Computer help.

[Tom Gunn]

Ok im considering upgrading my graphics card but i dont know something.
Is it possible that a computer can be to old to get an upgrade like that?

I'll post my computer in a little.

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[General Nick]

It is possible that;
-Your motherboard doesn't have ports like PCI-Express 2.0 meaning you'll have to find some low-tech graphics that still use what your motherboard has.
-Your power supply can't provide enough power to it.
-Your processor is old and is bottlenecking your graphics.
-Your case is too small.

I'm not saying that your computer has these problems, I'm saying these are possible cases as to why a computer can be too old to get a graphics update.

[Tom Gunn]

I've been in the case but errm it does have a pc1 slot and a graphics card in it its called...XFX a division of pine..

[Deoxy99]

Go online and update the same card. Or just buy a Nvidia or Ageia or...just pick one! Grab one that is cheap and is a great graphics card!

[Deep2]

Ageia

Wat

Do you mean ATI?

[Deoxy99]

No AGEIA! That is a card. I have heard of it on CRAZY MACHINES 2!

[Healbadbad]

dude aegia makes processors and physics engines. and stop with the loving exclamation points

[Deep2]

!

[Deoxy99]

I am not using that many!

[Deep2]

I feel so sorry for you!
How many smart and considerate people do you find on the on the Internet?

[Healbadbad]

I am not using that many!

EVERY POST OF YOURS I SEE.

and tom, before you get a new one, is it so bad that most games wont run or is it just a little slow?
if it's just slow, get the updated drivers for it and possibly turn down the graphics on games a notch

[General Nick]

No AGEIA! That is a card. I have heard of it on CRAZY MACHINES 2!

Ageia makes physics cards that add about 0.1% performance boost to your games.
Seriously they don't do anything.
Nvidia and ATI are basically the only graphics chipset manufacturers/designers out there.

Here's an idea;
Open your case, take out the graphics (carefully and without any static electricity involved), and take a picture of the slot. Then post it here and we'll identify it.

[Otis Da HousKat]

Ageia makes physics cards that add about 0.1% performance boost to your games.
Seriously they don't do anything.

They also made this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhysX :)

[n0cturni]

-Your motherboard doesn't have ports like PCI-Express 2.0

If you have a regular PCI-E slot you can use PCI-E 2.0 cards with a (possible) slight performance decrease.

[Marcem]

Ageia makes physics cards that add about 0.1% performance boost to your games.
Seriously they don't do anything.

Anything that uses Physx gets a boost, I think.  Also, same thing happens with new nVidia GPUs, I think.