Graphics Card.

[Mackem]

Graphics card im using atm wont support windows xp. So does any1 know a cheap yet decent graphics card that will support it. an estimate on price and name of the card plz.

 

[Biohazard]

Graphics card im using atm wont support windows xp. So does any1 know a cheap yet decent graphics card that will support it. an estimate on price and name of the card plz.

errr wat card u got now?

 

[urbanfox]

http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?sku=114111&cks=PRL


Extremely cheap, but don't expect to do heavy gaming at all.

 

[Andeh]

for performance/price you cant go wrong with a geforce fx

http://www.dabs.com/uk/channels/components/graphicscards/productView.htm?quicklinx=37TZ

that beats the above radeon by a large margin

 

[Mackem]

How do i check what one i got atm. I only found out it aint stable for XP as some one came out to look at it. ( i aint got a clue with computers ) lol.

 

[otguk]

One way is to....

RIGHT click on desktop..

click PROPERTIES..

click SETTING.. look at display..

 

[Mackem]

NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro

PC is quite old.

 

[otguk]

Have had XP pro working with that card...

So whats your PC specs?

P2 or less not going to work....

 

[Mackem]

GenuineIntel
Pentium(r) III Processor
256.0MB RAM

Edit - Just bought some memory which ill put in later.

 

[HolyCow]

What speed is your processor?

 

[Mackem]

And how do ya check that? Sorry dont have a clue - it's like talking french to me.

 

[HolyCow]

Start -> Run -> type "dxdiag" (without " ")
Should say on the front page of that.

 

[Mackem]

Processor - Intel Pentium III ( all it says ).

 

[HolyCow]

OK, download, extract and run CPU-Z (get it here http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php). Click on the CPU tab and look for the box with 'Core Speed:' next to it, what does it say there?

 

[Mackem]

OK, download, extract and run CPU-Z (get it here http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php). Click on the CPU tab and look for the box with 'Core Speed:' next to it, what does it say there?

Core Speed - 498.1 - 498.2 MHz

 

[Andeh]

500mhz P3 decent chip for its time, and with a TNT2 you got a decent machine there for the likes of Unreal Tournament and Half Life. My old machine was a P3 450 with 128mb ram and a TNT2 and ran Half Life a dream. Cant go wrong with a TNT2 I'm still using mine to this day in my second machine, which is 1.4ghz Athlon 512DDR

 

[Mackem]

ok..... lol.
I can play Mir alright - laggy most the time but can deal with it - so what do i needa upgrade on ? or has it got nothing to do with me graphics card or core speed?
I only thought it was graphics card coz thats what the bloke said.

 

[Andeh]

your system should run mir2 and mir3 perfectly at those specs. ive seen Mir3 run on a P2 233 with 64mb of ram and intel intergrated graphics perfectly. if your card is a TNT2 like you say it is, it should work perfectly under Windows XP. Mine does. just get the latest drivers from http://www.nvidia.com

 

[otguk]

I take it your running win98 on your P3 Pc.

Like ppl have said XP runs OK on P3 PCs, its more of a memory thing, I dont like to install XP on a P3 with less than 256 of memory.

If you were to ask me what to do over a pint at the pub, I would say, back up everything you want, like all your mir stuff (winrar and split them onto CDs).

Make sure your bios(hit delete key) is set to load from cd-rom 1st and just put your XP Home/Pro disk in and format your drive and install xp.

On a side note if your new XP Home/Pro has SP2 on it you my have trouble, hopefully not.

Remember this was over a pint, so remember its your PC, so do what you want to it.

Cos if this happens :spc: its not my fault.

To answer you, your video card is good enough for XP,mir2 and mir3. Just get the latest updated drivers.

 

[Mackem]

Ok thankyou all very much for your time and replies. Been a great Help.