I have a Presario sr1750nx and want to upgrade the video. currently it has integraded video, but I have a PCI express x16 slot to use. When I look for new graphics cards they list "CORE clock speed" and "memory speed". I don't know what I have. Does that matter? The MB is a AmberineM A8AE-LE, and the proscessor is an Athlon 64 3500+ 2.2ghz and the memory is PC3200 184 pin DDR

any help?
thanksThe only thing that matters is if your motherboard has the capability to turn off the onboard video or to recognize the PCI-e as the 1st video (if a graphics card is plugged into it).Just to follow up on C_C's post, What he said is correct. This is because the core clock and memory clock are from the graphics card, not your machine.

Generally speaking, the faster the GPU (Core Clock) and Memory clock are, the faster the card goes.

There is one thing to consider though, and that is if your power supply can handle the card you choose to put in it.

What games were you wanting to play? What wattage is your power supply? I can help you pick out a card that will fit both the games and the PSU..Quote from: Kurtiskain on October 01, 2009, 04:58:45 AM

Just to follow up on C_C's post, What he said is correct. This is because the core clock and memory clock are from the graphics card, not your machine.

Generally speaking, the faster the GPU (Core Clock) and Memory clock are, the faster the card goes.

There is one thing to consider though, and that is if your power supply can handle the card you choose to put in it.
What games were you wanting to play? What wattage is your power supply? I can help you pick out a card that will fit both the games and the PSU.

No games? You don't need a new video card. Your current PSU is certainly more than 100W. You can adjust how much of the RAM is allocated to video memory. There will be a setting in the BIOS to control this.

This is your computer. You have 4 DDR memory slots. You must understand that Windows XP will not recognize more than 4GB of memory (actually closer to 3GB), so I would recommend two 1GB DDR PC3200 modules, which will get you to 3GB (including the 2-512MB you already have). Total RAM available to Windows will be 2.75GB (3.0GB minus the shared video of 256MB).

With Xbox and PS3 I figure why bother. anyway I looked at the PSU when I had the side cover off and it's rated at 300W output, so If I wanted to use the PCI x16 could you recommend a decent card thats reasonable in price?

thanks for all you help!