[capsfan9803]

Yeah, you may remember me as the guy with the Intel Extreme Graphics Processor.

Well, congratulate me, cause im getting a new card.

Do you recommend a Radeon 9200 or Stealth S80 128 MB card (which is about $20 cheaper)?

[jdjtcagle]

Never buy the cheaper one

as games get more advanced, you want to get the most up-to-date card as possible

[redsniper]

Radeon 9800 or x800

[capsfan9803]

Originally posted by jdjtcagle
as games get more advanced, you want to get the most up-to-date card as possible

True, but the Stealth is run by Radeon technology, so i just wanna make sure.

[jdjtcagle]

I don't know much about Stealth, actually I never heard of it

[capsfan9803]

Tada

[redsniper]

don't get it from Dell

[jdjtcagle]

I don't know...  If I were you, I would throw a few "extra" dollars in other than getting a cheaper card.

My Radeon 9600SE was 100-130$  and it's pretty cool.  Though I already regret not getting a 9800, just because its still not enough to run FSO completely smooth with all features

[capsfan9803]

All i want is something that'll let me use SCP in the first place:-P

Ooh, also question:  when it says i need a PCI slot, does that mean that i need the slot inside the computer (which i can do) or some kind of a bay?

[Kazan]

get a radeon (especially don't get that cheapo! it's a PCI!)

[capsfan9803]

The Raedon needs something called an AGP slot...which i don't know if i have.  Yeah, sorry for being relativley computer-hardware-illiterate

...i can make websites good...

[Kazan]

what processor do you have? (_every_ computer made this millenia has AGP - it's Accelerated Graphics Port)

[jdjtcagle]

I'm hardware illiterate...

Once I got my card, I hired someone else to put it in...

I just speak from experience that the cards (even though there a huge step up for you) will be pretty much obsolete not too long, which means even more money.

[capsfan9803]

Originally posted by Kazan
what processor do you have? (_every_ computer made this millenia has AGP - it's Accelerated Graphics Port)

Pentium 4

[Kazan]

then you most CERTAINLY have an AGP port

look inside your computer - see the little brown slot

[capsfan9803]

...yeah...not so much...

I have the white PCI ports, but not the brown one.  sigh.

[vyper]

Time for some serious upgradin lad.

[Kazan]

um.. there are not pentium 4 motherboards without AGP to my knowledge

[redsniper]

maybe Dell is stupid enough to not have AGP ports, or maybe it isn't brown in his computer (unless, of course, there's a rule that they have to be brown), or it could be hidden by some wires 'n stuff.

[IceFire]

Originally posted by Kazan
um.. there are not pentium 4 motherboards without AGP to my knowledge

With Dell, anything is possible.