Well I have a question or two (maybe a few) about something with my current graphics card, and the one my friend gave me. Well I guess I'll explain a few things first:

 

 

 

My Current Card:

 

 

 

I've never put a new one in or anything, and I don't know what I'm running on, I just know it isn't good (CS 1.6 doesn't even run that great). So if you can tell me a way of finding out, then I'll do that if you can help me.

 

 

 

Friends Card:

 

 

 

All I know is it's an MSI (Micro-Star International) ATI Radeon RX9250.

 

I don't know much really, and it also says 128MB DDR along with TV-Out and T128. Here's a few pictures:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Doesn't have that big old wire thing though, or that white plug thing next to the blue one)

 

 

 

EDIT: Here's a link to a site where they sell it: (link)

 

 

 

So, any help on whether or not the one my friend gave me is good (could it run WoW at a good rate?) and if you need to know them, I can tell you some of my computer specs.

 

 

 

It's an HP Pavilion a420n

 

3000+ AMD Athalon XP Processer (2.16GHz)

 

512MB DDR SDRAM Memory PC2700

 

160GB 7200RPM Ultra DMA Hard Drive

 

 

 

And that's all I know for now, so anything you can help with would be great.

To find out your current card:

 

 

 

Go to Start>Run and type in dxdiag. Then go to the display tab.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The area I circled is where it shows what video card you have. :D

 

 

 

About your friend's video card... it sucks. It's several years old and was a mid-end card even for when it came out. You would probably be able to play WoW, but barely. :(

About your friend's video card... it sucks. It's several years old and was a mid-end card even for when it came out. You would probably be able to play WoW, but barely. Sad

 

 

 

I agree, it's not too good. It will still be better than what you have in there now if it's onboard. Don't expect miracles from his card but it should run wow on low settings.

About your friend's video card... it sucks. It's several years old and was a mid-end card even for when it came out. You would probably be able to play WoW, but barely. Sad

 

 

 

I agree, it's not too good. It will still be better than what you have in there now if it's onboard. Don't expect miracles from his card but it should run wow on low settings.

 

 

 

:(

 

 

 

The 9250 is not a fantastic card (DX8 hardware, not DX9, and obsolete from driver support - latest driver is a "special" 6.11 built for older cards - http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/xp/r ... 00-xp.html ).

 

 

 

It should be a head and shoulders above a Unichrome onboard though.

It turns out your current video card isn't even supported by Blizzard for WoW. XD

It turns out your current video card isn't even supported by Blizzard for WoW. XD

 

 

 

My current one or the RX2950?

It turns out your current video card isn't even supported by Blizzard for WoW. XD

 

 

 

My current one or the RX2950?

 

 

 

You need to read more :wink:

Sorry :P.

 

 

 

Well I got it installed, and WoW runs almost perfectly on low settings, so yay for me :).

also, it is an AGP card (certain type of slot for graphics cards, pci:e has, in the last couple of years, replaced the old AGP ones).

 

 

 

check if your motherboard supports that type of card before even thinking of installing it.

 

 

 

edit: just read the thread and noticed that you already have installed it. disregard my above statement :)