toolfan Posted June 27, 2003 Share Posted June 27, 2003 it will work but its pretty slow. I say save your money and get a Radeon 9000 or 9500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordie8472 Posted June 27, 2003 Author Share Posted June 27, 2003 Would 7500 lag a lot? All I really care about now is getting the game to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolfan Posted June 27, 2003 Share Posted June 27, 2003 I wouldnt go for just getting the game to work, if you are going to get a new graphics card might as well go all out and get something nice. first of all though open up your computer case and make sure you have a small brown looking slot, that is a AGP slot. go check now then get back to this thread with what you found. if you dont have that then you are forced to get a new computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordie8472 Posted June 27, 2003 Author Share Posted June 27, 2003 I'll have that for you tomorrow. I need some sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolfan Posted June 27, 2003 Share Posted June 27, 2003 sleep! thanks for reminding me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrchuck85 Posted June 27, 2003 Share Posted June 27, 2003 Originally posted by toolfan sleep! thanks for reminding me. Bleh sleep is overrated.... I have a very nice Voddoo 3 2500 it has 16000 kilobytes of memory or .016 gigs of VRAM AWSOME!!!(and makes a nice paper weight)... it cost $130 new and guess what its PCI! awsome huh.... dont go with a PCI graphics cards only as an absolute last resort... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordie8472 Posted June 27, 2003 Author Share Posted June 27, 2003 Verto™ GeForce4 MX 440-SE 64MB PCI Video Card Will this work with Galaxies. The only thing that makes me unsure is the Verto name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-=ReApEr=- Posted June 27, 2003 Share Posted June 27, 2003 Originally posted by jordie8472 Verto™ GeForce4 MX 440-SE 64MB PCI Video Card Will this work with Galaxies. The only thing that makes me unsure is the Verto name. [/quote Try going for a 128mb Titunim one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deft Aklin Posted June 27, 2003 Share Posted June 27, 2003 Ge Force 4 will work, the Verto only means that it's aftermarket, as in basically the same card with someone elses name on it. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolfan Posted June 27, 2003 Share Posted June 27, 2003 Originally posted by jordie8472 Verto™ GeForce4 MX 440-SE 64MB PCI Video Card Will this work with Galaxies. The only thing that makes me unsure is the Verto name. yes, but if possible go with the 128mb version instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordie8472 Posted June 27, 2003 Author Share Posted June 27, 2003 I do have an AGP slot. I just bought an ATI Radeon 9000 Pro. And got 512 mb of RAM. That means I'll have 768 mb RAM. It should arrive before July 2. Yippie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abaddon Posted June 28, 2003 Share Posted June 28, 2003 I have a Verto... the company is PNY. My card is the Verto Geforce 4 ti4600 128MB AGP. PNY basically uses the nvidia reference cards so they have been tested. They may not be the best overclockers like Gainward, but there solid. Jordie8472 are you sure its a AGP and not a CNR slot. The AGP is like a PCI slot reverse for example PCI = ---------------|---- AGP = ----|------------ where the "|" is the break in the slot the AGP is about 75% the size of the PCI a CNR is -----|---- about 45% of a PCI's size both the CNR and the AGP are usually dark brown. NOT all motherboards have CNR slots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordie8472 Posted June 28, 2003 Author Share Posted June 28, 2003 I do have an APG slot. The people at DELL told me that there was one in there. So, I'm positive that I have one. Thanks to everyone for all their help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolfan Posted June 28, 2003 Share Posted June 28, 2003 then you are set to play SWG. with that new radeon card you got you should have no frame rate problems with the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abaddon Posted June 28, 2003 Share Posted June 28, 2003 DELL (techinal support) actually knows something about their computers..... woop Why did they put a intel (crap-o-rama) graphic card (chip) in it anyway. I thought they used nvidia cards (usually lower ones [mx series]) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordie8472 Posted June 28, 2003 Author Share Posted June 28, 2003 I have no idea why they would put an Intel card in there. What really sucks is the fact that I'll have to go into BIOS to disable the Intel card. Oh well, Dell will walk me through