upgrading video card

Post by **PieceMaker** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 9:54 pm

The video card I'll be getting takes up two slots ( AGP and one PCI ).

What I'd like to know is the best route in going about taking my
sound card which is in the PCI slot next to the AGP slot. Taking that
card and putting it in the open slot next to that.

Concerns & quandaires:

Should I un-install the sound card then remove the card and place it in the
next slot? Re-install drivers and done?

Should I not un-install the drivers and just shut-down the system
and change slots?

I haven't come upon this situation and I know this to me as I type
this sounds like something soo simple. I just want to do this all up
the correct way.

I'd like to do this before I get the video card so I'd simply have the
install of the new video card and power supply.

By the way the video card is :icon10: this one.

I also bought a 550w power supply.

Thanks for any help.

Post by **Kills On Site** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:06 pm

Well my guess is you can simply change the slot, but you if that doesn'r work then uninstall the drivers. I think you might get a "new device" thing when you start up Windows, but I think the drivers for it will reclaim it

TBH I don't really know, but I would say the uninstalling of sound card would most likely be the most surefire method.

BTW what grahpics card do you have currently?

Post by **PieceMaker** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:12 pm

GeForce3 Ti200 64MB is my current card

Post by **shadd_.** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 10:54 pm

nice upgrade piece. now you just need a new cpu to keep up to it.

if youre gonna change the soundcard around, i would uninstall first.

you'll be all ready for bfII

Post by **Tormentius** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 11:26 pm

No need to reinstall the drivers; just shut it down and move the card down two slots to give more airflow on account of the cards size. Nice upgrade btw.

Post by **Kills On Site** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 11:37 pm

Yup, great upgrade. I would go for it later if it were PCI-E.

I asked what video card you had for the purpose of seeing if you were going from ATi to nVIDIA. BTW what are the rest of your specs

Post by **PieceMaker** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 6:20 pm

pentium 4 2.2
512 megs ram
a few hard drives
geforce3ti200 64 meg
live value card (I think)
cd-rom (would like to get a dvd burner soon but this is something I've needed)

You see this all worked out with my wife
getting together with family and pooling some
$ together since I've got some medical stuff going on and having surgery tomorrow.

Damn I love my wife for doing this. She is amazing.

Well I better get back to work and see what I can get done before I go home.

I appreciate the info everyone!!!!! I'll let you know how "everything" goes when all is done.

*big wave*

Post by **PieceMaker** » Tue May 03, 2005 3:52 pm

UPS status shows my package:

May 3, 2005 4:30 A.M. LANCASTER, CA, US OUT FOR DELIVERY

OH BABY!

Come on delivery man!!!! lol :icon32:

Post by **Psyche911** » Wed May 04, 2005 4:20 am

I can't believe you got a 6800 Ultra instead of the GT. Such a small difference for the 25% higher price. And with a P4 2.2 & 512MB RAM?

Post by **Kills On Site** » Wed May 04, 2005 4:31 am

Psyche911 wrote:I can't believe you got a 6800 Ultra instead of the GT. Such a small difference for the 25% higher price. And with a P4 2.2 & 512MB RAM?

Or if you clicked his link you would realize that the 6800 Ultra he bought is the same price as 6800GTs due to a rebate. As for the bottleneck computer I agree with you

Post by **Psyche911** » Wed May 04, 2005 5:06 am

No...it's not the same price.
Newegg sells multiple 6800GTs for just under $300. So it actually costs 33% more before and 25% more after the rebate.

Anyways, enjoy the card.

Post by **PieceMaker** » Fri May 06, 2005 3:36 pm

Tormentius wrote:No need to reinstall the drivers; just shut it down and move the card down two slots to give more airflow on account of the cards size. Nice upgrade btw.

I ment to comment and thank you on this one.

Worked a charm. I removed a modem pci card I had that I haven't used.
Then took the sound card and moved it a few slots down for some
space between the video card and sound card.

I made sure all was seated and then put the system back together.

Re-started and it found everything without a hitch :icon14:

I totally agree about the CPU and ram bottleneck but I'm comfortable
with it for now.

I should of done a little more looking I know but I saw a good deal
and jumped on it and that's the breaks for me.

The card is amazing though!!! The damn thing weighed like 3 times as much
as my prior card when I took the old one out. lol.

When I get time I think I'll do a fresh install on a spare hard drive I
have and see how the system does without all the bloat I have on it. :icon25:

oh and a pic of the old and new cards --->old & new

Post by **SoM** » Fri May 06, 2005 4:47 pm

now go and play farcry in all its glory

enjoy it man

Post by **PieceMaker** » Fri May 06, 2005 9:49 pm

SoM wrote:now go and play farcry in all its glory

enjoy it man

Lol! DOH!

I've been messing with all the games I had already I forgot I got
that with the card! DoH!

Goes to install it and enjoy!!!!!!!

*YEAH!*

Post by **SoM** » Fri May 06, 2005 11:10 pm

i did the same thing with my BFG

started messing with doom3 and wasnt really impressed, but as soon as i installed farcry, damn it was sweet with everything maxed