Pivotto Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartoron Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 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. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blade995 Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pivotto Posted August 4, 2007 Author Share Posted August 4, 2007 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. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomster Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartoron Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 It turns out your current video card isn't even supported by Blizzard for WoW. XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pivotto Posted August 5, 2007 Author Share Posted August 5, 2007 It turns out your current video card isn't even supported by Blizzard for WoW. XD My current one or the RX2950? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blade995 Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 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: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pivotto Posted August 6, 2007 Author Share Posted August 6, 2007 Sorry :P. Well I got it installed, and WoW runs almost perfectly on low settings, so yay for me :). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ang4r Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 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 :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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