Hey there,

I'm a bit of a noob when it comes to graphics cards and stuff.

I have a Dell Dimension 8300 comp, i'm upgrading my graphics card and i'm looking at either a Radeon X800 series card or NVidia 6800 series card, theses are all PCI-e cards. Is this compatible with my motherboard??

Or
Is there anything i can do to check whether it is??, also how do i know if my motherboard is SLI compatible??

Any help would be much appreciated

Thanks

Hello Evolution you will have to tell us more. Goto Http://www.portal.itsallpc.co.uk

Sign up for an account its 2 mins then go to the download section and download PC wizard 2005. Install it and run it this will tell you everything about your computer copy the text and paste it in this thread and we will tell you what you need to know..


Also there are lots of versions of the X800 card some PCI-E and some AGP. I would guess that your pc would be the agp type unless its quite new? Here are some agp cards
http://www1.shopgenie.co.uk/search/q...tnerid=8907200
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Ps. I have sent you a PM. Please read it now thanks Loz

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Hi, thanks for the info

Here is the summary:


Mainboard : Dell Computer Corp. (0M2035)
Chipset : Intel i875PE
Processor : Intel Pentium 4 @ 2593 MHz
Physical Memory : 1024 MB (2 x 512 DDR-SDRAM PC3200 @ 200 MHz)
Video Card : Nvidia Corp GeForce FX 5200 [NV34.3]
Hard Disk : WDC WD800BB-75CAA0 (80 GB)
DVD-Rom Drive : sf03 SAMSUNG DVD-ROM SD-612S (40x )
CD-Rom Recorder : SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-248F CDR, CDR-W (48x ) (48x )
Monitor Type : Dell Computer Dell E151FPp 15 inchs
Operating System : Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 5.01.2600 Service Pack 2
DirectX : Version 9.0c

This is your card!
Nvidia Corp GeForce FX 5200 [NV34.3]
Vendor 10DEh Nvidia Corp
Device 0322h GeForce FX 5200 [NV34.3]
Command 0007h (I/O Access, Memory Access, BusMaster)
Status 02B0h (Has Capabilities List, Supports 66MHz, Supports Back-To-Back Trans., Medium Timing)
Revision A1h, Header Type 00h, Bus Latency 20h
Self test 00h (Self test not supported)
PCI Class Display, type VGA
Subsystem ID 80DF1043h V9520TD (Guess Only!)
Subsystem Vendor 1043h ASUSTeK Computer Inc
Address 0 is a Memory Address (anywhere in 0-4GiB) : E8000000h
Address 1 is a Memory Address (anywhere in 0-4GiB, Prefetchable) : E0000000h
System IRQ 10, INT# A
Expansion ROM of 128 KiB decoded by this card, currently disabled
New Capabilities List Present:
Power Management Capability, Version 1.1
Does not support low power State D1 or D2
Does not support PME# signalling
Current Power State : D0 (Device operational, no power saving)
AGP Capability, Version 3.0 (AGP 8x and 4x, core register support)
AGP Speed(s) Supported : 4x 8x
FW Transfers Supported : Yes
>4GiB Address Space Supported : No
Sideband Addressing Supported : Yes
AGP v3.0 Operation Mode Available : Yes
Isosynchronous Transactions Supported : No
Maximum Command Queue Length : 32 bytes
AGP Speed Selected : 2x
FW Transfers Enabled : Yes
>4GiB Address Space Enabled : No
AGP Enabled : Yes
Sideband Addressing Enabled : Yes
AGP v3.0 Operation Mode : Enabled
Current Command Queue Length : 1 byte

As you can see it is an AGP card so you cannot use PCI-E cards with your motherboard. I like ATI Radeon cards myself. But if you are looking for a nVidia card talk to Eric as he knows more about them than i do Loz


Ps. these cards should work with your motherboard.
http://www1.shopgenie.co.uk/search/q...tnerid=8907200

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Hey,

Thanks, i realised my card was agp. I've found a good website selling the ATI X800 Pro 256mb for £180, so that is the card im gonna go for.

Also, i saw a few comments about some of these cards and the power they require.

will this card i buy be ok power supply wise?

I found the same card for £160 inc vat.
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=63701

Yes there should be no problem with power.

Just remember to ask that you have the AGP x800 and not the PCI-E x800 when you buy ok!!

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