Hey, i want to know what my PC card is; too see if i will be able to use the new grahpics.

 

 

 

I don't know how to cheack it, and mum has NO IDEA :lol: . All i can say is that my computer is about 4 years old- It's a "Packard Bell".

 

 

 

Thanks for any help given ;)

is it a windows xp?

yeah it is

ok, u mean graphics card righT?

Yeah that's what i mean

Right click on my computer, properties, hardware, device manager.

 

 

 

Your gpu is under display.

 

 

 

You can also open up your pc, and look where your monitor plugs into the computer. If it plugs directly into the motherboard, you have integrated graphics. Chances are 4 year old integrated graphics isn't going to cut it. It might run, but it won't run well.

What he said ^

 

 

 

if u are desperate to run it,

 

 

 

you can buy one, they will go for about £25

Intel ® 82945G Graphics Controller?

 

 

 

Can you help me there? i don't know if that's Giga or something smaller

 

 

 

Ha, btw Dan you live in the same city as me :lol: :thumbsup:

thats onboard cheapy rubbish lol... it might play the new graphic update though... might stutter in places mind... could pick up a dedicated graphics card off ebay youll be looking at a agp card, but try it first when the update comes out..

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest

 

 

 

New version of Runescape isn't on it yet but just select anything. It will tell you what your memory and grpahics card and CPu and all that stuff is.

Hello, roanlo... :

 

 

 

I just read through all the posts above, and I can say, I'm knocking my head off the wall because they all missed something. If you really want to check out your graphics capabilities, and other essential info, go to "Start > Run", and use that dialogue to run "dxdiag" (no quotes when you actually type it in) ... Known as the "DirectX Diagnostic Utility", it provides critical info on your Graphics, Sound, Network, Gaming Apps, and other rather useful tidbits, including a fast glance at your CPU and RAM... EVERYTHING that you'll probably want to know at this time is all there, ripe for the looking. :thumbsup:

 

 

 

I hope the info I just gave you helps. 8-)

 

 

 

~Mr. D. V. Devnull

There really needs to be a sticky with this information or something, ton of people asking this.

There really needs to be a sticky with this information or something, ton of people asking this.

 

Maybe... Maybe not... Sometimes an individualized response is far more helpful than making a person read a sticky... That and the user who's seeking help doesn't feel 'left out in the cold' if they get such a kind response from some of the more helpful users in here. :)

 

 

 

(Maybe I'll get tired after another 200 threads like this, but until then, I'm glad to help them.)

 

 

 

~Mr. D. V. Devnull

There really needs to be a sticky with this information or something, ton of people asking this.

 

Actually there's a quick section on Assist-X written by Dracion all about it, you can view it here :)

There really needs to be a sticky with this information or something, ton of people asking this.

 

Actually there's a quick section on Assist-X written by Dracion all about it, you can view it here :)

 

 

 

Too late, I decided to go ahead and make one last night here :)

Sorry i'm bumping this, but can you answer the 2nd question i asked please?

 

 

 

The 82945G graphics Controller, what is that? is that 700Mhz? or is that 1Ghz or what? And for another thing, how would you put this graphics card in the pc? Im a little bad with opening things(i break them if i try open them). My dad is, but his in Sydney :wall: .

Sorry i'm bumping this, but can you answer the 2nd question i asked please?

 

 

 

The 82945G graphics Controller, what is that? is that 700Mhz? or is that 1Ghz or what? And for another thing, how would you put this graphics card in the pc? Im a little bad with opening things(i break them if i try open them). My dad is, but his in Sydney :wall: .

 

 

 

Read the post I linked, there is a way to find out what your graphics cards specs are through dxdiag.

 

 

 

Anyways i did a quick search and it seems fine. FYI it's an onboard video card, which means it's already in your computer. I don't know what you're trying to put in there...

i read the guide and your pc is the same age as mine (1998-2003 mircosoft). Mine also has 4CPU 2.50Ghz processor.

 

 

 

But in display it has less than yours with 64MB aprox total memory.

 

Is that because your computer is better in that area or because i've got too much stuff saved on my PC?

i read the guide and your pc is the same age as mine (1998-2003 mircosoft). Mine also has 4CPU 2.50Ghz processor.

 

 

 

But in display it has less than yours with 64MB aprox total memory.

 

Is that because your computer is better in that area or because i've got too much stuff saved on my PC?

 

 

 

Eh? My PC I built in 2007, chances are thats just the copyright you're reading for the windows XP OS, which I use.

 

 

 

 

 

And 64Mb should be enough for runescape, especially if you have a quad core. The 64Mb part is simply dependent on your video card, and thats it. My computer has a much better (and not onboard) video card then yours, so its specs are (of course) better. It has nothing to do with you having too much stuff on your PC.

 

 

 

Either way you should be fine.

Ok thanks alot guys, it really helped. Even told me why funorb multiplayer games suddendly shutdown on me :ugeek: :wall:

i read the guide and your pc is the same age as mine (1998-2003 mircosoft). Mine also has 4CPU 2.50Ghz processor.

 

 

 

But in display it has less than yours with 64MB aprox total memory.

 

Is that because your computer is better in that area or because i've got too much stuff saved on my PC?

 

 

 

lol you dont sound like you know much about computers.

 

anyway, 4CPU processor? do you mean a quad core? i dont think quad cores were around 4 years ago or whenever you said, especially stock in packard bells. I have a Packard bell, about the same age as yours, and only has a Pentium 4.

 

 

 

the thing i really wanted to say is that 64mb your talking about means 64mb of memory (RAM) for your graphics, it has nothing to do with what you save on your computer, that is stored on your hard drive.

 

An easy way i like to explain it is imagine i asked you an equation, lets say (6*4)+(3-1)+64.

 

now i can bet unless your really smart you wouldn't just look at that and work it out in one go. you most likely would first work out 6*4 (24), then 3-1 (2), and then add 24 and 2 together, and then add 64 to get the answer.

 

to do that when working out (processing) 3-1, or anything after that, you would have to remember the answer to 6*4 (24).

 

that's all done naturally in your head as a human, but a computer has a special thing called RAM (Random access memory), that it saves information to while it is working out (processing) other information, without forgetting it. It saves it here instead of the hard drive because it is a lot quicker and more efficient.

 

the 64mb of ram your talking about is used by your graphics hardware to remember things while it is processing other information to display on your screen. It is separate from your system ram (which your computer uses to remember things while processing).

 

Whenever you turn your computer off, all the electronic information stored within your RAM (as well as the ram for your graphics) is lost, it is not designed to stay there, that's what your hard drive is for.

 

 

 

the point: don't mistake ram (random access memory) for how much space your hard drive has. its a common mistake many people make.

 

I hope you enjoyed, and more importantly understood, my big long lesson :D . everyone else could probably explain it alot quicker though, i just like making things long.