New Video card on a sony?

[lastshot]

One thing i am sure of is the model #, It is a Sony PCV-RX753. " Digital studio PC" oh my...

 

[aliasaid]

i couldn't find a lot of details on that model number, but the 2000 is the number of mhz!! so its a 2.0Ghz computer.

it has integrated graphics, so i doubt it has ANY graphics slot. 512mb SD RAM, expandable to 1GB (2 slots total). 60gb hard drive...

doesn't look like you can upgrade your computer (or your friend's computer... )

 

[reggie_da_man]

Dude tell him to get a new computer lol, there's not much hope left for it. I'm 99.99% that he doesn't have either graphics ports, sohis best bet would be a 6200.

 

[PZEROFGH]

300-350 will get you a very nice card... just clear up the details on your comp...

PSU rating. I would think it would be anywhere from 300-350

Not price, PSU rating



http://www.slo-tech.com/testi/plate01/agp_slot.jpg

AGP slot


http://www.ixbt.com/mainboard/images/i915-i925-chipsets/pcie16x-vs-pci.jpg

PCIE16

not to be mixed up with

http://www.hothardware.com/reviews/images/tualatin/pci_slot.jpg

Those are PCI's

 

[lastshot]

Yes, I understand that those were diffent #'rs ( first price, then watt rating on psu.), i was thinking it would be anywhere from 300-350 watt psu... I'll get sum pics just to be sure about the slot...

 

[lastshot]

heres a pic of one slot. To the extent of my knowledge, it is an agp slot.

AGP slot

And there seems to be 3 free pci slots, but the bottom one is rendered useless by a dialup modem...hooooray!
PCI slot

Am I correct? And if so, which should i use, AGP or PCI?

 

[aliasaid]

Not price, PSU rating

ahh.. lol.. thx for clearing that up

 

[PZEROFGH]

heres a pic of one slot. To the extent of my knowledge, it is an agp slot.

AGP slot

And there seems to be 3 free pci slots, but the bottom one is rendered useless by a dialup modem...hooooray!
PCI slot

Am I correct? And if so, which should i use, AGP or PCI?

You defintely you should go AGP, and I would recommend a 9800pro or a 6600GT for the ~100 dollar price range. I had a SOny PCV RX650 or something along those lines, and i put in a 9800pro in there. Worked flawlessly Depends on how much you want to spend on the gfx

 

[Phate]

i would recommend the 6600GT or above, if PZEROFGH is talking about the ATI Radeon 9800 pro, i have that, and it really is just a shitty card. i t doesnt even play WoW very easily, and any next-gen games are terrible

my sister plays Sims 2, and its laggy all the time, and takes 30+ minutes to save

i would reccomend the 6600GT or even above, if you wanna spend like 300 go with the 7900GT 256 mb ram its AGP4x/8x

-Phate

 

[lastshot]

Would I need to upgrade my psu with a 6600gt? I'll check into that but an opinion would be nice. Thanks for all your help so far though.