How do i upgrade my cards?

***Tech n9ne*** · April 22nd, 2003

When i play it's normal...but i went to my buddies house and his game looked real, compared to mine anyways...HOW DO I GET MINE TO LOOK LIKE THAT?

i don't know what my video card, so how do i upgrade it, or what?

***Sir Paul*** · April 22nd, 2003

Well you need first off to find out a few things:

What processor you got?
What grafix card you got?
How much memory (RAM) do you have?
What Internet connection do you have?

All the above will affect your game performance !!
Answer these and we can advise you what direction to go

***Tech n9ne*** · April 22nd, 2003

Tech n9ne

i don't know.....at least i know i have a cable modem...lol

how do i know where do i look?

***HMSS_King_Volcano*** · April 22nd, 2003

in windows, do start, run, : type in dxdiag and then hit enter. All your system info will be displayed. For an worthwhile update you should have the following: DirectX 9, A directx 8 compatible vid card (ie: a redeon 8500 or better or an nvidia geforce 3 ti or better)

***Tech n9ne*** · April 22nd, 2003

processor: Intel Celeron, MMX, ~498MHz
memory: 190Mb ram
Graphix: Intel(R) 82810E Graphix Controller <---is this what i need?
Modem: Cable

I don't know what to do to upgrade, or anything. I know i'm running a 24bit desktop color if this helps

***jokerland*** · April 23rd, 2003

I think it has 4MB of memory ! For the more graphic intense games this is not enough. I think You should try to find out if your M.B. has a AGP slot to add a graphics card , if not you may have to use a PCI card. AGP is faster and better the PCI , however the PCI card would still be a improvement over the intergrated type. Usally you have to disable the onboard graphics in the BIOS , or with a jumper on the M.B. When installing a video card that is not onboard.

***Sir Paul*** · April 23rd, 2003

You are struggling with memory too..you need at least 256 nowadays

***Tech n9ne*** · April 26th, 2003

So what do i do? I wanna see what my friends see you know? I feel like a lamer

Spyder F-16 · April 26th, 2003

Tech, you may want to get rid of that Celeron, and maybe get an AMD that is much faster. The graphics card i recommend is either the latest of the Geforce line, or the Radeon 7200-Radeon 9800Pro