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 Slayer117 Joined: Oct 3, 2008 
Host of CE3 2010-forever! |
Posted: Jul 30, 2009 02:17 PM
Msg. 1 of 11
Hey once again im wanting to upgrade my pc w/ a new video card more ram and more memory. problem is i don't know what cards i need. like how many pins my pc holds and the other hi tech stuff. so can some one help me?
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BeachParty clan Joined: Oct 12, 2008 
Sooo... You wanna switch to Red team huh? |
Posted: Jul 30, 2009 02:19 PM
Msg. 2 of 11
there are 3 types of gfx cards: AGP, PCI and PCIe, you have to check which one you need, just look into the casing what the length of the lane is.
as for RAM, it's usually DDR2 or DDR3 nowadays, depends on your computer. |
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Slayer117 Joined: Oct 3, 2008
Host of CE3 2010-forever! |
Posted: Jul 30, 2009 02:21 PM
Msg. 3 of 11
ok how do i do all this finding it out?
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Gamma927 Joined: Jun 12, 2008 
Steam: gamma927 |
Posted: Jul 30, 2009 02:26 PM
Msg. 4 of 11
Go to the computer manufacturer's website. For example, I went to Dell, and searched up "XPS M1530". It had a list of components that I could use to upgrade my computer somewhere. I don't exactly remember how to get to that list, but it's there somewhere.
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iizahsum Joined: Jun 22, 2008 
Lacks enthusiasm |
Posted: Jul 30, 2009 06:59 PM
Msg. 5 of 11
you could also go to run and search for DXDIAG it will tell you what type of GFX you have thens earch for the card type and you should find out waht type of card you need.
for vista you just go to start and search DXDIAG if you want to know what kind of RAM you need go to crucial.com and test your computer. |
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Nexus Halo Joined: Feb 24, 2007 
Halo's Dark Knight http://www.nexushalo.kk5.org/ |
Posted: Jul 30, 2009 07:18 PM
Msg. 6 of 11
Quote: --- Original message by: Slayer117 ok how do i do all this finding it out? http://www.crucial.com/index.aspx Let them scan your computer and it will tell you what kind of ram you need and how much you have. You can choose to buy it from them or search somewhere else. |
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sargejohnson Joined: Apr 20, 2009 
Shall we play a game? |
Posted: Jul 31, 2009 08:15 AM
Msg. 7 of 11
hmm maybe you can ask your local friendly technician to help you upgrade your stuff?
may cost money (if the guy is someone you don't know, and you are not his GREAT friend) but that beats having to buy a new comp after screwing up yr motherboard when you try to force an incompatible card into the wrong socket. motherboards are expensive. |
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Slayer117 Joined: Oct 3, 2008
Host of CE3 2010-forever! |
Posted: Jul 31, 2009 12:48 PM
Msg. 8 of 11
my local technisian eehh... well the closet one around is wo hours. but heckthe country rules!
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Greenfuzz Joined: Nov 18, 2008 
PM me if you have CoD MW for Wii |
Posted: Jul 31, 2009 03:29 PM
Msg. 9 of 11
You cant except for the OS I believe
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Gamma927 Joined: Jun 12, 2008
Steam: gamma927 |
Posted: Jul 31, 2009 03:37 PM
Msg. 10 of 11
You can. I had to take my XPS M1530 apart once when the RAM got corrupted. Had to take it out, and get a new one. When I was looking for new ones, I saw that instead of having 2 1 GB memory cards, I could have 2 2 GB memory cards, which gives me 4 GB of RAM. But I didn't get them, and instead got the free replacement that Dell gave me.
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iizahsum Joined: Jun 22, 2008
Lacks enthusiasm |
Posted: Jul 31, 2009 03:40 PM
Msg. 11 of 11
Quote: --- Original message by: Greenfuzz You cant except for the OS I believe you can change out RAM but GPU is pretty much imposible on most non gaming laptops. |
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