Graphics cards?

[j0lly r0ger]

well the graphics card that you showed me, will it run perfectly fine with all of that stuff on the motherboard. like the chipset and all. because if so im set

[liam858]

Yep It should be fine, and i'm officially jealous of the graphics power you're gonna have. Good luck with the upgrade.


Liam

[j0lly r0ger]

ok THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much lol. thanks for helping me through all of that. you probably got fustrated trying to explain every single thing. well i ordered them and its gonna take a couple of days to ship. ill let ya know how everything runs. and if i have any problems i know who to go to lol. thanks again

[liam858]

No problemo, that's what i'm here for.


Liam

[lgbpop]

I Googled that series, if i read it right it's 4x/8x--it will accept either, and set itself automatically to the card type.

[j0lly r0ger]

where did u read up on that? i installed everest and all it said was that it supported 1x,2x,4x

[lgbpop]

Was a site with reviews; I clicked on a Foxconn model name that looked like alphabet soup but it mentioned 650/651 chipset I think. Probably picked the wrong one. Go with what Everest or the manufacturer say. By the way, I couldn't find a Foxconn mobo site! All there was was one with optical cables, or something like that.

[j0lly r0ger]

Hey liam....I have the card but NO power cable................I started a new thread explaing the problem.

I guess saving $50.00 is not going to be as smooooth as I thought

[liam858]

I've replied.


Liam

[Nix]

Hey liam....I have the card but NO power cable................I started a new thread explaing the problem.

I guess saving $50.00 is not going to be as smooooth as I thought

Could you link to it for those of us following this thread and intrested in your other with out having to search for it.

[liam858]

Sure, : http://discussions.virtualdr.com/sho...d.php?t=199698


Liam

[Zoriasc]

I have been researching this stuff for hours, maybe days, and i'm getting a headache. computer are relatively new to me. to put it simply i want a graphics card and i'm willing to spend around 100$. I have a game sitting in front of me that i want to make sure i can play called "the movies" I just got a computer today and here are the specs:
AMD sempron 3100 (1.8 ghz)
512 DDR ram
I have an AGP slot (8x), no pci express
I'm willing to buy something like that radeon 9800 but my problem is this: i dont know if my computer meets the minimum requirements to run the card! the ati website says specifically that a pentium 4 processor is need or an athlon. but other websites say pentium 3 is ok. I have no clue basically if this will run on my computer or not and i really would rather not buy this card only to find it doesnt work. So this is my main question: will radeon 9800 work on my computer??
another seperate question. in the 'system requirements' on the back of the box of this game it says that my graphics card must be 100% compatible with directx 9.0c. if a card says it is compatible with directx 9.0 is that enough? or does it need to specifically be compatible with directx 9.0c? i know the game comes with a download of directx 9.0c. Anyone who can answer this and save me hours of more research would be a great help. thanks!

[liam858]

Hi and welcome to Virtual Dr.


It's all good news, the card should work, the card is compatible with DirectX 9.0c, and when the game is installing it will check for DirectX versions and install the latest version automatically.


Liam