ADVICE PLEASE?

allright well when my new graphics card gets here im going to have to install it obviously.
what i need to know is what is better. to connect it to my AGP slot or
PCI. right now i have an integrated SiS chip which is shit so thats why im getting a new ATI shapphire radeon 9250. so what do you guys think i should do AGP or PCI

AGP is dedicated to graphics cards, so if you have an AGP port, use it. PCI isn't really used anymore for graphics cards.

anyway, if you bought an agp card, it won't fit into a PCI slot

ya well the 9250 only cost me 30£s and also it says in the inof that it works in AGP 8x/4x or ICP bus but if you say AGP is the way to go then that i will do.

well sir i did get an agp card and i do have an agp slot so it dont matter but look at this

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SAPPHIRE-RAD [...] dZViewItem

copy paste that then scroll down to the features and there it says supports both AGP or PCI bus i could be wrong but just going on what it says. no matter i,ll put it in the Agp first anyways

K sweet i,l ltake your word for it mayte
im not the best at this shit anyways
and just so i know agp slot is brown correct?

well im pretty sure it is only slots on the board are the 3 pcis
2 long black ones forget the name of them and the one brown slot

hahaha allright mayte thanks alot now all i need to do is wait and then
BOOM HEADSHOT!! lol >.> sorri im itching to play counterstrike again.
and jsut for a second opinion
how do i turn off my integrated chip ? so that the new card im getting takes over the display?

oh allright see i was told to first plug in the new card
start up go into the bios turn off the onboard video
then go into windows everything would look funnt till i install the drivers fro mthe disk that comes with the card. after its all installed i can just switch back the display settings to the way i wanted them.

integrated graphics cards can normally be disabled in the computer's bios.

to enter the bios, you have to press a key during startup. most computers show "Press ?? key to enter setup" when you turn them on.

once you're in the bios, look for "onboard graphics" or something like that, and set it to "disabled"

No.

Plug in the card.
Turn on the computer.
Go to the BIOS.
Turn on the card.
Reboot the computer.
Check that video is coming through the card, not the integrated graphics.
Wait for Windows to boot.
Once it has done, install the drivers that came with the card.
Reboot Windows.
Set the computer to the right resolution etc.
Go to www.ati.com and download the latest drivers.
Install these drivers.
Reboot Windows.

OK;

Plug in the card.
Make sure monitor is plugged into integrated graphics.
Turn on the computer.
Go to the BIOS.
Turn on the card and turn off the integrated graphics.
Reboot the computer.
Plug the monitor into the card.
Check that video is coming through the card, not the integrated graphics.
Wait for Windows to boot.
Once it has done, install the drivers that came with the card.
Reboot Windows.
Set the computer to the right resolution etc.
Go to www.ati.com and download the latest drivers.
Install these drivers.
Reboot Windows.

allright thanks alot man been tons of help
and as for mister i payed 10£ for a 9200 i dont really give a fuck i think its a sweet card the features kick ass and liek i said all i need it for really is the directx9 anything is better then what i got now so thats all that matters.

all i really want to know is will i be able to play counterstrike source and DoD with easyness that card supports 8.1 and 9 directx
these r the features it has


128MB of 400MHz DDR memory accelerates the latest cutting edge 3D applications
Available in both a 128-bit and 64-bit memory data path interface
ATI RADEON™ 9250 VPU operating at 240 MHz
Supports the AGP 8X and AGP 4x standard or PCI Bus, providing a high-speed link between the graphics card and the rest of the PC
Four pixel shader pipeline
Full support for Microsoft® DirectX® 8.1 and DX9 compliance and the latest OpenGL® functionality
SMARTSHADER™ technology
VIDEO IMMERSION™ and FULLSTREAM™ technologies which provide for amazing video playback quality.
Integrated DV support for Flat Panel displays
Powered by CATALYST™ - The industry's most stable unified graphics software

well i guess i,ll have to wait and see wont i
i have a good feeling it will play well if the one i got now looks good but has just medium lag
then this one should do the trick seeing has it has 8.1 and 9 supportings

hmmm well are we talking just the ati radeon 9250?
or the sapphire? there are differences
http://computing.kelkoo.co.uk/b/a/ [...] 11601.html
check that out

kk well like i said we,ll see how it goes as long as i dont lag on CSS or DOD anymore im happy

oh and pc world sells the sapphire radeon 9250 for 34£

http://computing.kelkoo.co.uk/b/a/ [...] 02778.html
compair prices^^^^^^^^

so are you saying i wont be able to play counterstrike source or DoD?
sorri for snappin i would jsut be upset if i just bought a card so i can play this game and then it wont even help.

dont want it in (full) detail just want it not to lag anymore
like the integrated one i have in right now would be PERFECT if not for the lag so if this one takes the lag away i,ll be greatly happy!!!

can someone please just answer this last question.

will this card be able to play counter strike source and DoD in any detail at all all i need is for it not to lag.
also does it help that my pc has 960 MBS of RAM

Put it this way, almost any card would be better than the integrated graphics, even a PCI card. Don't know what your total budget is, or availability where you are, but a X800 GTO would be better than the 9250. A 9250 will be better than integrated graphics, its just that you should be able to get a better card for the money spent.

Not sure how you ended up with 960 mg of ram, as most would have an even gig of ram (two 512 sticks or four 256 sticks), but the 960 mg of ram would still be better than 512 mg.

YES THANK YOU!!! i was stressin about that after everyone was like no cant play cs or dod all this crap... thank you so much FeareX
and as for the ram i unno exactly what my father inlaw did he said he added a gig of ram and when i look at the system info it reads 960 MB RAM and he designs a wide aray of chips for a living lol
no matter im stoked now
thanks everyone for the advice

Put it in the PCI slot it'll use less dikfer

An AGP card won't take up any ram. It comes with its own. Then maybe you will have a full gig of ram to work with.

If those are your choices and your putting in an AGP card, just set it to AGP. After, turn off your computer, put in the new card, reboot, and install the drivers for your new card. You may need to uninstall your onboard video drivers first because they can conflict with the drivers for your AGP card.

Yes.

no problem