Need new Graphics Card

little_rosie

Can anyone please help me? I have quite an old packard bell computer and need to install a graphics card for my sons Dawn of War game. It has to be Geforce 3 Nvidia. I know I have pci slots as someone said they are the white ones, so I bought a 3d pci express card which was completely the wrong size and shape! Can anybody please tell me which one in need to buy, am really confused, and please don't say I have to buy a new computer! thanks

chuckles1066

little_rosie wrote:

Can anyone please help me? I have quite an old packard bell computer and need to install a graphics card for my sons Dawn of War game. It has to be Geforce 3 Nvidia. I know I have pci slots as someone said they are the white ones, so I bought a 3d pci express card which was completely the wrong size and shape! Can anybody please tell me which one in need to buy, am really confused, and please don't say I have to buy a new computer! thanks

I suspect you have an AGP graphics port so you'll need an AGP graphics card.

little_rosie

Oh, I was told the agp was the brown slot?

Gib_Gib

chuckles1066 wrote:

I suspect you have an AGP graphics port so you'll need an AGP graphics card.

If he has an onboard graphics card presently, there is no reason to believe that they will be able to fit an AGP card. If you can fit a AGP card, go for that

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/119724 - this is a pci gfx card for £50

Its not that good, but pci graphics cards are not.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=56&subid=403 here are some AGP cards, the more expensive, the better.

Colours of slots do not make any difference, its the size that does. It does happen that mine does have a brown AGP slot, but here is a picture. (I know I am no artist)

little_rosie

So are there only 3 types then, agp, pci and pci express? don't mind what the graphics are like, just need the game to work! Gib_gib, why don't they show the shape of the card, it that the one do you think?

little_rosie

Oh, then mine is def pci, thanks so much for your help, will get that card from ebuyer.

Gib_Gib

There are more types, but these are the only 3 types you are likely to come across in a home pc in the last 6 years.

AGP is approx 6cm from the closest edge of the motherboard

PCI is approx 4cm from the closest edge of the motherboard

give or take a few mm.

Your machine will have a pci slot, but an AGP card is a lot better, but you may not have an AGP slot.

*you replied while I was writing

little_rosie

oh blimey. There are two spare slots greyish white, there is a long bit about 3" and a short bit about 1/2". I think the original graphics are attached to the motherboard and I can't see a spare agp.

john_kent

Whta sthe make and modle of PC , or can you do a picture for us all to see.

Also , anyone got a pic of a PCI_Express slot.

callmybill

Visist http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/listmfgr.asp?cat=Video+Card and let them scan your PC and they will suggest an upgrade, good prices too.

chuckles1066

john_kent wrote:

Whta sthe make and modle of PC , or can you do a picture for us all to see.

Also , anyone got a pic of a PCI_Express slot.

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://images.crucial.com/images/pcie_lores_callouts.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.crucial.com/library/pcie_agp.asp&h=272&w=432&sz=22&hl=en&start=6&tbnid=aU8qpO2-Y9jOjM:&tbnh=79&tbnw=126&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpci-express%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D

is the best way to be sure!