of RAM a minimal level of memory for a new graphics card, and 512MB a very worthwhile upgrade. The additional memory enables greater resolution levels and a larger number of colors. If you’ve got a current machine, the best place for a graphics card is in...

to know which graphics card slot your computer has. There are two main types: PCI Express (PCIe) and AGP. About five years ago, the older AGP slot on desktop computers started to be replaced with PCIe slots instead. Once you’ve determined whether you have...

AGP or PCI video card. A single card solution, such as the ATi All-In-Wonder or the NVIDIA Personal Cinema lines, takes less space and can be installed in any case with an AGP slot, which most PCs have. While Compro's PCI TV tuner card solution requires an...

7500 has made its way to the Mobility Radeon 7500. Our own Tom covered the Radeon 7500 in the following article: Radeon 7500 - Also Released Today, which examined the basic technology behind the Radeon 7500. Perhaps the best way to think of the Mobility Radeon...

CPU FSB has to be multiplied by 5:4 to get 166MHz, and then by 2 because of the double pumped DDR bus. The memory also must run in CAS 2.0 mode to get the best performance. Further, I enabled the "Smart fan" feature, allowing the system to throttle the system/...

Conclusion. intel 915gm. Intel introduced the 915GM at the end of January, the first PCI Express chipset with an integrated graphics core for notebooks. Is the new model better and faster than its AGP predecessor, the 855GME? We decided to find out, on a Dell...

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