Hi all

Stupid question for you all, from a non techie

How can I find out what type of graphic card will fit into my pc, been looking and they all have different slot types


Ok bit more info, went to curcial and did a scan, they came up with an AGP Card radeon 9600 se, 9250, x800 gto, x800 pro, are these the only 4 i can put in or are they the only ones crucial sell.
Is there much diffo between the 9600 se, to the pro or xt that they wont fit ?, is the 9800 and inbetween model of the 9600 and x800 if so why cant i fit that

You will find three slot types. Very old PC's will only have PCI. Most will have AGP. The latest is PCI_X.

As to AGP any AGP card will fit in an AGP slot. The main issue would be the speed. AGP come as AGPx2 (old) AGPx4 or AGPx8. Most contemporary boards support AGP 4X 8X. If the board can only support 4X an 8X card will run as 4X (backward compatible). The only other issue here might be a voltage issue.

The best way to sort all this is to ID your motherboard.

Post back the results of this scan in order to do so:

http://www.d-a-l.com/hardware-scan.php

-Hi

Thanks for the reply
Is this any help determining what I need, also can a pci card be fitted instead of a AGP one ?? ------------------------------------------------------

OS Information:
PropertyValue
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional|C:\WINDOWS|\Device\Harddisk0\Partitio n1
Service Pack 2.0
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS


Processor:
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Current Clock Speed 2404
Description x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9
Manufacturer GenuineIntel
Name Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.40GHz


Memory (RAM):
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Bank Label Bank0/1
Capacity 268435456

Bank Label Bank2/3
Capacity 268435456

Total Memory Deteced in Hardware: ~512 MB
Memory Reported to Operating System: 479MB

Disk Drives:
PropertyValue
Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model ST380011A
Media Type Fixed hard disk media
Size 80023749120 (~75 GB)
Number of Partitions 1


Installed Printers:
PropertyValue

Motherboard:
PropertyValue
Manufacturer eveshamvale
Model
Name Base Board
Part Number
Product
Serial Number
Version


BIOS:
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Manufacturer Phoenix Technologies, LTD
Name Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Release Date 20030709000000.000000+000
Version AWARD - 42302e31


Monitor:
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Keyboard:
PropertyValue
Description Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard


Pointing Device:
PropertyValue
Manufacturer Microsoft
Name PS/2 Compatible Mouse


Sound Card:
PropertyValue

Video Card:
PropertyValue

DirectX Installation:
PropertyValue
Version 6.03.01.0146


Modem:
PropertyValue

Network Adapters:
PropertyValue
Description SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter - Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description RAS Async Adapter
Description Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description WAN Miniport (L2TP)
Description WAN Miniport (PPTP)
Description WAN Miniport (PPPOE)
Description Direct Parallel
Description WAN Miniport (IP)
Description Packet Scheduler Miniport

External Ports:
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External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator USB0

Expansion Slots:
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Slot Designation PCI0
Slot Designation PCI1
Slot Designation PCI2
Slot Designation AGP
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◊ Socket 478 for Intel® P4 processors (Willimate 478 and
Northwood 478 / Celeron 478) with 400/533 MHz
◊ Supports up to 3.06GHz
◊ Supports Hyper-Threading Technology

INCLUDES

Chipset

• SIS® 651 Chipset
- High performance host interface 400/533MHz
- Support 64-bit high performance DDR333/DDR266/DDR200 memory controller
- Support AGP 4X/2X interface with fast write transaction
- High throughput SiS® MuTIOL connect to SiS® 962L MuTIOL Media I/O
- High performance 2D/3D and Video Accelerator

• SIS® 962L MuTIOL Media I/O Chipset
- High performance MuTIOL connect to SiS® 651 NB
- Integrated multi-threaded I/O link ensures concurrency of
up/down stream data transfer with 1.2GB/s bandwidth
- Integrated MuTIOL connect to PCI bridge
- Dual IDE Master/Slave controller
- Integrated USB 2.0/1.1 host controller and Fast Ethernet MAC controller
- Integrated audio controller with AC'97 interface
- Advanced power management and PC2001 compliance
- Integrated RTC and DMA interrupt and keyboard controller
- Integrated PCI to LPCC bridge



INCLUDES QUANTITY ONE STICK OF 256MB DDR RAM
Main Memory

This board will ALSO support

• Supports two memory banks using two 184-pin unbuffered DDR200/266/333 DIMM.
• Supports up to 2GB memory size.
• No support ECC Function.



