Graphics Card

[Johnmcque]

Hi all first post so here goes. Iv currently got a geforce 128mb mx 4000 and i want to upgrade to at least the 6 series. The one iv got i believe is in a pci bus slot 8x but im not sure. Can anyone tell me how i find this out for sure and also i think i have "agp" slots 8 x but im not sure again. Thanks as you can tell im not a computer wiz so any other info i need to know on graphics cards would be great

cheers
john

 

[b1gapl]

Get a program called CPU-Z and it will tell you the info we need to help you further. Welcome to TF. I'm assuming you either have a PCI video card and an empty AGP slot, or an AGP video card. Also what is your budget for upgrading. You should also tell some specs about your system.

 

[Johnmcque]

orite cheers , i just googled it and im confused lol i really am a computer dummy , does anyone have any other infor , i think i found this info once myself in my computer near the device manager iv had a look and cant find it again

 

[NosBoost300]

http://www.cpuid.com/download/cpu-z-137.zip

there's a link to cpu-z right there, once you download it go to main board, and at the bottom it should tell you max bandwidth... being agp 4x/8x... pci-express x16 and so fourth, after you find that out post that up

 

[IF06]

Just open up your case, the slots are quite distinctive.

 

[dmj94044]

For CPU-Z, go to this link:
http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
click on CPU-Z 1.37 right under "download latest version" if upper left part of screen. Save it to a folder of your choice. Windows XP can extract the files. Then double click cpuz.exe to run.

This program will help identifying your mainboard which we can then research further.

Is this working for you?

 

[PW_Ranger]

U can know it by knowing the power needed for the graphic card if it AGP 8X it 0.8v i think and AGP 4x is 1.2v i think so cuz i did not check it....i jus know tat for long time.... But if u buy a AGP 8x graphic card and ur AGP slot is 4x and let it be..cuz it will runs ur graphic card at 4x...so dun worry about crashing between motherboard and graphic card..
thx