ohGr Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 thats funny, mine are black, probably because i have an old A-Open motherboard, the oldest, its only AGP2x...which explains why.the diference between agp2x and 4x are large, yet 4x and 8x are minor, its quite strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Laguna Posted January 24, 2004 Author Share Posted January 24, 2004 No AGP slot, but I saw a weird arragement of metal things in the position where the slot is supposed to be, they where arranged in a rectangle the same size as an AGP slot. This leads me to believe that, while the motherboard does not have one at the moment, and AGP slot can be added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefunky1 Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 AGP ports cant be added to a motherboard as they are soldered directly onto the motherboard. And it would be cheaper to buy a new motherboard than to pay an electrician to solder a port on, in the off chance it would work. (ohh if you decide to get a new motherboard, you will also need to get a new power supply unit as dell like to change the wire configurations for the ATX power connectors so you can only use dell motherboards with dell PSU's and vice versa) Since you dont have an AGP port you are limited to a PCI graphics card (which is not good for gameing). If you do decide to get a PCI graphics card dont pay anything over $90 for it as PCI graphics cards are crap and not worth paying over $90 for. Also if you get a cheap PCI card get yourself an extra 256mb of RAM as that will increase performance of your comp ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormscape Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 It sounds liek it was taken out at the factory :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zmid Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 Yep, by the sounds of it, thefunky1 has it right. You would need to get a new motherboard in order to get a decent graphics card. Some graphics cards (such as the GeForce FX 5200) come in an AGP and PCI version, but the performance of the PCI version is generally poor compared to the AGP version. However, that may be an option if all else fails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Laguna Posted January 24, 2004 Author Share Posted January 24, 2004 It sounds like it was taken out at the factory :S If it was taken out, wouldn't it be possible to put it back in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zmid Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 It sounds like it was taken out at the factory :SIf it was taken out, wouldn't it be possible to put it back in? If that was what happened (sounds unlikely, but you never know), you wouldn't be able to put it back in without quite a lot of electronics knowledge, a soldering iron, and, of course, somewhere to get the AGP slot without the motherboard it is normally attached to. Unless you do have all of the above, I would suggest you don't even attempt it, and, as thefunky1 pointed out, it would probably be cheaper just to get a new motherboard than to pay someone else to do it. Of course, the other thing is, the chipset and BIOS on your board may not even support an AGP slot, even if you did get one soldered on, especially if it is a shop bought system. Of course, if this is not what happened, you would be unable to put one on, even if you do have quite a lot of electronics knowledge, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohGr Posted January 25, 2004 Share Posted January 25, 2004 ahh, get a AMD athlon , their cheap, very cheap, get a cheapo AGP 8x motherboard, try to score a AMD athlon 2200+ or better, and a new powersupply, then go for a video card, if you dont want to spend over $150, get a radeon 9000, in australian dollars though, although, mine was $145, but their cheap, and very effective, they can get the same frame rates as a geforce ti4600 in a pixel shader test, which is why using a radeon has no pixel shader performance hit, or, go for a geforce fx5200, some say their crap, i say their a cheaper alternative, they can still play games like deus ex 2, smoothly, with anti aliasing on, and everything high, just not as fast as some of the much more expensive cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Laguna Posted January 27, 2004 Author Share Posted January 27, 2004 ohh if you decide to get a new motherboard, you will also need to get a new power supply unit as dell like to change the wire configurations for the ATX power connectors so you can only use dell motherboards with dell PSU's and vice versa I don't get it, what do you mean by power supply? Is that the cable that goes into the wall socket? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PierreBeauregard Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 powersupply =that self-contained voltage box in the upper-rear of your computer case. It has its own fan and supplies power to the motherboard, drives, and case fans through these wired plugs. edit: case fans can also be powered by the motherboard too. The power plugs are usually clear or white plastic and about two inches wide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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