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| Thread ID: 120897 | 2011-10-01 20:32:00 | Dell Dimension 1100 and Video Card Question | mark1978 (13845) | Press F1 |
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| 1234889 | 2011-10-01 20:32:00 | Hey hello, could you help me out? We got this pc yesterday and my son loves it, however he would like to play the Lego on-line game. I says the video card does not support it, so I am trying to find a video card on-line. Would you know what kind of card I need? The amount of MB and, would this card fit/compatible etc, sorry am not that computer literate with video cards |
mark1978 (13845) | ||
| 1234890 | 2011-10-01 20:34:00 | Funnily enough I have the exact same PC sitting on my bench :D Unfortunately this PC has neither an AGP slot nor a PCIe slot, so you'll have to hunt around for a PCI graphics card (which are rare-ish). |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1234891 | 2011-10-01 20:38:00 | lol...ok! But what can it handle??? I mean MB like 256MB or 512MB? | mark1978 (13845) | ||
| 1234892 | 2011-10-01 20:43:00 | Hmmmmmmm you have got ajob ahead of you. Assuming This is the same one (support.dell.com) the Motherboard has intergrated graphics. The downside, going by the motherboard layout ( see attached Pic) it doesn't actually have a dedicated Graphic card slot, not even a AGP :( You would need a PCI graphic Card, and they are not available these days, maybe you can pick one up from Trademe or someone may have one about. I know I have a couple someplace in the workshop. Edited; lol...ok! But what can it handle??? I mean MB like 256MB or 512MB? Read the link I posted, the board will take up to 2GB of RAM ( under technical Spec's) Edit 2: just be careful if looking on Trade me, some sellers dont know the difference between a PCI and PCI-E card :groan: |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1234893 | 2011-10-01 20:52:00 | Hey wainuitech, if you have some I will buy one of you! My son just wants to play lego online lol | mark1978 (13845) | ||
| 1234894 | 2011-10-01 21:01:00 | Ascent list just three here (www.ascent.co.nz). | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1234895 | 2011-10-01 22:09:00 | Ascent list just three here (www.ascent.co.nz). They may have brought them in themselves , Normally most of the suppliers in NZ have troubles getting AGP, let along PCI :) | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1234896 | 2011-10-01 22:17:00 | universe.lego.com If this is the game you're talking about, your computer en.wikipedia.org may not be able to run it very well even with a PCI video card, just saying :) |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 1234897 | 2011-10-01 22:38:00 | universe.lego.com The solitary PCI card listed on that page happens to be the one Ascent sells :p |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1234898 | 2011-10-02 01:34:00 | Throw it away. Buy a computer capable of gaming. For that it must have a motherboard with a PCI-E slot, forget the rest - too old to bother. Once he's had one game, he;ll want another. And make sure it has something reasonable. See here for graphics card rankings: www.tomshardware.com You can stick with the entry-level cause of the type he's playing but the GRAPHICS is the single most important part of a computer for gaming. Too many people don't do their research first and expect miracles later. |
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