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hello, i need some help. i have learned that i have an integrated GPX card. i heard that i cannot upgrade.
but then i did more research and figured out that i could. please help. i wanna upgrade my GPX to play CoD4 and have some decent performance on other first person shooters. i am asking if sombody can reccomend a GPX card that can support my power suppy and my specs please help and thanks. P.S. sorry if i put too many specs
here are my specs::P

Product details
General
Type Personal computer

Processor

Type Intel Pentium 4 641 / 3.2 GHz
64-bit Computing Yes
Installed Qty 1
Max Supported Qty 1
Processor Main Features Hyper-Threading Technology, Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology

Cache Memory
Type L2 cache
Installed Size 2 MB
Cache Per Processor 2 MB

Mainboard
Chipset Type Intel 945GC Express
Data Bus Speed 800 MHz

RAM
Installed Size 512 MB / 2 GB (max)
Technology DDR2 SDRAM
Memory Speed 533 MHz
Memory Specification Compliance PC2-4200
Form Factor DIMM 240-pin
Features Two DDR channels
Configuration Features 1 x 512 MB

Optical Storage
Type DVD±RW (+R DL) - IDE
Read Speed 40x (CD) / 16x (DVD)
Write Speed 40x (CD) / 16x (DVD±R) / 4x (DVD+R DL)
Rewrite Speed 24x (CD) / 6x (DVD-RW) / 8x (DVD+RW)

Card Reader
Type 15 in 1 card reader
Supported Flash Memory Cards CompactFlash Card type I, CompactFlash Card type II, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, Microdrive, MultiMediaCard, SD Memory Card, SmartMedia Card, Memory Stick Duo, xD-Picture Card, Memory Stick PRO Duo, miniSD, RS-MMC, MultiMediaCardmobile, MultiMediaCardplus

Graphics Controller
Type PCI Express x16 - integrated

Graphics Processor / Vendor Intel GMA 950
Video Memory Dynamic Video Memory Technology 3.0
Max Allocated RAM Size 224 MB

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640k ought to be enough for anybody.
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Who built the computer? open the case and see what card slots you have open.


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You did not list your power supply.

Is this a pre-built PC? Like a Dell?

Based on the chipset you should have a PCI-e x16 slot. However, depending on the motherboard/case your PC may or may not be able to support a dual slot video card (to exhaust heat out the back).


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That's good and all but what resolution do you play at?

you have a PCI-E 16x slot so u can take advantage of some great "best bang for your buck" GPU's

Another question is what is the 12v amperage on your power supply?

wattage is great, but more importantly your main 2 pieces of information that are missing are your wattage for your PSU, and more specifically the 12v rail(s).

and of course what resolution do you use???

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Id say start all over. You have 512 ram.

I remeber this statement, " You have to pay to play".

Time to pay and buy a new PC.


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You should be able to. Maybe a 4670 ATI card. No extra power connector needed, low power draw, and itll play games, but you should add more ram, and yes give more specs, if we know who made it, we can find out more about your rig. Give maker and model number


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its an emachines T5088 and i am buying 1 more gig of ram

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however my power supply is stock i did not build my computer and i cant seem to figure it out. when i looked over my specs on http://shopping.msn.com/specs/shp/?itemId=767742123

all it said was:
Power

Device Type Power supply

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oh and 1 more thing i opened my CPU and i have 1 slot open. im pretty sure GFX card goes there

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jaydeejohn wrote :

You should be able to. Maybe a 4670 ATI card. No extra power connector needed, low power draw, and itll play games, but you should add more ram, and yes give more specs, if we know who made it, we can find out more about your rig. Give maker and model number



That p4 will highly bottleneck the 4670. There is no point. Better get a cheaper 3650, or a 8600gt at most.

Consider something like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] rder=PRICE


Message edited by dagger on 09-16-2008 at 12:44:20 AM

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dagger, does that support CoD4?

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i am looking for somthing that my system can handle and can play CoD4 well too

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Yes, it's enough for CoD4.


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ok thanks

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oh and 1 more thing i have a PCI-express slot ok?
that one is PCI-Express 2.0 is there a difference with the 2.0?
and by the way i like the one you showed me but which one is better yours?
or this one? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814150257

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aj95 wrote :

oh and 1 more thing i have a PCI-express slot ok?
that one is PCI-Express 2.0 is there a difference with the 2.0?
and by the way i like the one you showed me but which one is better yours?
or this one? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814150257



Pcie2.0 is backward compatible, so it'll work fine. The card you listed is slower but cost more. Get the other one.


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