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I can't post this in the computer tech topic because it says the topic is 7 days old and I can't post in topics 7 days older or older, but does anyone know of a graphics card that is PCI and not PCI-E, I've been :google: and :YahooSmiley: all the time, but PCI-E keeps popping up, this card needs to be at least 256 MB or close to that running at 200MHz if that is good, and there are more problems with my computer, why doesn't my Wi Fi ever work? It has been like that since I got this Laptop and the computer tech couldn't solve why, and my laptop has two 512 MG RAM cards I need to upgrade to 2 GB, but there are only two slots, do I have to remove one card? If so what would I do with it?

And I need these cards to be available to buy in stores, that is the graphics cards.

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I have a 256mb ATI Radeon 9250 PCI card, it's decent but there's not Anti-Aliasing, and won't play games like spore and many others. Although it worked great for HALO, Evil Dead Regeneration, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, and of course the GTA series (except for IV)

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nVidia 8400GS

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814133245

yes you will need to replace at least one of your RAM modules to upgrade. and you can do whatever the hell you want with it. sell it on ebay or something :P

I have a 8400 GS PCI-E, I bought it for $46 including S&H and tax. Suggest a cheaper one? And how come statler's card can't handle GTA IV?

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the 8400GS is prolly the best card youre gonna get for PCI

but if its cheap youre looking for, this probably isnt bad

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814133233

and his card cant handle it cause GTA4 requires at least an X1900, he only has a 9250, 3 generations too old.

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There is a problem though, the 8400 GS I have is PCI-E and I have no computer with PCI-E slots, so the card is still in the box, I'm looking for a new card now, and I can't get a very expensive one, I guess I can return the 8400 GS and buy the PCI one from New Egg.

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It might make more sense to upgrade your motherboard, considering that the i7 comes out next year you might be able to get a quad core with PCI-E slots for very cheap :thumbup: Thats what I'm doing, I may even go for i7, what the hell if its worth it.

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Why does intel graphics cards have to be at least 1.8 Mhz to plat GTA IV, but AMD it needs to be at least 2.4GHz? It's close to that. What's the difference between AMD and Intel? i7 is expensive.

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I just saw an ATI HD 4870 512MB PCI for £180/$360, Thats what I'm going for, but I could either buy that now with 2 2Gb ram sticks for my current motherboard or wait till i7 comes out, and see how much that causes a price drop of other motherboards, either way I have to wait till next year <_<

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