it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abaddon Posted June 28, 2003 Share Posted June 28, 2003 so it IS intergrated, right? If its not then you don't need to disable just remove the card. If you need to diable the intergrated GPU chip just go into the PCI/AGP menu and there should be some sort of option to change from intergrated to AGP (or PCI) Dell should be able to help its their modication of the bios (probably). So its probably pretty limited, so you cannot screw it up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordie8472 Posted June 28, 2003 Author Share Posted June 28, 2003 It is integrated. They told me on the phone. How do I get to the options for disabling it? Does anyone know how to get to BIOS on XP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abaddon Posted June 28, 2003 Share Posted June 28, 2003 getting to the bios is different for each bios (not determined by the Operating system) It usually involves pressing a key during startup before windows boots. It can be done up the point when the RAM has been completely counted (on the POST screen). Also outputs the key to press to enter the bios. The POST screen is: the black screen where you CPU speed is shown the bios version, name, serial, etc. are showed, and where the RAM is counted. The problem with OEM computers (pre-built computers) is that sometimes you cannot see the post screen; all you see is a logo or something. It doesn't really matter than you cannot see the POST screen it just helps you determine when to press the key. Common keys are Delete(not backspace), F-keys(some are windows-preset however like f8 to start safe mode) Dell can probably tell you what key to press during startup. You could instead hit random keys (its not like to going to screw up something by doing this, however you could hit a safe mode screen, or something that doesn't change anything permanently. So you have a integrated card and an AGP slot, correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordie8472 Posted June 28, 2003 Author Share Posted June 28, 2003 That is correct. I have an integrated Intel card and an AGP slot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordie8472 Posted June 28, 2003 Author Share Posted June 28, 2003 Is it easy to install a card into the AGP slot? Just wondering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abaddon Posted June 29, 2003 Share Posted June 29, 2003 Pretty easy. Just remove the metal slug and make sure that the card is parrell to the slot. Don't force it and volia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordie8472 Posted June 30, 2003 Author Share Posted June 30, 2003 It appears that Dell (or at least the guy I talked to doesn't know crap about their computers). I don't have an AGP slot. I have nothing but crappy PCIs. Thankfully we have exchanged the Radeon 9000 for a GeForce 440 (PCI, of course. 64 MB). I am so sick of waiting to play this game. By the end of this week, I should be playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Gaarni Posted June 30, 2003 Share Posted June 30, 2003 Is it easy to install a card into the AGP slot? Just wondering. It depends. The actual inserting the card into the slot is pretty forward, but the rest can be tricky (program/drivers and stuff) these days. Take the "ATi Radeon 9700 Pro ALL-IN-WONDER" card. I just bought it, and it appears that unless I have an "Intel chipset-based motherboard", I will have to install some custom drivers for my AGP slot. I have an AMD Athlon XP motherboard. Now, my problem is, I can't find my AGP controller in the "Device Manager" under the "System Devices" section. The only thing that has the word AGP in it is the "NVIDIA nForce AGP Host to PCI bridge". But not only does my problem stop there. Nooooo, it also requires an internal powerunit that can provide 300W or more in order to ensure that the machine will get enough juice to power up. My current powerunits wattage output is max 200. So, I'll have to get myself a new powerunit aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SplnterCellJedi Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 i really hope u didn't already blow ur money on a crappy Radeon PCI card cuz well you have screwed urself. if u need a PCI slot the best one to get is the GeForce FX 5200 128 MB card it supports all of the new Direct X9 features. i have it and was able to run Doom 3 at a decent FPS but then again i have 512 MB DDR and P4 2.4 blah blah but if u can return ur Radeon card i would reccommend it. the extra memory really helps so dont get a TI cuz i've heard this game is a memory hog so u want as much memory to use to texturize this game as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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