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Sheesh that computer's good. I would think you'd have an AGP with that. Maybe look on the paperwork you got with it to be sure.

And PCI-X is better than AGP and not the same as PCI.

You dn't have a PCI-X board.

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Maybe I do have a AGP slot. My computer is a fairly new (2 month old) Sony Vaio. I would think it would have an AGP slot. All I know is my Radeon 9200 is in a PCI slot. I would check but I'm afraid I would mess something up since I'm not the most technically inclined person out there. I really wanted to upgrade my video card but if I can't I will be pretty ticked off.

 

Is GeForce 2 MX 400 cards are PCI or AGP? Cause I have this Raedon 9600 something card from a macintosh that is better than my GeForce 2 but it's port might be on a AGP, so I was wondering about that.

 

Like I said in the thread I made I can't play any PC games online. Whenever I get to the list of servers none show up. Could this have anything to do with the fact I just installed Norton Internet Security?

 

^ Yep. Your firewall is probably blocking the ports needed for the game servers. You may find some configuration help on the product's website.

 

I'll check on the website. Thanks

 

Well, I just got a X800 Pro for my computer. I will probably get Far Cry soon, but I have heard that it won't run smooth on high settings unless you have a gig of ram. All my other specs are high enough. So, does anyone run Far Cry on high settings with 512 mb of ram?

 

Well, I just got a X800 Pro for my computer.

Tricky, seeing as it's not out yet, and that's a chipset, not a board. Maybe you mean a 9800 Variation?

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I'm looking to upgrade my motherboard and processor and wanted to know if you guys could recommend a few websites where I can look at some bundles.

 

Try this site. Pricewatch.com is a great site that compares prices on virtually everything computer related. Here, you'll find good comparisons in motherboards, mobo/CPU combos, and even mobo/CPU/memory combos. The site itself doesn't sell anything. It just compares prices from various websites on computer items. Hope this helps.

 

Thanks I'll check it out.

 

I have had excellent, repeat dealings nwith Directron.com and SVC.com, so you might want to poke around at them.

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I didn't know we had one of these.

So my computer reboots when I play X-Wing Alliance. Fix it

 

ok, i just gotta new pc (sony vaio pcv-rz50c) and i've had trouble reinstalling my games on it.

had problems w/ the sims 2, but i got those solved. i still am having problems w/ kotor though. i installed it, put my saved games in the saves folder, and then started it up and updated it. when i load the game, i get all the opening screens (ebon hawk, lucasarts, bioware, then malak) then when it would go to the screen where you choose new game, load game, etc. i can hear the music that plays in the background, but i just have a black screen. windows has been completely updated and i updated my graphics card driver. anyone have an idea of what's wrong?

 

I have an older PS2(30001 R), and am wondering how I get to play online.

I see USB plugs in the front, but do I need to get something to put in that Expansion Bay?

Any help is much appreciated.

 

You need the Network Adapter, it goes in the expansion bay.

 

Is the problem only in those games, or does it happen elsewhere, eg. in Windows in general, or in other applications? In a pinch, if it's only the I'd say reinstall DirectX, as perhaps DirectInput has gone all wonky. Failing that, I'd think it's more likely a software problem than hardware...hmmm...

 

In that case, it could well be some dodgy or malicious program running in the background interfering with things. First-up, run a full virus and spyware scan. If that seems to have no effect, you'll need to play around, see what it is you've got running in the background, and disable as much as possible. Start by closing all other running programs down in the system tray. Some of the stuff there you won't be able to get rid of, but close everything you can. Try the games again. If they STILL don't work, go Start --> Run and type in 'msconfig'. Select 'Diagnostic startup'. This will reboot Windows and load it into something quite similar to safe mode. Try to run the games now. (It's possible they might not be able to run at all, but it should be okay). See if the problem still exists. If it does, then it's quite probably a hardware problem. If it's software, and it does it after all this, it's either something deep down in windows, or something in the game. If this STOPS the problem, what you now need to do is determine just what it was that was causing it. Fire up msconfig again, and choose Selective Startup. Check the top box and none of the others, and reboot. Try the games. Then run it again, but check the next box as well. Try the games. Rinse and repeat until the problem shows up again. (Ignore the thing down the bottom about modified boot.ini files). It will most likely be 'Load startup items' that causes it to come back, in which case you need to go to the 'Startup' tab, and run through this process again. Uncheck everything, try it. Check the first one, try it. Check the next one, try it. Keep going until you find the source of the problem.

 

Heh, yeah, it's a right barrel of laughs. Rinse and repeat.

 

so i have around £2000 ($3,500) to spend on a new machine, does anyone have any suggestions?

 

Depends on what you want. Are we just talking a bitchin' games machine here?