What type of video card to get?

I have a HP Pavilion a6742p-b PC.

The integrated graphics are fine for general use, but several games, which I installed refused to run without a graphics caqrd more capable, with more memory etc.

What type of game card should I do my shopping for this computer? (AGP, PCI-express, etc.).

I would like to have the dual monitor support if possible. Thank you for any information.

Charlesb in Texas.

Thanks, old_geekster, that is great information!

Dig around for a beefier PS which will suit and hang, max out the RAM to 8 MB and are looking for a PCIexpress card who likes the motherboard.

I'm happy enough if I can be just a few years behind the curve on the game, a lot of my favorite games back to the last century. -So, is not ready to make the last commands is OK for this machine. Hit capacity so that it can run two monitors and manage more games seems simple enough, and given that I will seek for the video material of last generation, that should offset some of the heftier power load.

I take a bit of the Pavilion. My trusty old XP machine was destroyed by a weather event, so I did office stuff at home on an old Athlon 400 MHz with 500 MB of RAM and Win98 for too long. Once I have reproduced all data and software on the HP, the old Win98 machine will return to retirement closet once again, with honor, if not with regret.

Should I publish my experiences pursuing this topic?  I'm a little new here, so I don't know what is appropriate.

Charlesb

Message edited by charlesb on 12/03/2009 09:26

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