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[martin4448]

hi i need to upgrade my video card as i have just installed win 7 can anyone advise me on the best one to buy. this is my system details.

Operating System System Model
Windows 7 Ultimate (build 7600)
Install Language: English (United States)
System Locale: English (United Kingdom) HP Pavilion 061 DW227A-ABU t430.uk 0g_0211RE101KUNGU10
System Serial Number: CZB407037J GB410
Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
2.70 gigahertz Intel Celeron
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
128 kilobyte secondary memory cache
Not hyper-threaded Board: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD MS-6575 3.10
Serial Number: 3A10482889
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 3.06 10/16/2003
Drives Memory Modules c,d
320.07 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
303.56 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

HL-DT-ST DVDRRW GWA-4083B ATA Device [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

Generic USB CF Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 3
Generic USB MS Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 5
Generic USB SD Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 2
Generic USB SM Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 4
ST3160022ACE [Hard drive] (160.04 GB) -- drive 0, s/n 4JS2GK1V, rev 9.51, SMART Status: Healthy
ST3160215ACE [Hard drive] (160.04 GB) -- drive 1, s/n 5RX8GDNJ, rev 3.ACB, SMART Status: Healthy 2048 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory

Slot 'DIMM1' has 1024 MB
Slot 'DIMM2' has 1024 MB
Local Drive Volumes


c: (NTFS on drive 0) 160.03 GB 143.62 GB free
d: (NTFS on drive 1) 160.04 GB 159.94 GB free
Network Drives
None detected
Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers
local user accounts last logon
martin4448 29/06/2010 13:06:30 (admin)
local system accounts
Administrator 14/07/2009 05:53:58 (admin)
Guest never

DISABLED Marks a disabled account; LOCKED OUT Marks a locked account

Microsoft Shared Fax Driver on SHRFAX:
Microsoft XPS Document Writer on XPSPort:
Controllers Display
Standard floppy disk controller
ATA Channel 0 [Controller]
ATA Channel 1 [Controller]
SiS PCI IDE Controller Standard VGA Graphics Adapter [Display adapter]
Xerox XM3-19wB [Monitor] (19.1"vis, s/n F1AJ6C0095563, December 2006)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller (3x)
Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller Realtek AC'97 Audio
Virus Protection [Back to Top] new Group Policies
Norton AntiVirus Version 17.7.0.12
None discovered
Communications Other Devices
PCI CX11252-11 Soft Modem


802.11n USB Wireless LAN Card
primary Auto IP Address: 192.168.1.4 / 24
Gateway: 192.168.1.1
Dhcp Server: 192.168.1.1
Physical Address: 00:08:10:76:1B:0E
Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
Auto IP Address: 169.254.116.57 / 32
Dhcp Server: none responded
Physical Address: 00:0C:76:64:43:86
Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

Networking Dns Server: 192.168.1.1
1394 OHCI Compliant Host Controller
HID-compliant consumer control device
HID-compliant device (3x)
USB Input Device (2x)
HID Keyboard Device
HID-compliant mouse
USB Composite Device
USB Mass Storage Device
USB Root Hub (4x)
Generic volume shadow copy
F:\
G:\
H:\
I:\

 

[hang-the-9]

Is this a home-build system or from a vendor? What's the model number if it's from a vendor?

From the looks of your system, you won't get much of a boost from a fast video card, your whole system would need an upgrade. From the looks of things, the card you have now is a PCI model, do you have an empty AGP slot? I don't think your motherboard would have a PCIE slot for video.

 

[martin4448]

so perhaps my best option is to upgrade the motherboard and graphics card?

 

[hang-the-9]

And the CPU. All depends on what you use this for. For newer games, you really should do a full upgrade. If it's just to make Windows 7 run a bit better, you can track down a PCI card better than the SiS one you have, those things are crap.

 

[wa1]

Save your money and build a whole new system, i think it's not worth to spend any money for your current system...
How old this system?