Media Hanns-G 19in 5ms EEEPC 4G, 1GB RAM, 4GB SD card

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11-19-2006, 05:33 AM	#6 (permalink)
Bobo banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pittsburgh Age: 16 Posts: 6,623	Yea, the 7600GT is good, or if you wanna save a little money, the 7600GS would suffice.

11-19-2006, 05:19 PM	#7 (permalink)
yangster Bronze Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 71	Thanks for your inputs. I'll probably be buying the 7600GT. Since this is the first time I'll be installing it. Where is the old video card? Is it the one on the bottom left? Will I just have to remove the old one, install the new one, install the drivers and etc, correct? Thanks again.

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