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| Thread ID: 48959 | 2004-09-06 07:23:00 | Please, Please, Please HELP! | starplayer7 (6129) | Press F1 |
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| 269692 | 2004-09-06 22:06:00 | Generals is a very taxing game, to the point where you do actually require a semi decent video card. Unfortunatly you dont have a semi decent video card, onboard intel graphics where never designed for playing games. About the best game you should aim to play on onboard graphics is solitare. If you want to play "3D Games" then you are going to have upgrade to a seperate video card. Intel onboard graphics would struggle to play older games such as Quake 3 or UT let alone modern games such as C&C Generals. It doesnt help that Generals has a reputation for hogging system resources. |
Pete O'Neil (250) | ||
| 269693 | 2004-09-06 22:45:00 | Oh ok. I can play other games like Halo, and other CNC series games. I was think of upgrading( when I get the money) to a ATI RADEON 9600 Pro with AGP 8x support, 256mb DDR SDRAM, and Direct X 9 Compatible. For NZ$248... Do you think that is worth it? Will that work in my CPU? (it has avaiable slots on the Motherboard.) Do you think I should buy ATI Radeon, or some sort of GeForce... what are your thoughts, which is better for my situation? Thanks again. |
starplayer7 (6129) | ||
| 269694 | 2004-09-06 23:02:00 | Have a look at this thread. (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) | tommy (2826) | ||
| 269695 | 2004-09-06 23:02:00 | > I can play other games like Halo, and other CNC > series games . You play Halo on a "Intel(R) 82845G Graphics Controller" holy cow thats insane what settings do you use? Does it not look really crap? > I was think of upgrading( when I get the money) to a > ATI RADEON 9600 Pro > > with AGP 8x support, 256mb DDR SDRAM, and Direct X 9 > Compatible . > > For NZ$248 . . . Do you think that is worth it? > > Will that work in my CPU? (it has avaiable slots on > the Motherboard . ) Save some money and get a Radeon 9600PRO with 128mb the extra 128mb gives NO preformance benefit with the 9600 . Are you sure you have a AGP slot? You have a HP moniter does that mean you have a HP system? HP and other large PC manufactuers are notorious for not providing a AGP slot . Perhaps post back with your model number if its a HP system and we can make sure it has a AGP slot, |
Pete O'Neil (250) | ||
| 269696 | 2004-09-06 23:17:00 | When I play Halo, I use 256 colors, the smallest resolution - 640 x 480, with every IN GAME setting to low or NONE . . . . lol . . Yes it DOES Look crap compared to the Xbox version . And still Lags a little, just a little . So the extra 128mb wouldn't do anything . Why's that? Would a plain 128mb card be cheaper??? My model is a - HP Pavilion 533a ( I think thats the "Model") Cheers . |
starplayer7 (6129) | ||
| 269697 | 2004-09-06 23:53:00 | Is this your system here (h10025.www1.hp.com)? If so then you cant upgrade to the Radeon 9600PRO as you dont have a AGP slot. You only have 3 PCI slot. The best you could hope for would be a PCI Radeon 9200SE or a Geforce4 MX. Not exactly a good gaming card but far better than onboard video. Have a quick browse over Pricespy for prices etc |
Pete O'Neil (250) | ||
| 269698 | 2004-09-07 01:07:00 | Yip, thats my computer. Why does it NOT have a agp slot... grrr... is there any other way at all to get an AGP card on this system. It is a new pc, what is it problem!!! How much faster will the PCI Radeon 9200SE make the games, esp. Generals and Zero Hour expansion Pack? Will that definately work on my cpu? Thanks |
starplayer7 (6129) | ||
| 269699 | 2004-09-07 01:15:00 | > Yip, thats my computer. > > Why does it NOT have a agp slot... grrr... is there > any other way at all to get an AGP card on this > system. It is a new pc, what is it problem!!! > > How much faster will the PCI Radeon 9200SE make the > games, esp. Generals and Zero Hour expansion Pack? > > Will that definately work on my cpu? > Thanks If it doesnt have a AGP slot it doesnt have a AGP slot theres nothing you can do about it. A PCI 9200SE should make the games playable at low settings but nowhere near as good as they could be with a decend GFX card. Theres no reason why it shouldnt work but like everything with PC's theres no way to be 100% sure. HP's are know to be difficult and dont like having the video changed. Would you be installing the video card yourself or would you get someone to do it for you? The biggest problem will be whether you are able to disable the onboard video in the BIOS. |
Pete O'Neil (250) | ||
| 269700 | 2004-09-07 01:20:00 | I would probably get my friend who "knows" computers well to install it for me. Do you mean so that it will use the pci card and not just ignore it and use the old on board one. What if I got a new case for my cpu? Does that work, or is my computer just NOT COMPATABILE with a AGP card? |
starplayer7 (6129) | ||
| 269701 | 2004-09-07 01:21:00 | You can't fit an AGP slot . You would need a new motherboard, then your OEM version of Windows would not run (its locked to the motherboard hardware) and its likely that your RAM would be incompatable as well . I am sure a PCI video card would be an improvement, but not a lot . If you want a "gaming" PC, then thats what you buy . There is nothing wrong with that HP, but its not a gaming computer . |
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