Which graphic card?

[Shooty]

i have P-4 2.4 with 1gb ram but the Intel mother board don't have a slot for graphic card, i have installed windows vista and i can not use some of the features like 3d flip and dream scean, do i have to change the motherboard for this or i have any other option? if yes which graphic card is good?

please suggest something i am confused

[jagabo]

"Diamond X1300 PCI 256MB Viper - Vista-Ready Video Card"

http://www.nforcershq.com/article6809.html

I think the X1300 has recently had its name changed to x1550.

http://www.amazon.com/Diamond-X1550PRO256P-X1550-256MB-GDDR2/dp/B000N5LK7Y

[Shooty]

Thanks for ur reply but i dont think diamond cards are available in india. but can i search for some other brand's pci video card?

Any suggestions?

Is graphic card and video card different in any way?

[jagabo]

Since you don't have an AGP or PCI-Express slot you'll need a PCI based graphics card. There should be something like the X1550 PCI card available to you locally. Don't expect great performance from such a solution though.

Your other choice is to upgrade your motherboard. But the new motherboard will probably require a new CPU and memory as well as the graphics card. You might as well just buy a new computer at that point.

[Shooty]

Don't expect great performance from such a solution though.

I have a offer from my hardware dealer he says he can give me a mother board with AGP slot in exchange of my Intel board, is there any way i can check the board if it is no defected?

Also is AGP card better or PCI Express? do they have a big diffrence? i just know that PCI Express is new technology, does that means they are the better one?

[edDV]

PCI Express has potential to go much faster but early cards aren't that much faster than AGP.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/pci-express.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerated_Graphics_Port

[jagabo]

Most PCI-Express motherboards require DDR2 DRAM. So you'll have to buy new memory too.

If you don't play 3D games a PCI based card will probably be adequate.

Switching to an AGP motherboard and using your DDR memery is the next step up. The only way of checking a motherboard is to install all the components ahd see if it runs. Be aware you'll have to perform a repair reinstall of Windows if you switch motheboards (unless it's the same chipset as your current motherboard).