Standard VGA graphics adapter not compatable with Vista

[Guest]

I loaded Vist Home Premium fine. Everything is going well except my graphics
are poor and the basic game run real slow. I updated drivers but my video
card must be too old. Can some one please help as to what would be compatable
with Vista and my P4VXMD motherboard. I have 3 PCI slots and 1 AGP 4x slot.
I'm really hoping my mother board isn't too old to upgrade the graphics card.

 

[Guest]

sambo54,

You're likely to get various opinions on this question. In my opinion, your
system is a moderate one, and as such you don't want to install a high end
card because you wouldn't get the full benefit from such a move. Therefore,
I'd recommend a moderate card for a moderate system, such as like this:

http://www.powercolor.com/eng/products_layer_3.asp?ModelID=231

This card is listed as an 8X AGP card, but I've used this card at 4X and at
2X with no issues, on WinXP. This card is Vista compatible and will provide
adequate results, just what you need for your system. However, your system
is not up to playing the "latest and greatest" video games, but this card
will do well in many games. Game boxes usually include system requirements
for playing the game in the box. Vista compatible drivers can be downloaded
from the ATI website. That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.

 

[Guest]

Hey thanks so much for your reply. I don't really play games anyhow just the
basic card games etc.. I have a 20" acer lcd screen and since loading vista,
my font looks awful I have adjusted settings but it's still not great. So I'm
hoping it'll help with that too. I really appreciate you advice and will
certainly look at getting one!

 

[Captain Roberts]

Hey thanks so much for your reply. I don't really play games anyhow just
the
basic card games etc.. I have a 20" acer lcd screen and since loading
vista,
my font looks awful I have adjusted settings but it's still not great. So
I'm
hoping it'll help with that too. I really appreciate you advice and will
certainly look at getting one!

Your best bet is to update your mobo/processor/ and graphic card. You can
do this for around 200 dollars and have a Vista Home Premium compatible
system.

Mobo = 50
CPU = 50
Graphx = 100
Total = 200
place to buy parts = newegg.com


Captain Roberts