Author Topic: Video card upgrade suggestion (Read 14091 times)

.MadX · « **on:** July 14, 2009, 06:26:17 PM »

Hey I have a Compaq Presario Sr1220nx which I bought in 2004. I want to upgrade it but want to keep it cheap. I was thinking of upgrading the grahpics card but don't know which one I should get because it has a 2.93GHz Intel Celeron D Processor 340.
Which I might also upgrade but if I don't wish to, whats the best (cheap) graphics card I can get?

Here are the motherboard specifications:
P4GV-LA:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00361578&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=ie&product=431080&lang=en

Compaq Presario SR1220NX Desktop PC:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/prodinfoCategory?lc=en&dlc=en&cc=ie&lang=en&product=431080
I have upgarded the ram to 1GB from 512MB (both slots)

It has a integrated grahpics card that can at most play HQ (not HD) videos on youtube. I want it to be able to play HD on youtube and maybe CoD4 (if cheap).

Also it will be great if anyone can tell me whats the best (again cheap) processor to upgrade to.

loganbyers07 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 14, 2009, 06:31:53 PM »

link is broken

PspKicks316 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 14, 2009, 06:55:06 PM »

All you have are PCI slots...it's not worth it to upgrade.

.MadX · « **Reply #3 on:** July 14, 2009, 07:24:46 PM »

Quote from: loganbyers07 on July 14, 2009, 06:31:53 PM

link is broken

Fixed, and I want to upgrade so I need a video card..

MARIOPARTY53 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 14, 2009, 08:58:29 PM »

LOL I used to have that computer
No its not upgrading.
YOu need a new mobo to get a graphic card that will even do you any good. And A power supply, and ram,and a new case to fit the mobo,
about 75$ more can get you a whole new way better pc

loganbyers07 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 15, 2009, 07:12:42 AM »

Agreed, it is not worth it to upgrade it. Just go to tiger direct and pick out a barebones system and build it. You will be much more happy.

.MadX · « **Reply #6 on:** July 15, 2009, 08:39:39 AM »

Quote from: MARIOPARTY53 on July 14, 2009, 08:58:29 PM

LOL I used to have that computer
No its not upgrading.
YOu need a new mobo to get a graphic card that will even do you any good. And A power supply, and ram,and a new case to fit the mobo,
about 75$ more can get you a whole new way better pc

look me up that stuff then cause I can spend $75 on a new mobo, processor, and graphics card.

PspKicks316 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 15, 2009, 09:27:46 AM »

Quote from: .MadX on July 15, 2009, 08:39:39 AM

look me up that stuff then cause I can spend $75 on a new mobo, processor, and graphics card.

Not to upgrade you can't... If you wanted to upgrade that to something decent, it would cost more than $75.

MARIOPARTY53 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 15, 2009, 09:52:29 AM »

Quote from: .MadX on July 15, 2009, 08:39:39 AM

look me up that stuff then cause I can spend $75 on a new mobo, processor, and graphics card.

75$ will get you upgrades at what you have already but spedning far to much on them

When I said spend the extra 75, I meant spend a extra 75 to build a whole new complete pc

.MadX · « **Reply #9 on:** July 15, 2009, 09:59:19 AM »

lol ok so im going to look up parts on new egg for new computer. What sucks is that my hard drives and DVD players are IDE no SATA so I can't get the newest mobos

MARIOPARTY53 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 15, 2009, 10:09:41 AM »

Quote from: .MadX on July 15, 2009, 09:59:19 AM

lol ok so im going to look up parts on new egg for new computer. What sucks is that my hard drives and DVD players are IDE no SATA so I can't get the newest mobos

DUDE, THATS WHERE THE EXTRA 75$ COMES INTO PLAY, A NEW HARDRIVE AND DVD DRIVE!!! '
Instead of buying all the parts I listed to upgrade yours, build a new one and spend the extra 75 on the hardrive and Dvd drive

dont even mess wiht the old computer you have, build a completly new one LOL

.MadX · « **Reply #11 on:** July 15, 2009, 10:15:03 AM »

Quote from: MARIOPARTY53 on July 15, 2009, 10:09:41 AM

DUDE, THATS WHERE THE EXTRA 75$ COMES INTO PLAY, A NEW HARDRIVE AND DVD DRIVE!!! '
Instead of buying all the parts I listed to upgrade yours, build a new one and spend the extra 75 on the hardrive and Dvd drive

dont even mess wiht the old computer you have, build a completly new one LOL

So lets see....It's going to cost me about $500 to get new everything....

