What video card can I use?

lukey83

lukey83

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I have an old pentium 3, 256MB RAM (PC133), running winXP pro. Its a HP Vectra VLi8, it has onboard graphics, but they suck, because I cant play call of duty on my PC. What kind of graphics card can I get that will work?
 
if you have an agp slot, then you can pretty much go with any agp video card, you c an go with an ati 9250 if you want a cheap card, or go with something like the 9800 for pretty good graphics.
 
Based on the specs you have given I would say, save up some money and get yourself a new computer...
 
mrjack said:
Based on the specs you have given I would say, save up some money and get yourself a new computer...
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Haha, I was given this to play with. I would never have paid money for it. I just use it to play old atari games and stuff.
 
Sorry, i should have explained more. It has 2 standard PCI slots. The onboard graphics is AGP but its crap. I just want something that is powerfull enough to play Call of Duty. Like I said before, I normally only use it to play old atari games. I did have an Oktek card in it before, but it died and I have no idea what the stats were for it.
 
"The onboard graphics is AGP but its crap"

huh?

and u wont be able to play call of duty on that comp even if u got a 7800 gtx, a old pantium 3 and 256 mb 133 ram? that can barely run win xp
 
I have an old pentium 3, 256MB RAM (PC133), running winXP pro. Its a HP Vectra VLi8, it has onboard graphics, but they suck, because I cant play call of duty on my PC. What kind of graphics card can I get that will work?
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Thats a P3 650 right? I'm sorry but even if you upgrade the video and RAM you won't be able to run Call OF Duty very well.

Minimum:
  • System: Pentium® III 700MHz or Athlon® 700MHz processor or equivalent
  • RAM: 128 MB RAM
  • CD-ROM: 8X CD-ROM
  • Video Memory: 32 MB VRAM
  • Hard Drive Space: 1400 MB
  • DirectX: DirectX v9.0
Hovewer don't expect blazing speeds if you do upgrade what you've got, the recommended specs is often what should be considered the minimum.

GhostEye said:
and u wont be able to play call of duty on that comp even if u got a 7800 gtx, a old pantium 3 and 256 mb 133 ram? that can barely run win xp
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Any P3 with 128 or 256MB RAM can run XP with ease. ;)

Oh and good luck getting a 7800 series card in a P3 mobo.
 
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