NEED HELP WITH GRAPHICS CARD !

[eju1991]

Hello all ! I need to upgrade my laptop to be able to play games like splinter cell conviction and other like that......Trouble is the last time i tried to upgrade my PC turned out to be a disaster.....we had bought the card then found out that it was incompatible....i dont want such a mistake this time...I really need help people...!

 

Here are my specifications :

 

Intel® Celeron® CPU 900 @ 2.20GHz

1 GB RAM

Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (build 2600)

Video Card : Mobile Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family - 256 MB - Pixel Shader 3.0

 

All i need to know is which card to buy to play some good games....

[eju1991]

a lil faster pls !

 

hey guys....i need more info before i hit any local stores for graphic card info....i plan to get it done within the week....

 

pls help fast !

 

thanks a lot guys !!

 

any help is welcome !!

[RandyL]

Hi.

While you wait for a reply on your card I think the minimum specs for RAM are 1.5GB which means you probably need 3.0GB. So don't be too quick to buy a card if the rest of your system won't support the game. You currently fall short at only 1.0 GB.

 

Processor: 1.8 GHz Intel Core2 Duo or 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon X2 64 (Minimum)

 

Video Card: 256 MB DirectX 9.0c–compliant video card (512 MB recommended)

 

Supported Video Cards at Time of Release:

 

NVIDIA GeForce 7800 / 7900 / 8 / 9 / GTX series

ATI RADEON X1800 / X1900 / HD 2000 / HD 3000 / HD 4000 / HD 5000 series

 

Laptop versions of these cards may work but are NOT supported. These chipsets are the only ones that will run this game.

 

I doubt your computer will be able to handle these types of games no matter what you do.

[LinkindinkinPark]

you cant upgrade a laptop video card.for games you should buy a new or newer laptop

[Dalo Harkin]

You can do it, but for the hassle, buy a new system as suggested.

[tankengine]

Hi i need some help with graphics card ! i have bought an rc flight sim and my computer cant seem to cope with the game graphics, i then got a sapphire hd 5450 20r card but this just would not work at all in my nec powermate vl 350! it would not even turn on ! is my pc to old to take this card? and is there an older card that i can still buy that will run this sim?

here are the details of my pc and what i need to run the sim hope someone can help! kind regards Tom.

 

Nec Powermate vl350

processor : AMD Sempron3000+

Memory (ram) :1.00GB

Graphics : ATI Radonxress 200 series

Gaming graphics : 287 MB Total avaible memory

Pimary Hard disc : 105GB Free (143GB Total)

 

To successfully use Phoenix, you will need the following:

• IBM-compatible PC computer with 1.0 Ghz Pentium 3/4 or AMD Athlon/64 compatible processor

• Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 operating system

• 256MB system memory (RAM)

• 1.5 GB free, uncompressed hard-disk space*

• ATI Radeon 9800/NVidia Geforce Ti4200 with at least 128MB memory

• Microsoft DirectX 9.0c or higher

• DVD-ROM Drive for installation

• 1 free USB 1.1/2.0 port

• 100% DirectX 9 compatible sound card (optional)

[madman32]

@ tankengine

 

your problem sounds more like a powersupply problem tbh...

if your motherboard has the PCI-E socket necessary to install the graphics card into then it should support the card type. At least enough to boot up and allow you to download and install the driver.. which would lead me to thinking its a powersupply issue and that would mean that you need a better powersupply to power your pc.

 

also it looks like from your spec that you would need to upgrade the processor to play the game as well.

 

to see where your processor comes heres a link

 

AMD Processors for Desktops: AMD Phenom?, AMD Athlon? FX, AMD Athlon? X2 Dual-Core, AMD Athlon?, and AMD Sempron? Processor

 

hope that helps

 

madman32