MARIOPARTY53 · « **Reply #12 on:** July 15, 2009, 12:41:28 PM »

Quote from: .MadX on July 15, 2009, 10:15:03 AM

So lets see....It's going to cost me about $500 to get new everything....

Hmm well, Depends what you want
Also, chossing your gpahic cards also depends on your monitor size, and game requirements
you can build a pc with a bad graphic card with quad core, or a god graphic card with a dual core

.MadX · « **Reply #13 on:** July 15, 2009, 12:51:39 PM »

Quote from: MARIOPARTY53 on July 15, 2009, 12:41:28 PM

Hmm well, Depends what you want
Also, chossing your gpahic cards also depends on your monitor size, and game requirements
you can build a pc with a bad graphic card with quad core, or a god graphic card with a dual core

I know a lot about internal computering and a some about external. I have a friend whom is a gamer and makes custom PCs. I'm going to go to him to help me look up what I need.

PspKicks316 · « **Reply #14 on:** July 15, 2009, 02:41:49 PM »

Quote from: MARIOPARTY53 on July 15, 2009, 10:09:41 AM

DUDE, THATS WHERE THE EXTRA 75$ COMES INTO PLAY, A NEW HARDRIVE AND DVD DRIVE!!! '
Instead of buying all the parts I listed to upgrade yours, build a new one and spend the extra 75 on the hardrive and Dvd drive

dont even mess wiht the old computer you have, build a completly new one LOL

Quote from: MARIOPARTY53 on July 15, 2009, 12:41:28 PM

Hmm well, Depends what you want
Also, chossing your gpahic cards also depends on your monitor size, and game requirements
you can build a pc with a bad graphic card with quad core, or a god graphic card with a dual core

Come back when you've hit puberty and know your info.

Alright MadX. Give me a budget and I'll pick out the best parts for you on a performance to cost balance.

.MadX · « **Reply #15 on:** July 15, 2009, 02:56:31 PM »

Quote from: PspKicks316 on July 15, 2009, 02:41:49 PM

Come back when you've hit puberty and know your info.

Alright MadX. Give me a budget and I'll pick out the best parts for you on a performance to cost balance.

$200-450 ish.
Need a PC that has good graphics to play HD movies and HD youtube. Can maybe play CoD4 (don't need it but I know that Gefore 6500 works fine). I have two hard drives (60 and 80 Gig), CD player, DVD player all IDE (I can get a converter to SATA). SATA converter is 12 for each slot so that make it $48. Also may need a power supply (says 250W MAX on the current one). No need of a case. It'll make it easy if it has one IDE (PATA) slot on the motherboard.

Thanks again.

MARIOPARTY53 · « **Reply #16 on:** July 15, 2009, 03:26:08 PM »

Quote from: PspKicks316 on July 15, 2009, 02:41:49 PM

Come back when you've hit puberty and know your info.

It does depend! His screen size etc.H could have a 50 inch screen Monitor but not need much gaming (like freakin n64 emulating)

So to you PSp kicks, you come back when time to looks things over and not Insult People for no reason.

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Quote from: .MadX on July 15, 2009, 02:56:31 PM

$200-450 ish.
Need a PC that has good graphics to play HD movies and HD youtube. Can maybe play CoD4 (don't need it but I know that Gefore 6500 works fine). I have two hard drives (60 and 80 Gig), CD player, DVD player all IDE (I can get a converter to SATA). SATA converter is 12 for each slot so that make it $48. Also may need a power supply (says 250W MAX on the current one). No need of a case. It'll make it easy if it has one IDE (PATA) slot on the motherboard.

Thanks again.

What size Screen you are using?

PspKicks316 · « **Reply #17 on:** July 15, 2009, 04:04:23 PM »

Quote from: MARIOPARTY53 on July 15, 2009, 03:26:08 PM

It does depend! His screen size etc.H could have a 50 inch screen Monitor but not need much gaming (like freakin n64 emulating)

So to you PSp kicks, you come back when time to looks things over and not Insult People for no reason.

You're wrong. Oh, and there's no such thing as a 50" monitor, by the way.

Quote from: .MadX on July 15, 2009, 02:56:31 PM

$200-450 ish.
Need a PC that has good graphics to play HD movies and HD youtube. Can maybe play CoD4 (don't need it but I know that Gefore 6500 works fine). I have two hard drives (60 and 80 Gig), CD player, DVD player all IDE (I can get a converter to SATA). SATA converter is 12 for each slot so that make it $48. Also may need a power supply (says 250W MAX on the current one). No need of a case. It'll make it easy if it has one IDE (PATA) slot on the motherboard.

