I know this might be a stupid question...but how do I upgrade my video card. Mine is a Nvida geforce 6150SE nforce 430 (I'm pretty sure that outtadate, right) and before anyone starts, I have visited the nvidia website and tried downloading a higer version, but everytime, after the download, it still says that I'm using the same version. Am I doing something wrong....or....do I have to buy an extra component for my PC to get this to work correctly? Thank you in advance
...hmm...ya know, I had a feeling. thanks for replying back so fast, I'm kinda a noob when it comes to computer accessories...I don't think I EVAR brought a hardware extension for my little computer.
A great starting block to upgrading your rig is upgrading whatever video card you have to an NVidia TNT2 card, it's able to display extreme high definition graphics the likes of old timers have never seen. And it's cheap to boot. With a name like TNT2, it has to be fucking awesome.
well for starters find out if your PC has a PCI graphics card slot. mine is AGP only so that sucks. if you do not have a PCI slot well it's best to just get a new motherboard which is just the same as buying a new PC. now to get your graphics card. I recommend ATI, they are just as good as Nvidia and cheaper. somewhere around the Radeon HD 5000 series or higher. once you have obtained your graphics card of choice open up your PC. you'll find a large fan attached to the motherboard and a small fan attached to a card. pull out that card and stick in your graphics card. get the latest drivers and start playing crysis on max!
AGP is much better than PCI. However, AGP has now been superceeded by PCI-Express (NOT the same thing as PCI). Also your description of a graphics card is flawed, it could be passively cooled, in which case theres no fan on it. In this case it could well be an onboard, which isn't removable.
oh lol PCI-E I got confused. and I completely forgot about an onboard. but my dad told me there's a seperate slot for a second graphics card if your PC contains and onboard one. correct me if I'm wrong though, it could be for an AGP Post Merge: [time]1291903512[/time] PCI-E mean PCI-Express right?
Not all computers with onboard graphics have a slot for a dedicated graphics adaptor, most do but I've seen a few that haven't. Generally if the motherboard is designed for small form factor PCs it probably will not have a slot for a dedicated graphics card. PCI-E is the official abbreviation for PCI-Express, yes.
It sounds like your motherboard is nforce 430 based, so you most likely have a onboard graphics card. Check if you have a blue slot exactly like this on your motherboard, the color of the slot may vary You also need to check the total wattage of your power supply inside your computer, its usually the big gray metal box with wires coming out of it, this is listed on the sticker.
I was about to buy this cheap computer with an intel i7 processor but it has onboard graphics. I asked him if there was any seperate slots for a second graphics adaptor but he just didn't understand me. weird.
