How can I test and see which graphics cards are compatible with my computer?

youll be able to play crysis, UT, and oblivion. they wont play well though, youll probably be looking at 640*480 res with med/low settings. Half-life on the other hand, should run much better, at near max settings.

If you got another gig of ram and upgraded your graphics to a geforce 8800, youll be playing all those games easily. your computer would run much better too

8200 is just an upgraded form of the 6150. their is no way your friend is running oblivion at those settings with that card. sorry its not possible.

I want to buy a new Pc in October.I want to use it for Hardcore Gaming,So that i could run any game at full power.
Please help me decide what Components i should buy.
Graphics cards,CPU's,Motherboards,stuff like that.

Price does not matter

Thank you in advance
Stanislav Khodkevitch

What should I look for in a nice gaming computer. I would just like some name suggestion on gaming cards that could easily play graphics on a medium setting such as WoW or any RPG like it.
What should I look for in a nice gaming computer. I would just like some name suggestion on graphic cards that could easily play graphics on a medium setting such as WoW or any RPG like it.

I currently have a 2.53 GhZ Socket 478 Pentium 4 Processor, and want to upgrade to a 3.0 GhZ processor. I will be paying about 80 dollars for the new CPU, so is it worth it? How much increased performance will I notice. I also will be adding 1 GB to 1.7 GB for a total of 2.7. Also, Is it true that XP will not recognize more than 3 GB of Ram?

One thing I would like to point out is that I can run Crysis even though the MINIMUM requirement is for a 2.8 Ghz processor, so since I will be going from the not supposed to run it 2.53 to a 3.0 GHz will I get better performance, I know it won't be much but will there probably be some marginal increase in performance?

If anyone is curious, I have a 512 MB Graphics card.
my video card is seperate, it is a Radeon X1650PRO .

And since I have an HP motherboard, I have heard I am not able to overclock anything on it, I don't even see how to get into my BIOS at startup to do so, so if anyone knows how to overclock the CPU with an HP motherboard please tell me how to do so! I thinkt the motherboard's model number is 085Ch, and as I said it is a Hewlett-Packard.

this is a good basic computer not a screamer nor a gaming rig, but nice id build for my mom
the hard drive is pricy i can get 500 gig new drives for 66 CND but thats neither here nor there the motherboard is nice
id go for a quad core for a little more and keep the unit for 3 years also id get a second video card to match

I'm trying to find what graphics card I have on my laptop and I can not identify via dxdiag or through my basic computer settings so I can upgrade it.

I do not have 3D Accelerator where would I go to download it please?

Thankyou.
The game I am trying to make work (if it helps) is "The MoviesTM"
I also can not download directX end time user from microsoft word due to the computer that I transfer the data over to does not have internet access.
I've now downloaded and installed directx 9.0c off from another site, it has not effected the direct 3D and directX appears to not have installed (checking from add programs list)
Baha - Thanks for your reply. Checking from beneath the laptop (its second hand) its 2 years old, I just can't seem to track down the graphics card.

I'm (seriously) considering handing this matter over to my local computer company or I will have them build me a new laptop Pity, cause it wasn't that bad of a laptop too.

Get your parts from newegg. make sure that your RAM is compatible with the motherboard.

mobo
Newegg.com - ASUS P5Q Pro LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards
CPU
Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Processors
RAM
Newegg.com - G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory
GPU this is a MUCH better card for about the same $
Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE 100242L Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards
HDD this disk has a 32meg cache
Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives
DVD a burner is only a little more
Newegg.com - ASUS Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 14X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 20X DVD±R DVD Burner - CD / DVD Burners
the PSU is a good choice just make sure that it has enough PCIe 6 pin connectors. the new cards take 2 now.

Will this laptop play World of Warcraft with little or no lag?
These are the specs:

Dell Inspiron 1520-R560321N Notebook



Processor: Intel Core2 Duo T7250 2GHz

RAM: 2GB

Hard Drive: 160GB

Screen: 15.4" WXGA Widescreen with TrueLife

OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium

Graphics: Nvidia GeForce Go 8400GS with 128MB Dedicated Memory

Super Multi 8x DVD± with Double Layer Support, 8-in-1 Memory Card Reader

Communications: 802.11/a/b/g WLAN, Bluetooth, 10/100 LAN, 56K Modem

Ports/Slots: 4x USB 2.0, S-Video Out, Infrared, TV Out

Bundled Software: Microsoft Works 8.5

Battery: 6-Cell LI-Ion

Will i need anything like a new graphics card maybe?

Remember i just want to play World of Warcraft with the littlest lag possible please

Thank you!

my graphics card is S3 graphics Pro Savage DDR and zoo tycoon requires 16 MB Direct 3D-compatible video card. will my video card work for this?

I would like to run Next gen games such as Crysis and etc. But, I heard there was not much need for 4 core processors. I would like to ask if a Q6600 is sufficient and won't bottleneck the ATi 4870 graphics card. or would I need a Q9450?