I have an e machine computer. It's about 3 years old and I put a Ge force fx 6600 video card in there about a year ago and I'm thinking about putting a new one in. How do I know how much my computer can take?
2007-09-12 11:31:10 · 5 answers · asked by PBR Streetgang 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
It really depends on the slot your motherboard has. PCI-E is the newest standard, AGP is the older one, both are readily available still.
However, I have known emachines to send out systems without either, which forces you into using a PCI card, where your options are limited. Your best bet is to search for your model of emachines online and find out what motherboard you have.
Also, a super sexy video card wont do much if you dont have the memory or processing power to support it. Posting your system specs might help people make better recommendations.
2007-09-12 11:42:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it has an AGP slot, the most advanced ATI graphics card you can get is the Radeon X1950XT.
On the Nvidia side you could go up to a Geforce 7950GT, they are about a tie performance-wise.
Both cards run about $250
2007-09-12 11:42:55 · answer #2 · answered by ForbiddenPC 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's truthfully untrue. an aftermarket such as HP or Dell normally works with a particular supplier such as ATI or NVidia solely for sessions of time to shrink fee of their universal hardware purchases, whether, they maximum truthfully do no longer do something to actively forestall the different from working. As an IT supervisor I even have some hundred Dell workstations in my place of work and 20 or so HP workstations. all of them use assorted upgraded enjoying cards devoid of difficulty. on the tip of the day what fairly concerns is the motherboard and this is compatibility. There are some situations the place bundled drivers or different application changes made via the OEM ought to interfere with the drivers or application from yet another maker. yet those would be in basic terms application and working device suitable, no longer hardware. final analysis, as long as your motherboard is compatible you're solid. in case you do have device defects evaluate wiping the producer put in OS in prefer of your individual custom put in one.
2016-11-15 01:56:11 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should be OK with the mainstream cards (up to 7600GT level). High end cards would most likely be bottlenecked by your 3 year old machine.
2007-09-12 13:19:04 · answer #4 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is not really the computer - it is the operating system that controls that. if you have drivers for the video card for your OS, you are pretty much ok - does your card have onboard memory or will you be sharing the computer memory with the card?
but....better operating systems - like xp, can take about anything you throw at it
2007-09-12 11:38:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