Need help please...

[northeastsurfing]

I am a web designer, and know a little about inside a computer, hardware and software. I had a computer built for me by a person who ended up dying very young a year later.

My video card is going, the fan on it is making a sound and it sounds like it is getting slower, it needs to be re-placed. I do not have a lot of money so want to do it myself, I was going to get the current card that is already in it so I do not have to mess with software. Let me know what you think, should I up grade my card if I find one for the same money, or is it to hard to install, etc. I have a PC with windows XP.

This is my current card here. http://www.compuvest.com/Search.jsp...as=13&zmac=65&zmap=331000193-01&zmae=shopping

I found this one for the same price should I upgrade or is it even doing so,, http://cgi.ebay.com/GeForce-6200-SE...ameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

Do you have any ideas of you own,

Thanks ronnie lees.

 

[northeastsurfing]

video cards

I want to keep it simple, I rather make it as easy as I can. Not sure if I want to buy ebay but here are a bunch of video cards, http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=video+cards

 

[northeastsurfing]

Is this even better, http://cgi.ebay.com/512mb-nVIDIA-Ge...ameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

 

[Intel_man]

^^ That one seems like an PCI-E card...

 

[northeastsurfing]

Should I just go with the card I already have in the computer now, this one here. http://www.compuvest.com/Search.jsp...as=13&zmac=65&zmap=331000193-01&zmae=shopping

Or do you know of a better one for around the same price, ron.

I am not sure what a PCI-E card is, I am guessing it is not a video card.

 

[northeastsurfing]

what is the differents between a video card like I linked above that is in my computer and a PCI-e Graphics Card? Or any graphics card?

 

[lovely?]

the specific kind of video card your computer can take is called the AGP 4X/8X format. its the type of slot on your motherboard that sends and takes information from the video card.

on here, we always suggest using newegg.com if you can, and since you are using an American website ill assume your from the states.

this one is about $70 total, and would serve your purposes very well.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102086

this one is less powerful then the first, but still better then the one you had. it also conforms to the budget a bit better, at about $55 shipped
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814136022

 

[northeastsurfing]

I will buy one of those two, maybe the 70.00 one, is it easy to install? pop out the old one, pop in the new one, and load and install the disk? Thanks ronnie lees.

I have windows xp, and a brand new mother board in the computer.

 

[Vizy]

Yea, that's it. It's probably better to get the latest drivers from the support website first, then pop in the card. Then install drivers. You're updated.