Where did the RAM go?

[Genocidicbunny]

No place to put it. I wasn't doing it myself. I bought the thing but was employing the help of my computer geek friend to install it.

You should have consulted him before you bought it then, eh?

 

[Mr. Keith]

You should have consulted him before you bought it then, eh?

What does that have to do with anything?

 

[Genocidicbunny]

Well, normally one would check to see if they even have a place to put an addon card before buying it.

 

[Mr. Keith]

He's the guy that told me to buy the thing in the first place.

At the time, I didn't even know what a video card was.

Luckily, I kept the receipt. You know. Because I'm smart. smrt.

 

[Genocidicbunny]

He's the guy that told me to buy the thing in the first place.

At the time, I didn't even know what a video card was.

Luckily, I kept the receipt. You know. Because I'm smart. smrt.

So then things turned out for the best. You learned something, and didnt waste much money on it either.

 

[Speedo]

Will the integrated graphics and video card conflict though? Or do you just disable the drivers in the integrated graphics?

You usually can literally use both at the same time. As in dual monitors. Just like people would run one AGP card and one PCI vid card before it became the norm for video cards to have dual outputs.

Looking at Newegg, there indeed are, although your choices are mainly limited to ATi, specifically the HD3000 series for the newest chips. From nVidia you only have the 7 series, which, while still decent, is already 2 generations old.

Doesn't really matter, even those are almost certainly going to be bottlenecked by his CPU/memory.

 

[Macha]

Just to let people know, he could have problems as the standard computer power supply has changed over the years. A new graphics card will need a 400W power supply but older computers may only be 330W (or if it's really old, 240W). I had the same problem a while back.

 

[Souron]

You could always get a new power supply. The slot for those hasn't changed as far as I know.

 

[GVBN]

Yes it has. Pre-ATX v2 PSUs have 20pin connectors. If you have a 20pin mobo then you need a 20+4pin PSU

 

[Genocidicbunny]

Those are still fairly common though.