what are the various video cards and types (isa, pci)?
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For AGP and PCI-X video cards look on newegg.com :)
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majibejito is right.  integrated graphics cannot be upgraded, they can be replaced.  Installing a graphics card is pretty easy and depending upon what you buy relatively cheap.  To do so you will need to determine what type of slot you have available (pci,agp,pci-e).  Check the computer mfr's website or the documentation that came with you computer.  Best type is pci-e then agp then pci.  Once you know what type of card you looking for you can purchase a card at Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Circuit City etc...  I personally prefer NewEgg.\nhttp://www.newegg.com/ProductSort/SubCategory.asp?SubCategory=48\n\nThis will give you an idea of what you are doing:\nhttp://www.mysuperpc.com/build/pc_install_video_card.shtml\nnot all video cards require extra power connections like the link shows.  Check the computer mfr's website for specific directions.  In most instances doing this will void the warranty for the computer so keep this in mind if it is relatively new.\n\nHope this helps.
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honetly try ebay they have great stuff, pci cards are so popular on there
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I don't know the exact dates but pc slots started with a clunky 8 bit slot for adding various internal pc components. Later the 16 bit (ISA) slot came out, obviously twice the speed of the old 8 bit slots, Then the 32 bit slot came along (PCI) again, twice the speed with a smaller size. After that we got AGP slots and of course the latest and greatest PCI-E.
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Video card selection depends a lot on your motherboard capabilities, so make sure you don't overspend your abilities.  Check out www.tomshardware.com for some reviews.  Good luck!
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A card should be rated as either 4x/8x OR 8x only. Make sure you watch for the rating on the card! SOME are 8x only and will be a problem. Look on http://www.newegg.com and browse all categories and video cards. Under interface you will see agp 4x/8x and can see which cards are compatible.
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You need to check the specs of your pc to see if it can be upgraded and what type of video slot is available on your motherboard.  If your pc is over a year old, it possibly has an AGP card.  You can open the case and check.  Open it and find the PCI slots first.  PCI slots are normally white.  The AGP slot will normally be brown and above the PCI slots and set back about 2 inches from the edge of the motherboard.\n\nThe 2 links below will be useful for upgrading.  One link is to NewEgg.com so you can compare video cards.  The other has instructions on how to upgrade your pc.
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There are PCI cards out there that will RUN oblivion, but you will probably not want to play it, as settings will be VERY low and framerates will be very bad. AGP is the slowest BUS i think taht would be able to PLAy Oblivion.... sorry.
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PNY Verto GeForce 6200 / 256MB DDR / AGP 8x/4x / DVI / VGA / TV Out / Video Card and  Diamond Radeon X1300 / 256MB DDR2 / AGP 8x/4x / DVI / VGA / TV Out / Video Card\nbut just buy a cheap pc with pci e
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(ISA): Industry Standard Architecture \nThis type of slot is the oldest still in use today. If you open up an old 286, you'll see a few of these. An 8-bit ISA slot is capable of 0.625MB/sec transfer rate between the card and the motherboard. Later versions of this slot were 16-bit, capable of 2MB/sec. This is still slow compared to today's standards, but cards such as modems do not require anything faster than this. If you look at your motherboard's slots, the longer black ones are the ISAs. If they are all one size, they are all ISAs. Modern boards are not boasting any more than maybe two of these bad-boys, only because people only use them for their modems or older cards that haven't yet replaced. Most boards no longer have any ISA slots, moving completely to PCI. \n(EISA): Enhanced Industry Standard Architecture \nThis type of slot is not used very often in desktop machines. It is used mainly in servers, or computers that host networks. With such a computer, the demands placed on its components are too big for ISA to handle. Also, the EISA bus is capable of bus mastering, which allows components attached to the bus to talk to each other without bothering the CPU. This feature is much like SCSI and speeds up the computer quite well. Like ISA, this slot has all but gone. \n(MCA): Micro Channel Architecture \nNot too common either, this bus was created by IBM. It is 32-bit, like EISA, but you can't stick ISA cards into it. MCA was capable of bus mastering, plus it could look at other devices plugged into it and identify them, leading to automatic configuration. MCA also produced less electrical interference, reducing errors. MCA is history.\n(PCI): Peripheral Component Interconnect\nPCI was developed by Intel, like the VL-Bus. It is different than the VL-Bus except that it runs at the same speed. There is a fast interface unit between the card and the CPU that does the talking. This unit made the bus independent of the CPU. The dependency was a drawback of the VL-Bus, which was limited to the 486. Also, you can plug cards into it without any configuring. The bus is self-configuring, leading to the plug-n-play concept in which each add-on card contains information about itself that the processor can use to automatically configure the card. This slot is most popular with Pentium and later machines, although occasionally you will see one on a 486.\n(PCMCIA): Personal Computer Memory Card International Association \nThis is a special socket in which you can plug removable credit-card size devices. These circuit cards can contain extra memory, hard drives, modems, network adapters, sound cards, etc. Mostly, PCMCIA cards are used for laptops, but many PC vendors have added PCMCIA sockets to their desktop machines. The socket uses a 68 pin interface to connect to the motherboard or to the system's expansion bus.\nThere are three types of PC cards: Type 1 slots are 3.3mm thick and hold items such as RAM and flash memory. Type 1 slots are most often seen in palmtop machines or other handheld devices. Type 2 is 5mm thick and I/O capable. These are used for I/O devices such as modems and network adapters. Type 3 is 10.5mm thick and used mainly for add-on hard drives.\n(AGP): Accelerated Graphics Port\nAGP is a bus technology designed specifically for graphics cards. The bus sits directly on the system frontside bus, giving it direct access to the CPU and the system memory. This means it is not hampered by the slower speeds of the PCI bus.\n(PCI-E): Peripheral Component Interconnect Express\nThis is the newest implementation of the PCI computer bus that uses existing PCI programming concepts, but bases it on a completely different and much faster serial physical-layer communications protocol. The physical-layer consists not of a bus, but of a network of serial interconnects (because synchronization of parallel connections is hindered by timing skew) much like twisted pair ethernet. A single hub with many pins on th
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Most onboard video for PC desktop motherboards are far short of performance for even a PCI-only card.  For the Intel 845 chipset, having a dedicated PCI video card can definitely improve your performance, especially for 3D games.
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No but you can however purchase pci based graphics cards (these are not be confused with pci-e cards - these are completely different again).
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Video Card is the first thing you want to upgrade.
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Take the side cover off and look.\nDo you have a Video expansion slot?\nIf so, it is AGP or PCI-e?\nA lot of the cheaper boards do not have a video slot.\nIf you have a regular PCI slot open, you would need to buy a card that fits the slot.
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You can check the minimum specs on the box itself or right the id software website.  From what I see your machine will handle it on lower settings.  You will need to throw that video card in first.
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that is a lot of stuff to describe...I've selected a site that helps describe each spec in "real world" english.. :)\n\nhttp://www.sarafco.com/Graphic-Card-Advisor.html
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CPU\nRAM\nVideo Card\nHard Drive\nCD Rom Drive\nSound Card\nKeyboard\nMouse\nMonitor\nSpeakers\nNIC\nModem\nUSB port\nSerial port\nParallel port\nBIOS\nPower supply