confused about graphic cards 'help''

[cundall]

right im from england ! i dont have a clue about graphic cards or video cards ? but i do know that my pc needs 1 of them

i have a amd sempron processor 2800+ with vista, now the question is what would be the best value for money because there is that many out there and i dont have a clue which 1 to buy !

i have a program called revit structure, i use it for work and it is a program that lets me draft (draw) in 3d, now that tells me on the specifications below:

System Requirements

• Intel® Pentium 4 1.4 GHz or equivalent AMD Athlon processor
• Windows Vista® 32-bit (Business, Home Premium, and Ultimate), Windows Vista 64-bit (Business, Home Premium, and Ultimate), Windows XP Home, Professional and TabletPC SP1 or SP2, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
• 3 GB RAM. (1 GB RAM if no rendering is required.)
• 1,280 x 1,024 monitor and display adapter capable of 24-bit color
• 3 GB free disk space
• Microsoft Mouse-compliant
• Internet Explorer® 6.0 or later
• Download and Installation from DVD

System Recommendations

• Intel Core 2 Duo 2.40 GHz or equivalent AMD Athlon processor
• Windows XP Professional SP2 or later, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
• 4 GB RAM
• 5 GB free disk space. Dedicated video card with hardware support for OpenGL spec 1.3 or later
• Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
• 1,280 x 1,024 monitor and display adapter capable of 24-bit color
• Dedicated video card with hardware support for OpenGL spec 1.3 or later
• 5 GB free disk space
• Microsoft Mouse-compliant

so does anybody have any clue or idea on which 1 to go for ?

 

[JaLing]

I'd recommend a £50 style Radeon or GeForce.... it'd do the job.
However bewarned.... your Sempron will slow it down (Sempron = Athlon - cache)

 

[TriplexDread]

It would also help if we knew what Motherboard you have fitted in your system simply because the specifications are different for PCI-E and PCI-e 2.0

Your Running Vista so I would think its one ot those two and definately not AGP?!?!

 

[cundall]

how do i find out what motherboard it is ?

 

[guest_9323wk]

Download these

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Info/Everest-Home-Edition.shtml

Regards,

 

[cundall]

i just wanna no a good video card that meets the specification of revit structure !

 

[Waynos_Face]

Well if Wiz recommends a £50 Graphics Card that is PCI-E and you get it, try to put it in your Motherboard and then you find out that your Motherboard supports AGP then you have kinda wasted £50!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (see i can use them as well)

If you run those programs, Or take the side off of your case and have a look at the Motherboard, the manufacterer and model will be on it.

Then tell us the model of the Motherboard you have then we can recommend a card that will work.

It will take you 2 minutes

 

[TriplexDread]

You took the words right outta my mouth. Thankyou.

Damn some people are so impatient!!

 

[cundall]

right i might have it here !

mirco-atx

k8m800-m2 & 8237R

is that any good to you experts

 

[Waynos_Face]

Hiya mate,

Supports AGP x8, just having a look for the best price now.

 

[cundall]

Hiya mate,

Supports AGP x8, just having a look for the best price now.

cheers pal

 

[Waynos_Face]

Here are some;

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Comp...+Radeon+HD+2600PRO+512MB+AGP+?productId=29510

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Comp...XFX+GeForce+7900GS+256MB+AGP+?productId=33687

Both would run the application you need fine, although AGP is old hat now, best option get one second hand off of ebay,

Hope this helps.