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Firestormalpha · 01-18-2012, 03:40 PM

Well, as stated in other discussions:
I have an HP Pavilion a6010n
Intel Core dual processor, 1.8GHz, 1.8GHz
1 GB RAM (not sure what kind exactly)
and 32-Bit Windows Vista Home edition.

I'm looking at three possible video cards at the moment:
Galaxy 84GFE6DC2EMM GeForce 8400 GS Video Card
EVGA 01G-P3-1302-LR GeForce 8400 GS Video Card
VisionTek VTK X1300PCIeDMS Radeon X1300 DMS Video Card

First two are Nvidia and the last one is ATI. All three, as near as I can tell, are PCIe types (rather than PCIe 2.0 or 2.1). And none of them appear to need a power supply above and beyond what is already in my system (250 watts). I'm currently leaning towards the Geforce cards, but I'm open to suggestions, as always.

On further observation, I may have to disregard the ATI card, unless there is some kind of adapter to go from the outputs available on the card to the VGA on my current monitor (an old Samsung SyncMaster 171v)

Dug a little deeper. Turns out, no matter what, I'm gonna need a new power supply to get a decent vid card. The GeForce cards need 300-350 watts, I only have about 250. So I may go for a 400 watt supply just to be safe.

01-18-2012, 03:40 PM	#20
Firestormalpha Knight of the Rose Join Date: July 11, 2002 Location: Coral Springs, Fl USA Age: 40 Posts: 4,454	Re: Looking at laptops... Well, as stated in other discussions: I have an HP Pavilion a6010n Intel Core dual processor, 1.8GHz, 1.8GHz 1 GB RAM (not sure what kind exactly) and 32-Bit Windows Vista Home edition. I'm looking at three possible video cards at the moment: Galaxy 84GFE6DC2EMM GeForce 8400 GS Video Card EVGA 01G-P3-1302-LR GeForce 8400 GS Video Card VisionTek VTK X1300PCIeDMS Radeon X1300 DMS Video Card First two are Nvidia and the last one is ATI. All three, as near as I can tell, are PCIe types (rather than PCIe 2.0 or 2.1). And none of them appear to need a power supply above and beyond what is already in my system (250 watts). I'm currently leaning towards the Geforce cards, but I'm open to suggestions, as always. On further observation, I may have to disregard the ATI card, unless there is some kind of adapter to go from the outputs available on the card to the VGA on my current monitor (an old Samsung SyncMaster 171v) Dug a little deeper. Turns out, no matter what, I'm gonna need a new power supply to get a decent vid card. The GeForce cards need 300-350 watts, I only have about 250. So I may go for a 400 watt supply just to be safe. __________________ "When you start with a presupposition, it's hard to arrive at any other conclusion." "We are never to judge a philosophy by its abuse." - Augustine "If you're wondering if God has a sense of humor, consider the platypus." http://www.greaterthings.cbglades.com Last edited by Firestormalpha; 01-18-2012 at 09:31 PM.