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Spider · Sep 28, 2004

I have changed my opinion and will simply upgrade what I have since I don't have an interest in Windows 7. All I will upgrade is my RAM, my HardDrives and the most difficult thing my AGP card. HOW in that jungle do I fins the right AGP card for my computer? AGP 1X, 2X, 4x or 8X really isn't an issue since they're all backwards compatible. But the rest of the numbers and letters are driving me nuts.

I don't know if any of this may help out:

SiSoftware Sandra

Device Information
Device Type : VGA Video Adapter
Device ID : Bus 1, Device 0, Function 0
Official Device Name : NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400 (Microsoft Corporation)
OEM Device Name : nVidia GeForce2 MX/MX 400 [NV11]
Hardware ID : VEN_10DE, DEV_0110, REV_B2
Device Name : ASUS V7100PRO/SI416
Product ID : VEN_1043, DEV_403D, REV_B2
Revision : L3

Power Management Features
Version : 1.01
Supports Clock Slow-down : Yes
Supports D1 PM State : No
Supports D2 PM State : No
Supports PME# : No
Supports PME Clock : No

AGP Capabilities
Version : 2.00
Command Queue Length : 32
Fast-Writes Support : No
Addressing Support : 32-bit
Side Band Support : No
Current Data Transfer Rate : 1X 2X 4X

Device Capabilities
Latency Timer : 248 clk
I/O Range : Yes
Memory Range : Yes
Bus Master Capable : Yes
Special Cycle Recognition : No
Memory Write & Invalidate : No
Video Palette Snoop : No
Parity Error Response : No
Address/Data Stepping : No
System Error Line : No
Fast back-to-back Transactions : No
Detects Parity Errors : No
Supports System Error Line : No
Supports Parity Line : No
User Defined Format : No
66MHz Bus Support : Yes
New Capability List : Yes
Device Select Timing : Medium
Multi-Function Device : No
Header : 00
Interface : 00

Hardware Resources
Memory Range : FD000000
Memory Range : E8000000
Irq. No. : 16
INT Pin : A#
Dynamic Management : Yes

Believe me, I built this machine myself and I am completely lost today!

Do all AGP cards fit into the slot I have or are there different slots? I know not to get a PCI Xpress card nor the old PCI card but the rest of the "greek" out there is just that, "greek" to me!

rb2d2 · Sep 25, 2004

Give the info on your mobo, that will probably determine what graphic cards it will support.

Spider · Sep 28, 2004

"One AGP slot supports 8X/4X at 0.8V (AGP 3.0) or 4X at 1.5V (3.3V is not supported)"... Probnlem is that mine is exactly this one and it has three sets of connectors while this one only has two... Hardly any of the medium quality AGP cards have the set of three connectors anymore...

dontknow

rb2d2 · Sep 25, 2004

Here is one

dontknow

rb2d2 · Sep 25, 2004

Better price

An EVGA is what I have in my PC. This one I think

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130345

sunny

rb2d2 · Sep 25, 2004

Better price and free shipping

sunny

rb2d2 · Sep 25, 2004

Here is a nice PNY

sunny

rb2d2 · Sep 25, 2004

An Axle AX-62A/512D2A4CDHTL

$62 with shipping

Spider · Sep 28, 2004

Thank you so much RB for your help.

I THINK I have finally decided what to do. Stupid as I was, when tired I released the graphic card and put it back in to see the slot and the little tiny/weak *f-ing* plastic thing that is supposed to keep it in place broke. Just the part that one grabs, but the card is still very tightly in the slot. I don't really know why they have that little hook there. No one would shake their computer so much that it would go loose. I don't know what the heat can do to it, but in any case heat expands...

These are the components that I am planning to get:

Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive.

RAM: CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Desktop Memory Model CMC2GX1M2A400C3

Graphic Card: HIS IceQ H467QS1GHA Radeon HD 4670 1GB 128-bit DDR3 AGP 4X/8X HDCP Ready Video Card – It doesn’t have to be HIS. Other manufacturers are ok too. Such as ATI, Sapphire, Gigabyte…

I don't know where to get them yet since Snuzie may be able to get them cheaper from a co-worker's brother, so the prices will most likely not be the ones you see here. Another thing is that the Swedish Kroner is very high in comparison to the US$, so if bought in SEK it will be almost half the price comparing to Sweden. One US$ costs 6.7 SEK today. Two years ago it was about 8.5!

I wanted to get 4GB of RAM, but my friend told me that his computer started to get weired when he had that amount of RAM in a 32-bit OS. So I'll get two X 1GB and already have a pair of 512MB which will make it 3GB all together. I am still not sure about all the components so if anyone has suggestions for better alternative, you're all welcome to give them.

munky2

rb2d2 · Sep 25, 2004

Very nice graphic card! Wow, 1GB! Are you sure it will fit though, it doesn't have the 3 connectors like your present one?

dontknow