i really need to upgrade my pc hardware especially graphic card and ram to max performance supported but i have little knowledge about computer hardware so i decided to use a software called everest ultimate edition which gives detailed infos about everything installed from hardware to software. what i really want to know if graphic card pci-express is supported if not what the best agp 256/128m card would be best for my computer and for the ram what type/size is right. here's result found by everest. CPU: CPU Properties CPU Type Intel Pentium 4 531, 3000 MHz (15 x 200) CPU Alias Prescott CPU Stepping E0 Instruction Set x86, x86-64, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3 Original Clock 3000 MHz Min / Max CPU Multiplier 14x / 15x Engineering Sample No L1 Trace Cache 12K Instructions L1 Data Cache 16 KB L2 Cache 1 MB (On-Die, ECC, ATC, Full-Speed) Multi CPU Motherboard ID TEMPLATE CPU #0 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz, 3000 MHz CPU #1 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz, 3000 MHz CPU Manufacturer Company Name Intel Corporation Product Information http://www.intel.com/products/processor. MOTHERBOARD: Motherboard Properties Motherboard ID 63-0304-009999-00101111-101905-P4M800CE$A0398001_BIOS DATE: 10/19/05 16:50:19 VER: 08.00.12 Motherboard Name Asus P5V800-MX Front Side Bus Properties Bus Type Intel GTL+ Bus Width 64-bit Real Clock 200 MHz (QDR) Effective Clock 800 MHz Bandwidth 6400 MB/s Memory Bus Properties Bus Type DDR SDRAM Bus Width 64-bit DRAM:FSB Ratio 6:5 Real Clock 240 MHz (DDR) Effective Clock 480 MHz Bandwidth 3840 MB/s Chipset Bus Properties Bus Type VIA V-Link Real Clock 80 MHz Effective Clock 80 MHz Motherboard Physical Info CPU Sockets/Slots 1 LGA775 Expansion Slots 2 PCI, 1 PCI-E x1, 1 AGP RAM Slots 2 DDR DIMM Integrated Devices Audio, Video, LAN Form Factor Micro ATX Motherboard Size 220 mm x 240 mm Motherboard Chipset P4M800 CHIPSET North Bridge: VIA P4M800 Pro: North Bridge Properties North Bridge VIA P4M800 Pro Supported FSB Speeds FSB400, FSB533, FSB800 Supported Memory Types DDR-266 SDRAM, DDR-333 SDRAM, DDR-400 SDRAM, DDR2-400 SDRAM, DDR2-533 SDRAM Revision 00 In-Order Queue Depth 8 Memory Controller Bank Interleave 4-way Memory Timings CAS Latency (CL) 3T RAS To CAS Delay (tRCD) 3T RAS Precharge (tRP) 3T RAS Active Time (tRAS) 8T Row Refresh Cycle Time (tRFC) 14T Command Rate (CR) 2T RAS To RAS Delay (tRRD) 2T Write Recovery Time (tWR) 3T Write To Read Delay (tWTR) 2T Refresh Period (tREF) 1616T Error Correction ECC Not Supported ChipKill ECC Not Supported RAID Not Supported ECC Scrubbing Not Supported Memory Slots DRAM Slot #1 512 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM) Integrated Graphics Controller Graphics Controller Type VIA/S3G UniChrome Pro Graphics Controller Status Disabled AGP Controller AGP Version 3.05 AGP Status Enabled AGP Device Gigabyte Radeon 9250 AGP Aperture Size 128 MB Supported AGP Speeds 1x, 2x, 4x, 8x Current AGP Speed 8x Fast-Write Supported, Disabled Side Band Addressing Supported, Enabled South Bridge: VIA VT8251: South Bridge Properties South Bridge VIA VT8251 Revision 00 Package Type 645 Pin HSBGA Package Size 3.1 cm x 3.1 cm Process Technology 0.15 um Core Voltage 1.6 V High Definition Audio Audio Controller Type VIA VT8237A/8251 Codec Name Analog Devices AD1986A Codec ID 11D41986h / 00000000h Codec Revision 00100500h PCI Express Controller PCI-E x1 port #1 Empty PCI-E x1 port #2 Empty hope this will help as i said i know nothing in hardware but need to know the graphic card and memory ram recommended upgrade
you have an agp 8x slot for video according to this from your post "Expansion Slots 2 PCI, 1 PCI-E x1, 1 AGP" & this link. http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=765&l1=3&l2=11&l3=229&l4=0 that link also says you can only go to 2gig max on ram.
Find someone with a very good AGP card who just upgraded and most likely won't have anywhere to use it on this new board(haven't had one on my last 8 builds) then talk him/her out of it cheap or trade. There are some good AGP's out there and that will leave your PCI's open for more goodies(insert imagination here)JMO
thanks but what good nvidia/ati agp x8 would be good enough i ve searched google and i found this card Powercolor Radeon 9600 Pro AGP 256MB i don't know if this card will be supported either but you can once again help that beginner
is this video card supported by my motherboard or what are the best agp video card available that can work best with my pc thanks indeed for any help
