supra steveo Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 i have just went a slapshed out £50 on a new 128 mb graphics card (stupid me )i dont know where to put it for a start any way its a GeFORCE FX.5200 PCi the pc i have is a packard bell any way see the pictures for what the inside of my pc looks like and the rear bit to please help if there is any pc/IT guru`s out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Man Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 PCI car slot into a bank of slots, Depends on what motherboard you have it is usually the type of slot that is the most abundant. make sure the computer is off and power unplug and try plug it in, it won't fit if it is the wrong one and don't force anything it will break if you do. China Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted September 11, 2005 Author Share Posted September 11, 2005 oops pics not worked 2 secs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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supra steveo Posted September 11, 2005 Author Share Posted September 11, 2005 the big brown slot is what the monitor plugs into and i think i might have to plug this graphics card into the pci slot under that but then does that mean i plug the monitor into the the new graphics card? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicmatty Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 Doesnt look like you've got any room left mate, I think it will have to go directly in place of your exhisting graphics card... Remove the crew holding your card in, (the one the monitors plugged into) and swap for the new card - power up again and go through installing the drivers - Got a new cd with it too???? Let me know, I can pop round and give you a hand if you like! ! ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Man Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 The white slots and take out the card on the brown slot and take out the blanking slot behind the white slot for the card exit ports why did you buy a PCI card not the AGP which is the one in your computer already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicmatty Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 A Tankie wouldnt know the differnence ! ! ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Man Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 If he got a PCI card it won't go into the brown AGP slot m8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicmatty Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 Could go in the top PCI slot once the old card is removed ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicmatty Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 Also, I'll wager one of those bottom slots isnt used ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted September 11, 2005 Author Share Posted September 11, 2005 The white slots and take out the card on the brown slot and take out the blanking slot behind the white slot for the card exit ports why did you buy a PCI card not the AGP which is the one in your computer already? coz i am thick OK only joshing, i never done this before i didnt know there was any differnce the AGPand pci, the agp is the one i should have replaced didnt know that, do now but could i take that pout and put in a pci graphics card will this make any difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Man Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 both would do the same thing as to put graphic on your monitor but an AGP card have faster bus/transfere rate and desgined specially graphic card. looking at your AGP card there with a passive heat sink the PCI card would still be much better. you bought it for playing games? AGP is better thats all but the PCI will work. PCI China Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 Best remove the AGP card and put in the PCI card - windows will automatically detect the new gfx card on startup. But I would first find out what the spec is like on the AGP card, you could be removing something thats half decent for one thats not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted September 11, 2005 Author Share Posted September 11, 2005 i got that battle field 2 game this weekend and i really want to blow some shit up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadyn Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 If you dont want that 128mb pci card i'll have it off you mate no probs. I dont have any AGP ports on my crap PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 i got that battle field 2 game this weekend and i really want to blow some shit up I think you need a card with 256 meg MINIMUM to run that game m8y, and what CPU do you have? You need a bitch of a PC and graphics card to run it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Man Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 I have guessed you want to play BF2 from reading the other thread. I am a bit out of touch in computer stuff as I have not upgrade since 2003! but I thing the card you got may not be good enough. I still think is better than your last one as this one got more memory on the card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Man Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 I think you need a card with 256 meg MINIMUM to run that game m8y, and what CPU do you have? You need a bitch of a PC and graphics card to run it. can't be right? I think you will need 256 meg to do a 30+ fps constantly but to play it you will get away with lesser ones? This is the reason I am still playing CSS and didn't buy my copy of BF2..... I so need the upgrade and I am looking to buy 2nd hand 9800 pro ATI....don't laugh , I am skint and saving up for car parts upgrade and wedding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted September 11, 2005 Author Share Posted September 11, 2005 no i did a system overview , you know where it tells you what you need and it said 128 display memory and that was the only thing that was flagged up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted September 11, 2005 Author Share Posted September 11, 2005 I think you need a card with 256 meg MINIMUM to run that game m8y, and what CPU do you have? You need a bitch of a PC and graphics card to run it. how do i know what CPU i have?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 Yeah, just noticed that on the box. But you do need one with a particular type of pixel shader.. there are many graphics cards that it just wont run on. This is from their website: VIDEO Video card must have 128 MB or more memory and one of the following chipsets: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 or greater ATI Radeon 8500 or greater To find what CPU you have, it should either show u at startup, or u can do right mouse button on my computer and then properties, its on the general tab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted September 11, 2005 Author Share Posted September 11, 2005 shit mine is a GeFORCE 5200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted September 11, 2005 Author Share Posted September 11, 2005 my CPU is a ,pentium® 4 CPU 2.20GHz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicmatty Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 i got that battle field 2 game this weekend and i really want to blow some shit up Thats cause you got no tanks any more ! ! ! and PBDS, MPDS and Fuchs cant blow up shit ! ! ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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