topic Re: HELP ASAP WITH GRAPHICS CARD in PCs & Accessories

HELP ASAP WITH GRAPHICS CARD

madxbri — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 23:59:02 GMT

Hi all i am about to buy this card tomorow but need a bit info first
new card
from what i have managed to find out it is better than what i have in my pc standard
any info would be great ie will it fit will it be alot better ect ect
seams to be a good price thou :smileygrin:

Re: HELP ASAP WITH GRAPHICS CARD

madxbri — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 00:24:37 GMT

ok update i have just had a rake around pc worlds site and there are a few cards for around the same cash anyone know what i should be looking out for i am not up on this side of things yet and not realy sure how to compare them with what i have ?all i know is i have a
geforce 4 mx460 64 mb with a tv out
any info or advice on what to go for or look out for would be great
thanks

Re: HELP ASAP WITH GRAPHICS CARD

kee-lo_ — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 00:27:31 GMT

Any of the 128MB cards should be good, specially ATI's Radeon.
The Geforce FX should be fine too, the only concern I have is the power supply in the machine might not be able to handle ti.

Good luck, and be careful

Re: HELP ASAP WITH GRAPHICS CARD

TygerTyger — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 02:22:04 GMT

ATi are definitely the bees knees at the moment. Do a Google for the card name and see if you can find some comparison. They are usually a pretty good way to measure which is the best deal/best performance.

Re: HELP ASAP WITH GRAPHICS CARD

jammold — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 02:24:56 GMT

nVidia are also a good bet at the moment...:smileywink:

Re: HELP ASAP WITH GRAPHICS CARD

TygerTyger — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 02:25:42 GMT

Or Robs hamster with a paintbrush and easel.

Re: HELP ASAP WITH GRAPHICS CARD

jammold — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 02:57:27 GMT

Rob has a hamster? God I don't know much about you guys... LOL Question is do I want to know?:smileylaugh:

Re: HELP ASAP WITH GRAPHICS CARD

madxbri — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 09:48:35 GMT

Any of the 128MB cards should be good, specially ATI's Radeon.
The Geforce FX should be fine too, the only concern I have is the power supply in the machine might not be able to handle ti.

Good luck, and be careful

do you know what size power supply i have in mine i just looked and cn the power bit oops lol

Re: HELP ASAP WITH GRAPHICS CARD

jammold — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 13:12:41 GMT

Brian is this for the PCV-RX402 computer? If it is quite recent then it may be OK, when I did an upgrade on mine I discovered that if there is insufficent power, some vital parts of the system will not initialise, such as the hard disk (!) caused by the new video card.

If this is the case then a 400Watt power supply or higher with ATX power cables should fit but its hard to say for sure... Insufficient power can be dangerous so be very careful mate!

Re: HELP ASAP WITH GRAPHICS CARD

kee-lo_ — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 15:09:24 GMT

The problem is James they're non-standard

Re: HELP ASAP WITH GRAPHICS CARD

madxbri — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 19:19:11 GMT

anyone know what power supply i have
yup its for my PCV-RX402 james
there must be a few bigger cards out there that i could buy
pc world has a few realy good prices on cards just now

Re: HELP ASAP WITH GRAPHICS CARD

kee-lo_ — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 20:47:33 GMT

You're probably best asking at www.vaiovillage.com or looking on the label.

I guess it's a 350W

Re: HELP ASAP WITH GRAPHICS CARD

madxbri — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 20:51:21 GMT

i think i will have another look inside and do another clean out
dont know wether to just trust pc world with a sugested graphics card or not after all its my pc not theres they will just want the sale bit worried about the power thing now
thanks again you all

james what pc whas it you had the probs with and did you find a card that was ok ?
thanks
all again
loads of info now

Re: HELP ASAP WITH GRAPHICS CARD

kee-lo_ — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 21:07:54 GMT

Doesn't PC World have 50% off upgrades so they fit the card there and test it?

Re: HELP ASAP WITH GRAPHICS CARD

madxbri — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 21:10:23 GMT

Doesn't PC World have 50% off upgrades so they fit the card there and test it?

dont know but would they sort it or bodge it if things did go wrong ??????
not to sure about others doing bits on my pc and if i knew what card would work then i have no probs with fitting it then if it goes wrong its my fault and i cant chase myself to get it sorted just a hard slap :smileyblush:

Re: HELP ASAP WITH GRAPHICS CARD

jammold — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 21:46:22 GMT

ames what pc whas it you had the probs with and did you find a card that was ok ?

God Brian, do you want to know? It was a 7 year old PC that still works (!) ugh sort of, and a nVidia Riva TNT2 M64 card was fitted with lesser power requirements than a Cirrus Logic GD-CL5446 PCI card which has been scrapped.

So it was trying to revive an ancient system. You should have fewer problems, but since Sony appear to use non-standard power supplies, a beefier one may be difficult to find... I would go for 400Watt myself especially if you want to add other power-hungry stuff, but use at LEAST 350Watt power supplies to guarantee success.

The problems I had was with a museum piece TreeTek 200Watt non-ATX power supply!:smileylaugh:

Re: HELP ASAP WITH GRAPHICS CARD

madxbri — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 22:06:16 GMT

hey james i bet it was great at the time :smileygrin:
might end up with a new tower if it gets hard to do anything with it just a thought how hard would it be to put my gubbings inside a diffrent tower with a new power supply ect or is it just not worth it
do sony not do upgrade power packs ????????
or are they just over priced
i would love to just get the graphics up a bit hey it runs not bad games as is like unreal 2004 just not cranked right up on the graphics side
would love to keep it as is with a bit better a card in nothing huge just better

Re: HELP ASAP WITH GRAPHICS CARD

kee-lo_ — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 22:45:54 GMT

Their work is garunteed I guess, you would have to ask.
I've never experienced their work