I bought an ATI Radeon x300 graphics card and it does not fit in the graphics slot. The card i boughtt is a PCIE (i think) and when i check my PCs Device name it says SiS 651C. Have i bough the wrong card and if so can anyone tell me what i should be looking for it would be a great help as i have been dying to play this game for a while. Thanx all
2007-03-30 08:06:41 · 5 answers · asked by jenlegs69 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
the ati x300 is a budget pci-express card and unforunetly your motherboard only has a a.g.p(accelerated graphics port)
the agp slot is totally different to a pci-express slot so you need to either take it back with the receipt and they should exchange it
a equivelent agp card to the ati x300 is something like the 256MB Sapphire Radeon X1550 (http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=540214)
this is a good gaming card and has pixel and shader model 3.0(better visuals)and also is vista ready
i dont know how much you paid for the x300 but this card is a bargain for £53
good luck mate
2007-03-30 10:40:54 · answer #1 · answered by brianthesnail123 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Your motherboard has an agp slot in which your new pcie card is useless for that board. either take back that card and get a agp version or buy a new motherboard that supports pcie. Its good that your buying a new card cuz sis 651c really sux and old
2007-03-30 08:11:57 · answer #2 · answered by discraft_usa 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Go into your Bios, (start computer and press DEL at first start up screen, usually).
Go to on board devices (or something similar depending on bios).
Disable on board Vga, save and reboot. I'm not sure if PCIE card will fit in AGP slot, so you might have the right type but you will need to disable the onboard vga to get it to work
2007-03-30 14:31:52 · answer #3 · answered by Yoda 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since the PC is detecting something (SiS) I assume you have actually found the correct slot to plug it in but not loaded the Drivers.
The ATI card should have come with a CD. This CD contains the Drivers - usually the CD 'autoruns' if you place in in your CD drive. If not, open the CD drive and double click on autorun.exe
If there is no CD, then go on the web, locate the ATI 'support' pages via Google and download (& then install) for the correct Drivers ..
2007-03-30 08:16:21 · answer #4 · answered by Steve B 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
sorry to say yes you have take it back and be nice they may change it
2007-03-30 08:30:58 · answer #5 · answered by simonjohnlaw 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