Do I Need A New Graphics Card?

[aoyv73]

Radeon 9200 with 256 memory is cheap and ok Crucial.com for memory

Its cheap and give em your details and then see just what will fit under £16 uk

for 128 DDr UT 2003 likes 512 will run ok on 256 memory comes in 128 256

and 512 strips so you can add say 256 same speed and type no problem.

[DarthInsinuate]

Originally posted by kaiweiler@29 October 2003 - 20:55
DarthInsinuate, if i only have 128 ram now, does that mean i can only get another 128, and not a 512? or what do you mean by the same speed

you should be able to fit a 512mb module on top of your 128mb

for the explaination of speed this is Lamsey, our smart moderator's, RAM guide

you should buy online from crucial.com - they're nice and cheap

[kaiweiler]

how would i find out if i have DDR ram now or SD ram? and if i have one do i need to get the same kind, like if i have SD now, which i probably do cuz my computer is shit, can i get DDR?

[kaiweiler]

and also would it be better to get a cheap not so good 512, or a better higher quality 256??

[_John_Lennon_]

Originally posted by kaiweiler@29 October 2003 - 23:03
and also would it be better to get a cheap not so good 512, or a better higher quality 256??

Are they the same specs? I mean like, I would probably take 256 of 3200 over 512 of 2700.....

[johnboy27]

Go to this site http://www.greenlyph.com/ .The guy who runs the shop will beat any price from any other store in the HRM for stuff that he sells.He is located in the south end of Halifax . He sells new and used parts and I really haven't seen anybody around here that can get the stuff he sells for much cheaper than he sells it. I may however be selling my Radeon 7500 in the next couple of weeks.I could let you know when I am selling it if you are interested. I will likely sell it for about 60 bucks,it still has warranty until january I think.

Keep a look out on that site though as he has daily specials and if you plan on coming to Halifax one day just check the page the night before and the next days specials will be up.

[DarthInsinuate]

Originally posted by kaiweiler@30 October 2003 - 03:56
how would i find out if i have DDR ram now or SD ram? and if i have one do i need to get the same kind, like if i have SD now, which i probably do cuz my computer is shit, can i get DDR?

hmm, the Belarc Advisor doesn't say if you have DDR or not, thought it would - but taking a educated guess, you do have SD, if the advisor says you have a bus rate of 100mhz then you definately have SD

no, you can't mix SD with DDR, most mobo don't support both types anyway

i would go for cheap, more RAM rather then fast, less RAM

[kaiweiler]

Hello, i installed Belarc Advisor and this is what it said

Operating System
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 (build 2600)

System Model
00101701 XL916 15524300061459 00
System Serial Number: 5003HPPAV3

Processor
850 megahertz Intel Celeron
32 kilobyte primary memory cache
128 kilobyte secondary memory cache

Main Circuit Board
Board: Asus CUW-AM/MEW-AM 2.07
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies LTD 2.10 05/08/2001

Drives
30.01 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
18.39 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8240B [CD-ROM drive]
LG CD-ROM CRD-8485B
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]
QUANTUM FIREBALLlct20 30 [Hard drive] (30.02 GB) -- drive 0, s/n 353103825731, rev APL.0900, SMART Status: Healthy

Memory Modules c,d
128 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'M1' has 128 MB
Slot 'M2' is Empty

Local Drive Volumes
c: (on drive 0) 30.01 GB 18.39 GB free



So that is what the results were, from that do you think i have SD or DDR and how much more ram could my computer handle?
And also back to the graphics card, is there anything here saying what it can handle?

[DarthInsinuate]

I did a little research and your bus speed is definately 100mhz, therefore it must also be SDRAM

[kaiweiler]

Oops, heres the rest

Controllers
Standard floppy disk controller
Intel® 82801AA Bus Master IDE Controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]

Display
Intel® 82810 Graphics Controller [Display adapter]
HP PAVILION M50 [Monitor] (13.2"vis, May 2000)

Bus Adapters
Intel® 82801AA USB Universal Host Controller

Multimedia
Intel® 82801AA AC'97 Audio Controller
MPU-401 Compatible MIDI Device
Standard Game Port

Other Devices
HP PS2 Keyboard (2K - 3)
PS/2 Compatible Mouse
USB Root Hub