Video Card Help Please

[sahilpatelbc]

I have a dell dimeniosn 5150
I did the IF I CAN RUN IT test. These are my results for recommened

CPURecommended: Pentium 4 or Athlon XP or betterYou Have: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHzPASS CPU SpeedRecommended: 3 GHzYou Have: 3.0 GHzPASS System RAMRecommended: 1 GBYou Have: 1.2 GBPASS Operating SystemRecommended: Windows 2000/XP/XP 64-bitYou Have: Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)PASS Video CardRecommended: 128MB Direct3D compatible video card (NVIDIA GeForce 6800+ / ATI Radeon X800+)You Have: Intel(R) 82945G Express Chipset Family (Intel(R) 82945G Express Chipset Family)FAIL: Sorry, your video card does not meet this recommended requirement. Upgrading to a more powerful video card will make all your applications look better. Click the 'We Recommend' button to see some great options.Video Card Features - Minimum attributes of your Video CardVideo RAM: Required - 128 MB , You have - 224.0 MBVideo Card 3D Acceleration: Required - Yes , You have - YesVideo HW Rasterization: Required - Yes , You have - YesVideo HW Transform & Lighting: Required - Yes , You have - NoVertex Shader Ver.: Required - 2.0 , You have - 0.0Pixel Shader Ver.: Required - 2.0 , You have - 2.0Video Card Driver Version (DirectX)Your driver version number is: 6.14.10.4410 FYI: Your video card driver version is provided for your information, but it is not part of this analysis. But proper video card driver versions are important to the proper operation of your product. DirectX VersionRecommended: DirectX 9.0c (included on disk)You Have: 9.0c PASS Sound CardRecommended: YesYou Have: SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC PASS Sound Card Driver VersionYour driver version number is: 5.10.0.4568 FYI: Your sound card driver version is provided for your information, but it is not part of this analysis. But proper sound card driver versions are important to the proper operation of your product. Free Disk SpaceRecommended: 4.6 GBYou Have: 35.4 GBPASS DVDRecommended: 8X DVD-RomYou Have: TSSTcorp CDRWDVD TS-H492C PASS, but the Speed could NOT be analyzed.

Mainly i need a new video card. I want to buy one that is good and wont make my game lag.Also one that will work for condemedblivion without lagging. Please help me I would appreciate it. Email me answer at [email protected]

 

[Da Kine Guy]

You should be fine with an X800GT or higher in the ATI line of cards or a 6600GT or higher in the NVIDIA line of things. Both of those cards are really pretty cheap right now. How much money are you looking to spend on upgrading your current setup?

Another thing to check before upgrading, open up the side of the case (provided you are comfortable doing that) and peek around your motherboard. You'll see a few large slots towards the lower left of the motherboard (usually white in color), what you need to do follow those slots all the way to the top one. Is the top slot a brown or black color? The reason I ask is that there are a couple different varieties of cards out on the market right now, some fitted for use in a PCI-Express slot and others for the older AGP type slot. Black typically means PCI-Express and brown signifies an AGP slot. This will tell you what kinds of cards are available for your motherboard.