Thanks again.

Hmm, well, I'll find everything for you. You're going to want a new case, because computer companies don't use standard form factors so your old case most likely won't work. Give me a couple minutes and I'll see what I can come up with.

Alright. Parts and all comes to $450 exact, not including shipping and those ide to sata adapters. Personally, I'd shell out the rest for sata upgrades. Ide harddrives are much, much, slower compared to sata.

Motherboard
CPU
RAM
PSU
GPU
Case

It allows you to upgrade it a ton in the future if you want. You can quadruple the RAM up to 16GB, pop in a Core 2 Quad if you ever need more power, upgrade the videocard a little bit more (Nothing extreme, it doesn't have a Pci-e 2.0 slot), and add a ton of harddrives if you wanted. It allows tons of expandability, and is cheap.

Hope that helped a little.

MARIOPARTY53 · « **Reply #18 on:** July 15, 2009, 04:46:44 PM »

kicks:
I meant hd tv(my bad)
He could be using that for all we know
I use 30 inch tv for my pc, Its sucks to game on (my sucky rig atm)
But on a small 1024x768 It runs great

loganbyers07 · « **Reply #19 on:** July 15, 2009, 05:08:57 PM »

Do something like this:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4692668&sku=B69-1085
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4209965

PspKicks316 · « **Reply #20 on:** July 15, 2009, 05:47:41 PM »

Quote from: loganbyers07 on July 15, 2009, 05:08:57 PM

Do something like this:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4692668&sku=B69-1085
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4209965

He can't, that motherboard doesn't have a pcie2.0 slot for that graphics card.

Quote from: MARIOPARTY53 on July 15, 2009, 04:46:44 PM

kicks:
I meant hd tv(my bad)
He could be using that for all we know
I use 30 inch tv for my pc, Its sucks to game on (my sucky rig atm)
But on a small 1024x768 It runs great

You just proved my point, this argument is over.

loganbyers07 · « **Reply #21 on:** July 15, 2009, 06:09:39 PM »

Umn, yea, it does.

PspKicks316 · « **Reply #22 on:** July 15, 2009, 06:23:28 PM »

Quote

PCI Slots:    3

PCI Express X1 Slots:    3

PCI Express X16 Slots:    1

No.

.MadX · « **Reply #23 on:** July 15, 2009, 06:30:08 PM »

loganbyers07 = Sounds like a great deal but idk which to choose now.

Kicks - Little off the budget but I'm going to buy them slowly. Thinking of buying the motherboard and the processor tomorrow. I currently have a 17" CRT monitor but I sometimes use one of my two HDTVs (Sony Bravia 46" HDTV 46XBR2 and Toshiba 32" HDTV..). But thats the case if my awesome laptop (toshiba a205-S4777 http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-Satellite-A205-S4777-15-4-inch-Processor/dp/B000RN7OUE has a fingerprint scanner lol) does work cause sometimes I have problem connecting it to the TV.

and kicks the parts without shipping are the total of $436.94

PspKicks316 · « **Reply #24 on:** July 15, 2009, 06:39:30 PM »

CRT...so that'd be a VGA port. The graphics card I had picked has a VGA port on it for ya. You'll be completely fine using the HDTVs with the graphics card, including light gaming, but any graphics intense games might be rough to play on the HDTVs.

And, I just rounded up to the nearest 5 or 0 when I added them up. Easier. lol

.MadX · « **Reply #25 on:** July 15, 2009, 06:53:39 PM »

I was actually thinking of getting a flat LCD screen first but I guess I'll get the mobo and proccessor...and the others after that. As of what I know, 64 bit are bad cause there aren't many 64 bit programs out there.

PspKicks316 · « **Reply #26 on:** July 15, 2009, 06:56:53 PM »

It's not the programs, it's the drivers. As long as there are 64bit drivers for the hardware you want, you're fine.

.MadX · « **Reply #27 on:** July 15, 2009, 07:21:17 PM »

So I can use 32 bit software on 64 bit?

~:Dhruv:~ · « **Reply #28 on:** July 15, 2009, 07:23:25 PM »

no u cant ... well AFAIK u cant

Wont it be pointless to run 32bit software on 64bit ???

.MadX · « **Reply #29 on:** July 15, 2009, 07:39:55 PM »

Well like 70% of the programs out there are 32 bit only

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Author Topic: Video card upgrade suggestion (Read 14091 times)