Computer Hope
Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: silverfocks on December 06, 2005, 02:36:54 AM
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this may be simple to you guys; but i am a complete novice to pc building. so it is'nt to me
my problem is i have recently bought a new pc, and the graphics card ( nvide geforce mx440) was taken from my old pc and installed in it.
my problem is i am trying to rebuild the old pc to give to a friend, so i need to reinstall a graphics card,,,,, how do i find out if a graphics card works on the mobo installed, or will any graphics card work on any mobo
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silverfocks..... It's really quite simple ........what type of a graghics card do you have .......
is it a PCI or AGP ...or if its an real old card it could be a ISA .
What kind of available slots are on the mobo in the pc you are rebuilding . if the slot matches the pins on the card plug it in ...and it will work ....you may have to install drivers for it though .
dl65 ::)
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the board is abit kt-7e
it has 1agp + 6 pci slots
i don't have a graphics card yet, i am trying to find out which graphics cards are usable on this board, so as i can have a look on ebay
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i don't have a graphics card yet, i am trying to find out which card will suit the mobo i have, so as i can have a look on ebay
the mobo is a,,, abit kt-7e.... it has 6 pci + 1 agp socket
thanks for your help
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Think that board has a 2X / 4X AGP slot. For best performance, a 2X or 4X AGP card would be best. Could also use a PCI card. Don't know if you're looking for the cheapest card you can find, or something that could handle a little gaming...
newegg.com has some good deals going on lesser known brand names of AGP cards. With the customer reviews, you can usually get a pretty good idea of if the card's gonna' give you problems or not. Can pick up a fairly high-performance card pretty cheap.
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yes it's just something fairly cheap, i'm giving the pc to a friend when it is all put together, 4x it is then
thanks for your help