What graphic card should i get for my compaq presario sr1675cl to play vindictus.?

Question

Motherboard:
CPU Type AMD Athlon 64, 2200 MHz (11 x 200) 3500+
Motherboard Name Unknown
Motherboard Chipset ATI Radeon Xpress 200, AMD Hammer
System Memory 960 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award (07/29/05)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)
Display:
Video Adapter ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 Series (256 MB)
Video Adapter ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 Series (256 MB)
3D Accelerator ATI Radeon Xpress 200 (RS480)
Monitor HP VS17 [17" LCD] (CNN5350ZQL)
Processors / AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ ]Processor Properties:
Manufacturer AMD
Version AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+
External Clock 200 MHz
Maximum Clock 3700 MHz
Current Clock 2200 MHz
Type Central Processor
Voltage 1.4 V
Status Enabled
Socket Designation Socket 939

System Slots / PCI1 ]

System Slot Properties:
Slot Designation PCI1
Type PCI
Usage Empty
Data Bus Width 32-bit
Length Short



[ System Slots / PCIEX16 ]

System Slot Properties:
Slot Designation PCIEX16
Type PCI-E x1
Usage Empty
Length Short
--------[ Sensor ]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sensor Properties:
Sensor Type SMSC DME1737 (SMBus 2Eh)

Temperatures:
Motherboard 38 °C (100 °F)
CPU 37 °C (99 °F)
Aux 54 °C (129 °F)
Maxtor 6L250S0 40 °C (104 °F)

Cooling Fans:
CPU 1958 RPM
Chassis 1094 RPM

Voltage Values:
CPU Core 0.95 V
+3.3 V 3.32 V
+5 V 5.16 V
+12 V 12.13 V
VTR 3.37 V
Debug Info F C5 0A 44 13 FF FF FF FF
Debug Info T 25 26 36 81
Debug Info V 00

Answer 1

If you can't give us the motherboard name we can't tell know what PCI(-E) slots are available. If your board only has one (which it looks like your diag declared) and it's filled with a sound card or network card, you're out of luck. It also doesn't say which variant it is (x16, 2.0 x16, etc.). Additionally, without knowing your PSU wattage we also can't recommend something that would otherwise overload your system. Case size and cooling availability also play a factor in even determining if you can upgrade your graphics card.



Now for the bad news - The K-8 series Athlon 64 released in 3 versions, two being single core and the X2 being the dual core. I'm thinking (again, by your diagnostic post) that yours is the single core. So your processor isn't powerful enough to run the game. Honestly, you need more RAM too. 1 GB does not cut it for running a heavy (Vista / 7) operating system, let alone light gaming (while Vindictus is fairly light gaming, render-wise).



Really, all I can give you are the minimum specifications required by the game;



OS: Windows XP or higher

Processor: Dual Core

Memory: 1 GB

Hard Disk Space: 10+ GB

Video Card: NVIDIA® GeForce® 7600

DirectX®: 9.0c

Sound: 16 bit sound card



and recommended;



OS: Windows XP or higher

Processor: Intel® Core™ i3 540, ® Phenom™ II X4

Memory: 2 GB

Hard Disk Space: 10+ GB

Video Card: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTS 250, ATI Radeon™ HD 4850

DirectX®: 9.0c

Sound: 16 bit sound card



Since you're scraping the bottom of the barrel to clear the minimum specs, any PCI-E x16 card you can find would do. Unfortunately, the cheapest one I could find on newegg was $100. Maybe you can find one cheaper.



Honestly though, you are much better off just upgrading your computer. You don't need a beast, but the Llano series of AMD processors come with onboard graphics that will easily play this game. You can pick them up for $60, and usually find a corresponding mATX motherboard for around $40. So for the same price of an outdated videocard, you just gave your CPU a complete overhaul. Toss in 4gb of RAM for $20 and find someone to install it for you, and you can play your game at max settings.

Answer 2

we don't need to know all that information.

your compaq presario dates back to 2005 which is really out of date. You can upgrade it with an out of date card if that makes you happy but it won't cause you probably wouldn't be able to play vindictus anyway.



HP/compaq, DELL, etc computers that you get in a electronic store isn't going to last you long. 2-3 years top playing the latest games on medium setting. Unless you fork over $1500 you aren't going to be enjoying modern day games with the highest settings with good framerates.



however, you can build a pc that will last you 5 years playing the latest games on high-ultra setting for about $850.

Answer 3

That is a very old, dinosaur PC.



That AMD Athlon 64 3500+ is an ancient single core processor, launched in June 2004...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_Athlon_64_microprocessors#Athlon_64



That very low end processor will bottleneck almost any modern graphics card.

Upgrading that old piece of crap is a waste of money in my opinion, but hey, it's your money....



Time to build or buy a new PC.

Answer 4

A GT 430 or GT 630 or GT640