Vid Card Question

[Cooley]

Howdy,

I recently spilled a beverage on my old box, and wiped it out

so i have a new one, that i got very cheap,and it may be just a temporary
computer

Its a Levovo Desktop with Vista Home Premium
AMD Athlaon 64x2 dual core 3800+ 2.0 Ghz, 1 gig memory
It came with intergated Nivdia Geforce 6100

I can load and join AH in the arenas, but my net variance goes crazy,and im warping all over

I need to get a better vid card ASAP, but i dont want to spend too much $$$ (up to 200)
any suggestions? I want to go to best buy down the street as soon as it opens monday,

One other question regarding installation, Ive only done it once about 6 years ago...

this is how i think im supposed to do it...

Device manager>>Display adapter>>Uninstall Nvidia Geforce 6100

turn box off,unplug it,open case, put vid card in the pci-e slot, power back up,,,put sotware disc in, and after thats all set up,update drivers and mess with new display settings

any advice appreciated, Salute

[Kev367th]

AGP I assume, or PCI-E?

AGP - Try this....
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143046

129 after rebate.

Used to have one before I upgraded.

Kev

[MjTalon]

mate, i'm runnin a Nvidia  Geforce 5500, and the game run's actually quite smoothly untill i start fighting near the tree's... then i start freezing up a bit but as far as your box goes... that's a solid machine... i'm not too computer savy but i would purchase another video card.

[Fulmar]

Pretty sure 3D pong is about as extensive as the video acceleration that the 6100 gives you.  Its very basic and meant for web browsing and general multitasking.  No gaming.

[TequilaChaser]

don't forget the power supply, most prebuilt systems have a lowend power supply

a new vidcard is going to require a minimum of prob 400watts.......some high quality PSU's might get you by with less ( 300/350? )