RageOverdose wrote:
Also, do you have PCIe x16 or PCIe x16 2.0?
Dual-core or quad-core? What is the PSU wattage as well? What is your current card too?
How would I know?
Well, you can find out your current card by looking in your system information. Some computers have a tool that tells you these things, usually in your programs somewhere, but you can look at hardware settings in your Windows Control Panel. It’s usually denoted as the Device Manager and it gives you a list of your hardware.
Shoot, if you have Vista, it at least tells you the amount of RAM you have, the video card, and CPU in the performance score.
If you’ve gotten a motherboard recently (under a year ago) you probably have PCIe x16 2.0, unless it was really cheap, but even if you don’t, those cards are supported in PCIe x16 slots, albeit the bandwidth will be lower as will bus transfer speed between the CPU and video card.
RageOverdose wrote:
Also, do you have PCIe x16 or PCIe x16 2.0?
Dual-core or quad-core? What is the PSU wattage as well? What is your current card too?
How would I know?
Well, you can find out your current card by looking in your system information. Some computers have a tool that tells you these things, usually in your programs somewhere, but you can look at hardware settings in your Windows Control Panel. It’s usually denoted as the Device Manager and it gives you a list of your hardware.
Shoot, if you have Vista, it at least tells you the amount of RAM you have, the video card, and CPU in the performance score.
If you’ve gotten a motherboard recently (under a year ago) you probably have PCIe x16 2.0, unless it was really cheap, but even if you don’t, those cards are supported in PCIe x16 slots, albeit the bandwidth will be lower as will bus transfer speed between the CPU and video card.
Hes not computer savvy.
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RageOverdose wrote:
Also, do you have PCIe x16 or PCIe x16 2.0?
Dual-core or quad-core? What is the PSU wattage as well? What is your current card too?
How would I know?
Well, you can find out your current card by looking in your system information. Some computers have a tool that tells you these things, usually in your programs somewhere, but you can look at hardware settings in your Windows Control Panel. It’s usually denoted as the Device Manager and it gives you a list of your hardware.
Shoot, if you have Vista, it at least tells you the amount of RAM you have, the video card, and CPU in the performance score.
If you’ve gotten a motherboard recently (under a year ago) you probably have PCIe x16 2.0, unless it was really cheap, but even if you don’t, those cards are supported in PCIe x16 slots, albeit the bandwidth will be lower as will bus transfer speed between the CPU and video card.
Hes not computer savvy.
Oh.
Usually there is a section in Windows called Control Panel, usually found by pressing the “Start” button and looking on the left panel of the window that comes up. In Control Panel is usually a “Hardware & Devices” section. When you go into it, look for “Device Manager” and go into it. Under video adapters in the long list it should tell you what video card you have.
RageOverdose wrote:
Usually there is a section in Windows called Control Panel, usually found by pressing the “Start” button and looking on the left panel of the window that comes up. In Control Panel is usually a “Hardware & Devices” section. When you go into it, look for “Device Manager” and go into it. Under video adapters in the long list it should tell you what video card you have.
RageOverdose wrote:
Usually there is a section in Windows called Control Panel, usually found by pressing the “Start” button and looking on the left panel of the window that comes up. In Control Panel is usually a “Hardware & Devices” section. When you go into it, look for “Device Manager” and go into it. Under video adapters in the long list it should tell you what video card you have.
RageOverdose wrote:
It’s in “System” and should be on a tab in the window that opens called “Device Manager” I think.
Okay, I’m at Device Managers.
Just realized I’m sitting next to an XP computer... -___-
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Better idea, download Belarc Adviser (forgot about this, sorry). It will do an “audit” of your computer and put up a private web-page that displays your entire PC specifications.
RageOverdose wrote:
It’s in “System” and should be on a tab in the window that opens called “Device Manager” I think.
Okay, I’m at Device Managers.
Control Panel >System > Hardware > Device Manager > Display Adaptors > double click the device and it will say something like PCI Slot 8 or AGP or something
RageOverdose wrote:
It’s in “System” and should be on a tab in the window that opens called “Device Manager” I think.
Okay, I’m at Device Managers.
Control Panel >System > Hardware > Device Manager > Display Adaptors > double click the device and it will say something like PCI Slot 8 or AGP or something
So does Belarc, as well as tons of other helpful bits of info to understand his PC and what can be put in it, what can’t be, and what isn’t particularly useful.
LeClairity wrote:
Control Panel >System > Hardware > Device Manager > Display Adaptors > double click the device and it will say something like PCI Slot 8 or AGP or something
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