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advice needed on upgrades

  • 08-02-2006 10:01pm
    #1
    stephenmarr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 846 ✭✭✭


    Hey there i need advice on upgrading my pc its a iQon Qoncept PC Slimline pentium 4 3.0 ghz
    i just have a 64mb intergrated graphics card and 512mb ram ive only got pci slots and 200w power supply the motherboard is a P4R8L if thats any help
    any pci cards ive looked at need a 300w power supply and im havin trouble finding one for my system the size of the unit i need is
    120mm x 120mm x 80mm
    will be putting in two 512mb ddr ram

    can anyone recommend me what i should do

    as for budget around €300 for graphics card power supply and ram


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  • #2
    8T8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,757 ✭✭✭8T8


    Your motherboard is according to Google based off the ATI RS300 chipset with integrated 9100 graphics and I assume this is your PC on the right.

    It really doesn’t look like that system was designed with upgrading in mind and I would guess you only have PCI slots as a means of expansion with no AGP.

    If you don’t have an AGP slot on your motherboard then you may as well forget about upgrading the graphics card if you want to play current 3D games the few GPUs remaining with a PCI interface are fairly weak and not much better than your current integrated graphics card. If you don’t want to play games or just want something different for any other reason then any of the PCI GeForce FX 5200 cards you can find will work fine & you shouldn't need to upgrade your PSU either.

    The motherboard supports the standard DDR400 dimms for RAM which are pretty common.


  • #3
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    Just wanted to echo what 8T8 said there. Unfortunately that machine's graphics are not really designed to be upgraded.


  • #4
    stephenmarr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 846 ✭✭✭stephenmarr


    PCI GeForce FX 5200
    i actually bought this up in maplin and it wouldnt work said i needed 300w min and the psu is only 200w in my system
    but i think im selling mine and going for a Dell system the bro has one and its a good system
    thakns anyway


  • #5
    gamer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,227 ✭✭✭gamer


    Is there a pci graphics card with t/l 256meg ram , you can get thats faster than the 5200, just wondering, i have to upgrade a dell pc thats got no agp.


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