I currently have a Compaq Presario S4300nx. I want to upgrade my video card. It's currenty a stock "Intel Extreme 2 Graphics Processor with 64MB Shared Memory", which is built into the motherboard. I was wondering what my options were regarding video cards? And also if it's pretty easy to install one? Also, hoping not having to install a new power supply...but might have to for a good video card. My pc has had no other upgrades.|||If your going to upgrade your video card you may want to bump up you ram to.
If you running a 64 with 256 ram it may work fine, but when you go to 128 your going to want at least 512 ram. My guess is that your not doing it to make your games look better but to increase performance and ran newer games.
I have a ATI 9000 in one camp and a Ge-force 5200 in the other.
ATI doesn't consume as much ram on a constant bases. But they run almost the same. ATI has little better definition of font.|||you might try out the nVIDIA graphics card. You wil have a stunning mutimedia experience. Go for it...|||If your board and an AGP slot, get that one so you dont have to waste a PCI slot.|||You will need an AGP video card. there are many still available in all price ranges. here is one example
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDet…
installing one is simple. the best thing you could do is look on line for a tutorial on how to install a video card.|||Video cards can be installed in PCI, AGP, or PCI-E slots. You need to open up your case and figure out which one of these you have available. Keep in mind that PCI-E is the fastest, AGP 2nd, and PCI 3rd. Now, once you've decided which one you want, go find a nVidia or ATI card that has 128 or 256 mb that fits in the slot you want, check to make sure your computer meets all the requirements, purchase it. Once you have it, instalation is REALLY easy. Just pop the card into the slot, plug the monitor into the new port on the monitor, and install the drivers off of the CD that came with the card. You'll want to go into the device manager and disable your old video card before switching your monitor over, otherwise you'll have a blank screen to deal with.|||You can really get any video card , and use your AGP or PCI slots. if your looking for an idea , try here to see your options http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/… Hope that helps!!
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