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Looking for a graphics card
Hi, I'm looking for a graphics card for my Acer computer, and I was told to start here. I'll post my Bel-Arc specs, because I'm not sure what kind of graphics card slot I have. If anyone could suggest one that's not too expensive, but maybe mid-range (good enough for some of the newer video games), I'd really appreciate it Operating System System Model Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 1 (build 6001) Install Language: English (United States) System Locale: English (United States) Acer Aspire M5100 R01-A3 System Serial Number: PTS870X073803092F72702 Enclosure Type: Desktop Processor a Main Circuit Board b 3.00 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 128 kilobyte primary memory cache 1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache 64-bit ready Multi-core (2 total) Not hyper-threaded Board: Acer F690GVM Bus Clock: 199 megahertz BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG 10/10/2007 Drives Memory Modules c,d 489.63 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity 364.23 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space Optiarc DVD RW AD-7170S ATA Device [CD-ROM drive] Generic- Compact Flash USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 2 Generic- MS/MS-Pro USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 5 Generic- SD/MMC USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 4 Generic- SM/xD-Picture USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 3 HP psc 2210xi USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 1 ST3500830AS [Hard drive] (500.11 GB) -- drive 0, s/n 9QG6ZEQM, rev 3.AAD, SMART Status: Healthy 2816 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory Slot 'A0' has 1024 MB Slot 'A2' has 1024 MB Slot 'A4' has 1024 MB Slot 'A6' is Empty Local Drive Volumes c: (NTFS on drive 0) 244.96 GB 119.70 GB free d: (NTFS on drive 0) 244.67 GB 244.53 GB free Network Drives None detected Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers local user accounts last logon Joe Wagner 9/3/2009 11:39:29 AM (admin) Lisa Wagner 6/22/2009 1:48:27 PM (admin) local system accounts Administrator 1/16/2008 2:55:46 PM (admin) Guest never Marks a disabled account; Marks a locked account HP Photosmart C4380 series on USB001 HP psc 2200 Series on USB002 Microsoft XPS Document Writer on XPSPort: Send To Microsoft OneNote Driver on Send To Microsoft OneNote Port: Controllers Display Standard floppy disk controller IDE Channel [Controller] (4x) Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller (2x) ATI Radeon X1250 [Display adapter] Acer P191W [Monitor] (19.1"vis, s/n LAY090116320, January 2008) Bus Adapters Multimedia Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller (5x) High Definition Audio Device Realtek High Definition Audio Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device Virus Protection [Back to Top] new Group Policies No details available None discovered Communications Other Devices Motorola SM56 Speakerphone Modem 6TO4 Adapter Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller primary Auto IP Address: 192.168.0.2 / 24 Gateway: 192.168.0.1 Dhcp Server: 192.168.0.1 Physical Address: 00:1C:25:54C:0F Microsoft ISATAP Adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface Networking Dns Servers: 192.168.0.1 205.171.3.25 Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller HID-compliant consumer control device (2x) HID-compliant device (2x) USB Human Interface Device (2x) HP psc 2200 HID Keyboard Device Standard PS/2 Keyboard HID-compliant mouse PS/2 Compatible Mouse HP PSC 2200 Series (DOT4USB) USB Composite Device USB Mass Storage Device (2x) USB Printing Support USB Root Hub (6x) Generic volume shadow copy Compact Flash MS/MS-Pro psc 2210xi SD/MMC SM/xD-Picture |
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Looking for a graphics card
joeisme333 wrote:
Hi, I'm looking for a graphics card for my Acer computer, and I was told to start here. I'll post my Bel-Arc specs, because I'm not sure what kind of graphics card slot I have. If anyone could suggest one that's not too expensive, but maybe mid-range (good enough for some of the newer video games), I'd really appreciate it You can open the computer and look to see what kind of graphics slot you have. That will be the most accurate and avoid guesses based upon the mostly meaningless stuff you've listed. Look on the Acer website for information about your model computer. It should specify the card slot type. It may also indicate how much power can be supplied to the video card. |
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Looking for a graphics card
Hi!
It's most likely to be a PCI Express x16 slot, which is good news. You can put in almost any current graphics card that you want to use. There are lots of choices from ATI and nVidia on the market. However, you must be aware of something before you buy...and this bears repeating: Some cards (especially upper middle and high end cards) will require a LOT of power. You could end up buying a card that won't work in your computer because of its power demands. Consumer grade computers--especially budget priced ones--oftentimes do not have large power supplies, or even power supplies of particularly good quality. Open your computer (it won't bite) and look inside to see what you have. If you're going to spend the money on this, you might as well do it right. There are two things you want to look at--the type of slot that is in there now, and what--if anything--is in it. You can find pictures of graphics card slots by doing an image search on any popular search engine. Also check the rating on your power supply. It should be at *least* 350 watts if you expect to get much in the way of a better graphics card. William |
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