Question:
how to update a standard vga graphics adaptor u need to read?
2011-06-30 12:42:17 UTC
ok heres the thing my computer was recently a windows xp now i was a little younger about nine when we go it i could have played games like halo and grand-theft san Andrea's with a little glitches but hey it could have worked but that was before now my computer broke down because of a virus and my parent sent it to be fixed by a guy the guy upgraded to windows 7 i was ok with it until i tried to watch a movie the move was glitching and couldn't even play i was pissed out!!!! if thats not enough i tried to play a game and thats when i blew through the roof none of my games couldn't play so now i did some digging and this is my system information my rating is a 1.0 i have an turbo 4400+comb (k8m80-m7a and sempron 2800+) 1.60 GHz installed memory ram 1.50gb system typer 32bit operating system windows 7 ultimate i have 297 gb of space in all on the pc my disk type is an hitachi HDS721032CLA362 ATA DEVICE i dont know wat kind of graphics card i had before and my ocmputer was coustom built so i cant get any info and i dont know wher to find the guy who built it all i want to do is go back to playing games and having fun im tired of dealing with this somone pls help me please your my only hope pls
Three answers:
2011-06-30 13:30:59 UTC
"k8m80-m7a"

For that motherboard you need an AGP Graphics card.



Buy this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161337

OR this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125281



They will come with an instruction booklet that will tell you how to install it.

That will give you enough graphics power.



Beyond that your computer could use more RAM (This will give you 25% more RAM and allow your computer to run it in dual channel mode)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820161161



And if you can afford more, that CPU sux

But they don't even sell processors that are compatable with your motherboard anymore. You would have to look for an Athlon 64 on eBay. (used)



To be honest your computer is VERY old and outdated you could spend $300 and get a system that makes your old one look like total cr*p.

The link below is to a $300 computer that would seem like a race between a gocart and a Farrari when compared to your computer.

http://www.pcdirectsource.com/Item.cfm?ID=2622

You would only need to buy a video card and you'd could be in gaming heaven.



To top it all off...

XP is a lighter os than Windows 7

meaning it takes more computing power and system resources to run windows 7 than windows xp.

that leaves less for your games.

Professional opinion:

That repair shop should not have installed windows 7 on such an old and slow computer. Your computer would run much better using Windows 2000.
kullas
2016-12-03 19:58:51 UTC
staring on the form of the Video card (ATI, Nvidia), you could have the skill to discover it on thier web content, regardless of if that's in basic terms a commonly used on-board video card that became into put in by utilising the manu. of the laptop, you could visit thier internet site and could have the skill to discover the motive force for the video card.
Binary_Finary
2011-07-01 01:50:29 UTC
GPU buyers guide

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Utjw77kHk2o

Low wattage PSU's and GPU's Guide ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTQoH-j5KZY

Laptop buyers guide

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5QdtEy-qao


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