Upgrading Video Card

Discussion in 'Tech' started by morrrad, Jun 18, 2005.

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  1. morrrad New Member

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    I am looking to upgrade the video card in my computer (I think its built in)
    Its currently a Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller running on my D(h)ell Dimension 3000. Can you suggest a fairly cheap <$100 video card that is compatible? Thanks
    morrrad, Jun 18, 2005
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  2. Sparky mouseketeer

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    Do you have an AGP slot? Ya know, that brown slot on your motherboard?
    Sparky, Jun 18, 2005
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  3. morrrad New Member

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    I don't know, I'll Check
    morrrad, Jun 18, 2005
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  4. Da Lucky 1 New Member

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    its not even worth spending $100 on a card. youd be better off saving some more money and buying a decent card
    Da Lucky 1, Jun 18, 2005
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  5. morrrad New Member

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    All I really want the card for is to play HL2 at a decent framerate
    morrrad, Jun 18, 2005
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  6. oblivious_maximus New Member

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    $100 will not make that happen.

    Consider spending at least $200.

    Radeon 9800pro or geforce 6600gt - don't consider anything less than these cards.
    oblivious_maximus, Jun 18, 2005
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  7. morrrad New Member

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    Ok, I dont have an AGP but I can install a PCI video card. Can you recommend a good one for pci. and how about less than $300 that should work...i hope
    morrrad, Jun 18, 2005
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  8. morrrad New Member

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    morrrad, Jun 18, 2005
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  9. ThatHideousStrength Junior Member

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    thats a piece of shit.
    ThatHideousStrength, Jun 18, 2005
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  10. Da Lucky 1 New Member

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    yeah, a total piece of shit.

    youre not going to get decent performance with a pci card
    Da Lucky 1, Jun 18, 2005
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  11. morrrad New Member

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    Yeah, I cant find anything good on newegg with pci
    morrrad, Jun 18, 2005
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  12. ThatHideousStrength Junior Member

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    sorry to burst your bubble, but there isn't anything good on PCI anymore :?
    ThatHideousStrength, Jun 18, 2005
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  13. oblivious_maximus New Member

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    even if there were anything good on PCI, just being PCI would make it crap.

    Probably the best you're going to find in a PCI card is a radeon 9250 (I don't know the geforce equivalent). That would be better than the TOTAL POS the dell moron recommended (SE=SHIT EDITION/SLOW EDITION), but not by much. It'll run hl2, but it won't be pretty, or have a decent framerate, and anything over 640x480 is just going to SUCK.
    oblivious_maximus, Jun 18, 2005
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  14. ninefivezero infinite resolution

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    On top of that I believe you have a Celeron processer which is just plain slow. Your computer is just piss-poor as far as upagrade ability goes.

    You could spend about $50 on this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102522 and just be happy with the upgrade from what you have, or save up for a whole new computer really...
    ninefivezero, Jun 19, 2005
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  15. shrugs* New Member

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    D3000s come with P4s or Celerons.

    Get a new case/board and swap your shit out.
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    I have never had luck with dells... i had one literally blow up in my face ones and lgith on fire... get that
    Canadian_man001, Jun 20, 2005
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  17. hans5849 Serious as a heart attack

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    LOL

    Yea, morrrad visit http://www.cpuid.org/cpuz.php and download the program CPU-z, then post the processor you have here and i can give you some good suggestions as to the route to take.
    hans5849, Jun 20, 2005
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