INCLUDES
Slots

• One AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) 2X/4X slot.
• Three PCI 2.2 32-bit PCI bus slots (support 3.3V/5V PCI bus interface).
• One CNR (Communication Network Riser) slot.



INCLUDES
On-Board IDE

• Dual IDE controllers integrated in SiS® 962L
• Support P/O, Bus Master, Ultra DMA66/100/133 operation.
• Can connect up to four IDE devices.



INCLUDES
Video

• Built-in Real 256 bit 2D/3D graphics engine 32mb



INCLUDES
Audio

• AC'97 link controller integrated in SiS® 962L
• 6 channels software audio codec RealTek ALC650.
- Compliance with AC97 v2.2 Spec.
- Meet PC2001 audio performance requirement.
- Can support SPDIF Out via 3-pin SPDIF bracket only.





INCLUDES
LAN

• SiS 962L integrated MAC + Realtek 8201BL PHY
- Integrated Fast Ethernet MAC and PHY in 962L.
- Supports 10Mb/s and 100Mb/s auto-negotiation operation.
- Compliance with PCI v2.2 and PC99 standard.
• Supports Wake-On-LAN and remote wake-up.
• Supports ACPI power management.



INCLUDES
On-Board Peripherals

On-Board Peripherals include:
- 1 floppy port supports 2 FDDs with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes.
- 1 serial ports (COM A)
- 1 parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode.
- 6 USB ports (2.0/1.1) (Rear x 2/ Front x 4).
- 1 RJ-45 LAN jack
- 1 Line-In/Line-Out/Mic-In port
- 1 game port.
- 1 VGA port.



INCLUDES
BIOS

• 2Mb Award BIOS with PnP, ACPI, SMBIOS 2.3, Green and Boot Block.
• Provides DMI2.0, WfM2.0, WOL, WOR, chassis intrusion, and SMBus forsystem management.

Those three slot types were major stepping stones for graphics interfaces.

You have: One AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) 2X/4X slot.

Although this is an older AGP version it still way surpasses any PCI card.

Although yes you can use a PCI card.

As I mentioned the state of art today is PCI_E.

Unfortunately that scan, although pointing out the computer manufacturer, eveshamvale, did not specify the exact motherboard. If you still want this info try this other scan:

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

What is listed under Main Circuit Board?

You should be able to run almost any AGP 4X/8X with the question again being voltage.

An 8X will run as a 4X on your board as that is the max rate for your board.

Hi Jephree

Did the scan this is all that is under that title

Board: eveshamvale
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies,
LTD 6.00 PG 07/09/2003

thanks for all the help your giving me, i did post the mother board specs with the other scan

Ok think i did ask this at the beginning as well on the graphics card it self there are different type of fittigs, i.e some have 3 little gold strip prongs, and others have a 2 prong fitting one large, one small, does it matter which one u get

There are only 3 types of slots and cards: PCI > AGP > PCI_E

You need either a PCI or AGP as you do not have PCI_E slots.

If you are buying new get an AGP as they are much faster than PCI.

If you are being offered a free PCI then that is fine.

You will also note the memory size: 64 or 128 or 256. The more the better but also the more expensive. Also you want an 8X/4X which will run at 4X as that is your boards max rate.

Perhaps this may help:

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...lr%3D%26sa%3DN

hi jephree

Yes thankyou so much you have been very helpfull

Ray

Thanks for the thanks!

Let us know if we can help further.

Also found this ATI page with more details and graphics:

https://support.ati.com/ics/support/...task=knowledge

Product Information | 737-18872: ATI AGP Graphics Cards - AGP Compliance Details


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Originally Posted by SlyOldFox

Hi all

Stupid question for you all, from a non techie

How can I find out what type of graphic card will fit into my pc, been looking and they all have different slot types


Ok bit more info, went to curcial and did a scan, they came up with an AGP Card radeon 9600 se, 9250, x800 gto, x800 pro, are these the only 4 i can put in or are they the only ones crucial sell.
Is there much diffo between the 9600 se, to the pro or xt that they wont fit ?, is the 9800 and inbetw

een model of the 9600 and x800 if so why cant i fit that

Go into your system information options and look for your mother board type and corresponding letters and numbers,or if you will,open the case and use a external light to locate same information and or simply look at the graphics cards slot and deermine the tpe.You are better to know all numbers and name of board so you can lok at a card and thenmatch it at the card site or onl;ine at a page such as (grahics cards and related peripherals),etc.

perhaps as a sly old fox you are bored and burning up the keys with convoluted questions you have answes to.