Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:41 pm Post subject: about my graphic card?
i have a dell gx260 that cant upgrade to vista becuase of he graphics well im getting 50 bucks this saturday and was wanting to know if i would be able to upgrade my graphics card with out problems
cuz m either going to get me a graphics card or some more ram
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 3:55 am Post subject: about my graphic card?
dude for 50 bucks you wont get much um i would wait till i got about 500/600 and get a new graphics card and ram together, ram will set you back about $75-100 for 2 2gb sticks or you can get 2 1 gb sticks for about $50
a graphics card thats even worth bothering about will set you back about $150+ for a cheap one
cpus are the real killer like $250+ for a meduim one
you also need a bigger hard drive at least 250gb in fact you can get a 250 gb hdd for about 50 bucks so yeah do some saving up
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:02 am Post subject: about my graphic card?
Oopsie...small problem. You have a computer that should not ever consider having Vista (or W-7 when it comes out later this year).
The First Problem is the first item listed. If you go with Vista Ultimate, you're looking at a minimum of 75% of your HDD. SP1 increased that slightly, and any programs you add have to leave you with a minimum of 4gb for you page file. Home Premium will probably save you about 5gb at most, but that will still leave you with only approximately 10gb of free space, which will leave you with barely enough room for programs...now-a-days, the higher-end games are requiring *over* 10gb of free space on you HDD to install. Even some of the mid-range games are still demanding 5-10gb of HDD space!
If you're not a gamer, and you want the computer for an Office computer, you'll have the room to install Office 2003 or 2007 (which requires about half and again, or more, the resources space that '03 does), but you'll have to regularily prune your files.
Second Problem - Your RAM. Yes, Vista *can* run on as little as 512mb...but you're talking about lag in the order of minutes for some programs. 1gb is the recommended minimum, but since Vista monopolises 1gb of memory, it means it and any programs you run will be fighting for resources, which means noticeable lag. To Safely run Vista (I don't include Home Basic, because I don't consider something that deliberately crippled to be Vista), most builders and users recommend 2gb of memory at a minimum (and Kingston performance memory runs about $15 for a 1gb stick...)
Third - Your P-4 proc is 2.0, and it isn't even a dual core proc. This core is going to drag your Vista Experience rating down as well. But not that badly...
Finally, the graphics solution you have listed appears (without running a Google search) to be an on-board solution. So, it's listing doesn't help.
If your computer has PCI connectors only, I can almost guarantee you'll never have a Dx10 experience, since I've never heard of an HD class (ATi) or 8, 9, or 200 (nVidia) series card made as PCI. If you have AGP or PCI-e connectors, you can do so...however, for $50, I don't think you can find a retail card of the appropriate class/series to actually render Dx10. Cheapest I can remember seeing was closer to $100.
Sorry for the bad news, but it's like you're asking how to put a V12 engine in a two seater Yugo. If you want to run Vista, you'll have to save up your sheckles and buy a new computer. The first link below is to the system requirements page for Vista's various incarnations. The second link will take you to the page that will allow you to download the Vista Advisor...essentially why you can or can not run Vista, and what version(s) you can or can not run.
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