thanks for your reply I found a XTASY card by ATI it,s listed as a RADEON
9550  AGP 8x/4x  $79.00
AT BEST BUY it had a power requierment of 250W but works fine   On Tue,
19 Jul 2005 09:12:21 -0400 John Sproule <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> Sounds like your Compaq is a micro-ATX board and the power supply is
> likely
> to be a smaller micro-ATX power supply, compared to the dimenstions
> of a
> standard ATX P/S.  This will be your limitation when looking to
> upgrade your
> power supply, it will need to have external dimensions that will fit
> into
> your case.
>
> 220 watts is not a lot by today's standards, but it is fairly
> typical for a
> micro-ATX system.  I wouldn't think that you would have much
> trouble
> upgrading to the the MX4000 card from the Geforce2, but this is
> because the
> chipset is essentially the same.  Although Nvidia calls these MX
> cards
> Geforce4s, this is rather misleading.  The feature set is the same
> as for
> the Geforce2s.  The MX4000 does have faster clock speeds than the
> original
> Geforce2s, I believe; so, it will be somewhat faster, but I
> wouldn't
> consider it s substantial upgrade.
>
> Perhaps you could say a little about what computer uses are
> prompting you to
> think about a new video card, and folks here could suggest whether
> or not
> the cards you are looking at will get the job done for you.  Just as
> a
> general comment, unless you are playing computer games that require
> 3D
> rendering, chances are that the Geforce2 will be fine for desktop
> applications.  What it lacks are the hardware capabilities for the
> latest 3D
> rendering bells and whistles found in DirectX 8 and 9, especially
> the
> various new shader technologies.
>
> John Sproule
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Julie" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 2:00 AM
> Subject: [PCBUILD] Video card/power supply questions
>
>
> > I'm looking for some general information about upgrading my
> current video
> > card and whether or not I'll need to upgrade my power supply as
> well.
> >
> > I'm only thinking of getting a modest card,nothing fancy, just
> anything
> > better than my current Geforce2 32meg card. I'd like to avoid
> replacing my
> > power supply if it's at all possible.
> >
> > 1) I noticed while pricing cards that some video cards have power
> supply
> > requirements listed on their boxes but some didn't. If they don't
> list a
> > requirement, does that mean that the watts of my power supply
> won't matter
> > to that particular brand and I can install the card without
> replacing my
> > power supply as well?
> >
> > According to my documentation, I have a "steady-state 220 watt"
> power
> > supply.
> >
> > 2) If I do wind up needing to replace my power supply,would a
> stronger
> > supply be harmful for the other components,such as the
> motherboard, in the
> > computer? How high can I go safely? 300w or even 450w?
> >
> > An example of a card I'm considering now is an ASUS
> V9400-X/TD/128
> > Geforce4
> > MX4000 128MB 64-bit DDR AGP 4X/8X. It has a Geforce4 MX 4000
> chipset and
> > is
> > AGP 4X/8X, My current setup is only 4X.
> >
> > (I have a 3 year old Compaq Presario Athlon XP 1800+,512 megs
> ram,Geforce2
> > with 32 meg graphics card,Windows XP SP2 and one each of AGP and
> PCI slots
> > open,220w power supply)
>
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