Okay, sit back and listen to this. I have a dimension 3000, (dell drr) and I just came to realize that it does not have a PCI-Express nor a AGP slots. Just plain ol' PCI. Smart old me when to the store today and bought myself a ATI Radeon x700. Most of you know already its PCI Express. I ripped it out of the box all giddy and the unscrewed my comp, and tried to shove the damned thing into the slot. Sure with my luck no.... I have no clue where to go from here. I understand that I can upgrade the Motherboard, but obviously the computer whiz I am idk if I should. I am doing all of this to play BF2. Should I search for a PCI only slot card? Should I go and upgrade the motherboard? If you haven't guessed yet I'm a young adult, so I really can't afford a great deal. If you don't already know the BF2 vid cards that are supported are:
Video Cards
Battlefield 2 only supports the following video cards:
Radeon X700 (PCI-E)
Radeon X600 (PCI-E)
GeForce 6600 (PCI-E)
GeForce PCX 5900 (PCI-Ee)
GeForce 5800 Series (AGP)
ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition
ATI Radeon X800 PRO
ATI Radeon 9800 Series
ATI Radeon 9600 Series
ATI Radeon 9550 (RV350LX)
ATI Radeon 9500 / 9700 Series
ATI Radeon 8500 Series
ATI Radeon X300 Series
nVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra
nVidia GeForce 6800 GT
nVidia GeForce 6800
nVidia GeForce FX 5950 Series
nVidia GeForce FX 5900 Series
nVidia GeForce FX 5700 Series
Hmm...Look at that list PCI-E or AGP...sounds ungodly familiar. I think I found some knock-off FX 5700 Series one called like JATON's or something but idk if I should go with it...website link....
http://www.epinions.com/pr-PNY_FX5700LE_128MB
^^pretty sure i read somewhere it said PCI (not pci-e) compatible ^^
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME any and ALL incentive will be grately appreciated!!!
-Your friendly 14yrold video game illiterate retard
P.S. If a new motherboard is essential to play this game could you give any suggestions and what other equipment (plugs, supplies, screws, etc.) I would need to purchase to install one.
(yes, i can play it with the system showed below, so it already runs on a athlon xp 1600+ ^_^ )