If this junk only has 115W power than Im stuck and will either have to give up on Bards Tale, which will be a real downer, or will have to upgrade the power supply or buy another computer.

It was a red button next to the power cord. I looked on the back of my case and I saw the number 115. My only concern with the eforce is that I thought I read somewhere that they require a 250W power supply. Or I can upgrade the motherboard but that would essentially erase the 'bargain' aspect of this purchase. I have no problem buying one of the eforce cards.

That was my very first computer game back in the 1990s so I wanted to get it for that reason. As I was looking to upgrade the graphics card I found 'The Bard's Tale' which was released early 2005. I dont play many games and never online so it was killing me that I had to spend anything to upgrade in the first place but then I got Ages of Empires 3 for Christmas which needed Windows XP (I will still using Win2000) and more memory than my older computer. Total price was $400 before tax and after rebates, including 17' monitor, keyboard, speakers, mouse and photo printer. Here's what I have.EMachines (yes I know, junk), P4, 2.93 Ghz, 200G HD, 768MB RAM (came with 512 but I added 256). nForce 6100 is likely available for intel, but I don't know. If you have Intel, or an older AMD chip, I'm not sure what's available. In case the list doesn't load in a few minutes, press CTRL + SHIFT + ESC to open the Task Manager, search for 'Settings', end the. First of all, step into Settings -> Apps -> Optional Features -> Add a feature and wait for the list to load. These options are assuming you have a socket 754 or 939. No problem, there's a simple way to enforce a particular version of DirectX for your old Graphics Card. My friend has that chip in his laptob and it playes a decent game of Half-Life 2, to give you some idea. I don't know anything about Via's offering, and little about nVidia's 6100 board, but the Xpress 200 has an X300 based graphics card which should be about on par with an old Radeon 8500 for speed, yet it has newer features. You will also get a PCI-E x16 slot for future upgrades. You can get a basic nForce 4, Radeon Xpress 200, or K8M800 motherboard with a DX9 compatatble graphics chip for as little as $60. Short of hitting up ebay for a Voodoo2 and some 8 year old glide games, I might suggest looking into a new motherboard. PCI pretty much got outdated when the Voodoo3 came out if memory serves.

The sad truth is that you simply won't find a decent card for regular old PCI, weather it's DX9 or not. GMA 900 (Software VS2.0 / Hardware PS2.0) Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition (VS2.0 / PS2.0b) Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition (VS2.0 / PS2.0b) Radeon X300 SE HyperMemory (VS2.0 / PS2.0)

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