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rjo98   05-12-2009 at 11:44:08 PM

OK, i'm clueless when it comes to picking out computer hardware, but love to play games on the computer. What kind of Graphics card could I put in an HP dc5700 Microtower that would be good to play games with? I inherited the computer from a friend and would like some better graphics so I could use it to play games with.

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Wolfshadw   05-13-2009 at 12:41:04 AM
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It looks like this is your system which means no PCI-Ex16 slot. Probably your best bet would be to go with a straight PCI card. NVidia's partners are still pushing out PCI cards (though not AGP), so I'd probably go with something like this Geforce 9400GT PCI.

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djcoolmasterx   05-13-2009 at 12:47:03 AM
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Looks like it has PCI-E

http://images.tigerdirect.com/itemdetails/H24-RT770/H24-RT770-out1-la.jpg

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applica [...] =H24-RT770

According to this its only 1x PCI-E though.

EDIT: Apparently some versions have it and some don't, you're going to have to look inside.

http://www.e-buynow.net/buy2buyupfile/200922417123394417s.jpg


Message edited by djcoolmasterx on 05-13-2009 at 12:54:58 AM
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rjo98   05-13-2009 at 01:07:17 AM
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OK, i will check it out. If it does have the 1x PCI-E slot, what kind of card does that mean i can buy? the computer has Vista on it.

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djcoolmasterx   05-13-2009 at 01:10:10 AM
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Even if it is PCI-E X1 rather then PCI it will still be hugely bottlenecked.

I'm going to leave it to someone who knows more about low end chips to recommend something.

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Wolfshadw   05-13-2009 at 01:18:55 AM
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The only PCI-Ex1 graphics card listed on Newegg.com is the ATI X1550, which is why I recommended going straight for the much newer 9400GT PCI card. You'll never get uber performance out of any card you put in there, but it's a far cry better than the on-board chipset.

-Wolf sends


Message edited by Wolfshadw on 05-13-2009 at 01:19:47 AM
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Gigabyte EP43-UD3L Intel Core2Quad Q8400 8 Gig RAM
NVidia Geforce 8800GTS-640/Creative X-FI Extreme Music/Dual-Boot XP-64&Server2008
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