Hi I had two QUITE old computers that i bought from my old roommate that were working well for all my ACTIVITIES, surfing the internet, downloading large files, streaming videos, word processing. Anyway my friend was using one of them while i wasn't there an it stopped working. he said that smoke came out of the back while he was using it, which i' not sure is true he's a bit of a liar.

So i started using the other one that was not sufficient, no speakers, low processing speeds and so i took the power supply and the speakers from my the broken one and put them into the one that wasn't working.
Now it works well but i am having trouble playing games. i bought a PC game that suggested a new graphics card but as it is an old motherboard i had trouble fining one that would fit into the old PCI bus which I'm no sure what type i have.

So i searched andfound a compatible one but other than the pci type i didn't know what i was looking for. The card i ended up buying was a ATI Radeon 7500 (PCI Version). It fit into the motherboard and i tried to use it but i keep receiving an error message saying that i needed pixel shader 2.0 or more. I asked on another forum and was told that it runs directX9 and i could use this card with the RIGHT software and drivers. I went to the AMD WEBSITE to download the right drivers and software but when i try to run CATALYST control centre i get an error message saying that i must install a standard VGA driver before running the setup.
I can't find an appropriate VGA driver and the help i am looking for is does anyone know if i can use this graphics card to play PC games like GTA: San Andreas, does it support pixel shader 2.0 and directX9. If so what should i do to make it work. I'm not sure what information you might need to help me so I'll tell you everything i think is relevant. My motherboard is HP business Compaq Evo d330. I am running Windows XP and i have 256MB of ram with 1GB being delivered soon.Do i have a PCI express , what is the best graphics i can buy to use with my motherboard. I have a 2.8Ghz Intel Pentium 4 CPU. Please help me an if you need anymore information to help I'll give it Thanks for reading. It's not a driver issue...
Card does NOT have pixel shading 2.0....
Card only supports up to DirectX 8.0....

You are asking it to do something it wasn't built for.can you suggest a graphics card for my motherboard that is capable of pixel shading?I doubt there are ani for a PCI slot...so i would need a new motherboard?
You'd need a new computer. It's far too old to play games on released in the past 5 or 6 years. At least high-end titles, any way.