My friend has a 2.4 gigahertz Compaq Presario. Yes, I have taught him the error of his ways, and he's going to be upgrading to something a lot better in the future.
But the key is -- the future.
For now, he's stuck with the machine for another year or so. He has been trying to play some games on it with little success, and I discovered it's because it has some sort of crappy Intel integrated graphics.
The machine also has no AGP slot. That's the real bummer here.
I dutifully have checked out through some local retailers what is available for him in PCI. Basically, it's between a 128mb GeForce 5200 and a 128mb Radeon 9200.
Advice on which is better? Also, since the comp has integrated video, any advice that should be heeded before slamming in the new hardware? Will I have to disable onboard video first in the bios, or should the computer be smart enough to take care of that itself?
I and my friend thank you. Next time, he's letting me pick his components and we're doing a cool custom build. But not yet.
Brian
But the key is -- the future.
For now, he's stuck with the machine for another year or so. He has been trying to play some games on it with little success, and I discovered it's because it has some sort of crappy Intel integrated graphics.
The machine also has no AGP slot. That's the real bummer here.
I dutifully have checked out through some local retailers what is available for him in PCI. Basically, it's between a 128mb GeForce 5200 and a 128mb Radeon 9200.
Advice on which is better? Also, since the comp has integrated video, any advice that should be heeded before slamming in the new hardware? Will I have to disable onboard video first in the bios, or should the computer be smart enough to take care of that itself?
I and my friend thank you. Next time, he's letting me pick his components and we're doing a cool custom build. But not yet.
Brian
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