Now that I have a new power supply...

Any recomendations for a cheap godly video card? Plz help I’m tired of running Garrys mod at 20 Fps.

Squipple wrote: Any recomendations for a cheap godly video card? Plz help I’m tired of running Garrys mod at 20 Fps.

Ditto. Plz. Halp us.

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Shoulda waited 'til Nervin was on.

Got a spending limit?

Tell me that and I’ll search.

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?

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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?

Red_Calibur9 wrote:

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.

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RageOverdose wrote:

Red_Calibur9 wrote:

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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Hijacc wrote:

RageOverdose wrote:

Red_Calibur9 wrote:

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.

How old is your computer?

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Get a 9800 GT or something.

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.

How old is your computer?

I can’t find “Hardware and Devices." These my choices.

And I don’t know how old it is. It’s XP.

Red_Calibur9 wrote:

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.

How old is your computer?

I can’t find “Hardware and Devices." These my choices.

And I don’t know how old it is. It’s XP.

Pretty sure it is “Add Hardware."

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Add Hardware just opens a wizard to install hardware.

Red_Calibur9 wrote: Add Hardware just opens a wizard to install hardware.

Sorry, Vista is much easier to get to this thing. It’s been awhile since I’ve done it on XP.

It’s in “System” and should be on a tab in the window that opens called “Device Manager” I think.

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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.

Red_Calibur9 wrote:

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.

You can get it here.

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I’m already downloading Skully’s stupid game right now, I’ll do it tomorrow.

Red_Calibur9 wrote:

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

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LeClairity wrote:

Red_Calibur9 wrote:

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.

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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

I got this.