Noob needs help with graphic cards
August 5th, 2016
tbh and no offense, but you should let someone that knows what they are doing ‘take care’ of your upgrade.
tbh and no offense, but you should let someone that knows what they are doing ‘take care’ of your upgrade.All my friends are clueless and everyone else just ignores me, so I don’t really have a lot of people to depend on, hence why I created this topic to ask you guys
edamean wrote: Select all
tbh and no offense, but you should let someone that knows what they are doing 'take care' of your upgrade.
All my friends are clueless and everyone else just ignores me, so I don’t really have a lot of people to depend on, hence why I created this topic to ask you guys
i meant take it to the pro’s (best buy, etc). there are tutorials on the net (google) that will help you, but you need to know what kind of motherboard you have, etc. check the mobo to see if it is PCI-Express, AGP, or PCI. you also need to know how much RAM you have. what brand/kind of computer do you have?
Answer #4
Firstly, rename your post to something like:
noobe needs urgent help with graphics card.
Then, install a program called Everest (search the board for it). Everest will give you all the information about your PC and hardware. Once you have done that you can come back to the board with some specs about your PC.
Installing a graphics card has nothing to do with taking your ‘harddisk’ apart … in fact you just wouldn’t ever take a HD apart ……. you’d just buy a new one.
What you mean is ……. taking your PC apart.
That is not very difficult ………. just unplug from the mains and take a side panel off usually held by two scews at the back of the PC case.
I’d be surprised if all your slots were taken up and if you allready have a graphics card installed you just remove the old one and press in the new one.
A new graphics card usually come with a CD which contains the software and drivers so you don’t have to worry about that.
Once you take your PC apart, if you can, then take some pics with a camera/phone and upload them to tinypic.com, then post them here. If you do that we will be able to see your mobo and available slots.
Answer #5
Download Everest Ultimate Edition and tell us what’s your PC specification. Check for motherboard and processor information and post it here so we can help you.
Answer #6
Ok I will download
Answer #7
Bleh.
What kind of video card are you looking for? PCI-E I am guessing as that is the current generation of cards.
The slot for a PCI-E card looks like the following…
http://www.viaarena.com/images/articles/pcie%20002.jpg
The one labeled “PCIe 16x is the one your looking for.
To access this part of your computer..
Unplug everything from your CPU. On the back of it, around the very edge of the case, there should be some screws or on newer cases their sometimes hand screws. Remove or loosen these. Your case should slide off your CPU. PCI-E slots should be visable on the motherboard without removing anything else, espically not your HDD.
Also take note that some newer cards (8800GTS) take up the space of two cards, so take that into account.
Answer #8
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Unplug everything from your CPU
What are you on about? He doesn’t have to go near the CPU (which incidentally stands for Central Processing Unit)
And he doesn’t have to unplug any cables from the back of the PC at this stage ………… he just wants to know if a slot is available, if he has a graphics card installed and in what type of slot.
Don’t confuse the guy !
Answer #9
taking your PC apart.
That is not very difficult .......... just unplug from the mains and take a side panel off usually held by two scews at the back of the PC case.
this is the best way to start as you will have to do that at some point anyway
Then, install a program called Everest
cpu-z is a lil less complicated and will give you your motherboard model aswell
google it, it’s free
install it and click the mainboard tab
Answer #10
Saturn-By CPU I ment his tower, I dunno, thats what I’ve always heard it called. Not his actual processor. and back in my day the only way to figure out if you had a card, and what kinda slots you have was to take the whole mess apart, I wasn’t able to use any of these programs to figure out what slots I had and the like, so i apologize for any confusion I may have caused.
EDIT: Thats a lie, I’ve used dxdiag for years to find out what card is currently in a PC, but it won’t tell you what sort of slot it’s in. Some cards will say it but others will not.
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Answer #12
graphics interface being blank probly means no agp or pci-e slot
I think the I945G/GZ is integrated intel grafx, vid card built into mobo
no slot no upgrade unless you go PCI (an older interface)(not PCIe just plain PCI)
best bet now would be to open the case and see if you have an open PCI slot
Answer #13
Here’s a page that might help you a bit, but use the forum ……… it’s better.
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim5150/en/sm/parts1.htm#wp1370145
Answer #14
graphics interface being blank probly means no agp or pci-e slot
I think the I945G/GZ is integrated intel grafx, vid card built into mobo
no slot no upgrade unless you go PCI (an older interface)(not PCIe just plain PCI)
best bet now would be to open the case and see if you have an open PCI slot
aight ill try it out