Original P.c. Idiot Needs Help???

[Firestick]

Hi everyone, i hope this is right FORUM??

Just getting ready to upgrade my p.c. and for the FIRST time I'm going to install a new video card. i havnt bought anything yet and heres my problem:
I always thought a video card had SOUND built in to them! But when i started looking at video cards i noticed they were different than what I thought, Theres a plug in for the monitor on the video card. it didnt have any plugs for headphones! So I thought somethings amiss, so thats why im here.

To make a long story short I can install a new video card and it wont effect my soundcard?? right? There two different pieces of hardware??? I like my sound card.

oh yeah i have nvidea GeForce MX Graphics on my emachine, AMD Athlon XP proccessor.


Thanks alot,

Firestick

[Scinto]

Re: Original P.c. Idiot Needs Help???

do you know what model of eMachine you have?

[Reeps]

Re: Original P.c. Idiot Needs Help???

yes you can install a new video adapter without it affecting your sound as they are 2 different pieces of hardware, if you have an emachine your sound and grpahics are probably onboard anyhow,...

[Talus]

Re: Original P.c. Idiot Needs Help???

moved to Tech Center

[Minicoop503]

Re: Original P.c. Idiot Needs Help???

I have an emachines and I just use the onboard sound since its some 5 channel thing and its actually pretty good.

I installed a new video card and it didnt effect the sound at all so it should work fine.

[Firestick]

Re: Original P.c. Idiot Needs Help???

Thanks everyone,

yep it is built-in to my T2825. I'm ordering mbs of ram today. and the new card next. does anyone know a good link for HOW TO INSTALL A VIDEO CARD??

or does the card come with a manuel and instructions??

Thanks again,

Firestick

[Scinto]

Re: Original P.c. Idiot Needs Help???

T2825
CPU: AMD Athlon™ XP 2800+ Processor (2.083GHz) with QuantiSpeed™ architecture
Operating System: Genuine Microsoft® Windows® XP Home
Chipset: NVIDIA® nForce™2
Memory: 512MB DDR (PC 2700)
Hard Drive: 120GB HDD
Optical Drive: 48x Max. CD-RW Drive; 16x Max. DVD Drive; 3.5" 1.44MB FDD; 8-in-1 Media Reader(USB 2.0, Secure Digital™ (SD), Smart Media, Compact Flash, Memory Stick®, Memory Stick PRO, Micro Drive, Multimedia Card)
Video: NVIDIA® GeForce®4™ MX graphics (1 AGP 8x slot available)
Sound: nForce™ 6-channel Audio
Network: 10/100Mbps built-in Ethernet
Modem: 56K ITU v.92-ready Fax/Modem
Peripherals: Premium Plus Multimedia Keyboard, 2-Button Wheel Mouse, Amplified Stereo Speakers
Ports/Other: 5 USB 2.0 ports (4 in back; 1 in Media Reader), 1 Serial, 1 Parallel, 2 PS/2, Audio-In & Out
Dimensions: 7.25"W x 14.125"H x 16"D

that your machine?

your limited to a AGP card, and your memory is a slow speed but you should be able to find it,

heres a link to someone else looking for a good AGP card, might help you decide; http://forums.totalbf2.com/showthread.php?t=98517

you might need a minimum of 1.5-2Gb Ram (1.5-2gb ram is a link )

for your video card installation http://www.totalbf2142.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1739

[Trixsadistik]

Re: Original P.c. Idiot Needs Help???

IMO you should upgrade all your memory to DDR 400 (PC 3200) Corsair is one of the best memory out there for DDR. Upgrade to at least 1GB but for running BF2 you should have 2GB of memory.

If you are looking at upgrading the Video Card I suggest getting the ATI Radeon 850XT which has 256MB of memory and will allow you to run BF2 on Medium/High settings.