Requirements?Follow

To check your video card, right click on your desktop and choose "Properties," then choose the far right tab entitled "Settings"

About half way down the window you will see something like "HP151 on ATI Radeon 9200SE" where the HP151 would be your monitor and the ATI Radeon 9200SE your video card.

Post your video card here and I can probably tell you how you're doing. If it's an "Intel Extreme" graphics chip, or any other motherboard graphics controller, you're going to need a new video card. If it's a GForce 5200 or higher or a Radeon 9200 or higher, you're ok.

I doubt your card will be able to run it. Your computer uses on-board graphics (I believe) and won't have enough processing power. Even if you can run it, it wouldn't be playable.

If budget is your main concern, I think the best card would be and ATI Radeon 9200 SE 128 Meg. This card should be available for about $50, assuming you have a geek-friend to install it for you.

Other people might have other cards to recommend, but in my opinion the Radeon 9200 SE is a very good card for those on a tight budget. If you have more money to spend, there are lots of options...

Thank you very much,I may check out how much it would be to get it installed.If they try to charge stupid ****(which they usually do) I'll get a friend to install it for me.)

(only read this next part if you have a spare sec)

Funny story on stupid installation fees.The people at Best Buy said to Install Norton(anti-virus) it would take a day or more if I did it myself.They tried to charge me 20 bucks for that ****.I may not know alot about computers,but any idiot could install Norton.Just watch out for people like that.

Thanks again for your help.

Thanks for the tip.
Could you recomend anything to help me start this "experience"

Thank you very much.
I'm off.....to learn!(cheerful music plays)

Whats the max you want to spend, also what kind of graphics slot do you have? Looking for a way to check now without taking the cover off in case you dont know.

Like I said before,i'm tryign not to spend alot,maybe 100 or so.

but as for the graphics slot,im not exactly sure.
My booklet says not to use cards that draw excessive current.it's designed to provide 2 amps (average) of +5power for each board/card.

Edited, Wed Dec 1 22:36:00 2004 by theycallmematt

If you still have the booklet see if you can find any info about the AGP slot. Have a feeling you dont have one tho.

Another way is you can take the side panel off and look, if you look for the line of pci slots if you have an agp its usually shorter then the pci slots.

Edited, Wed Dec 1 22:40:07 2004 by Rime

I still have my books and all,it's just I havent seen anythign about the slots except in the upgrading booklet.I don't se anythign stating whether it's an AGp slot or not.

No ones awake over at Gruntville, and I havent found a way to check the slot type through windows. Try taking the side panel off.

That graphics card won't work for WoW because it's not DX 9.0





Those are two cards that are top notch for pci. Tho you could go for something cheaper if you want to save money as long as its DX9 compatible. It's getting to the point where you need to upgrade your whole system. If you just want to play WoW for the next two years I would get one of those cards, if you plan to upgrade I would get something cheap and then get an agp or pci-e card when you get a new motherboard.

Sorry to bug you all again,but I found some more info...
I went to the HP site and found out a few things.

CPU
Socket A

AMD Athlon XP

Core frequency up to Athlon XP 3200+

Memory
2 x 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets

Support up to maximum 2 GB memory (PC manufacturer's maximum memory may differ)

Supports unbuffered PC2700/2100 non-ECC DDR SDRAM memory

Expansion Slots
Three PCI slots

One AGP 8x/4x (1.5V)

: Will I be able to use the ATI Radeon 9200 with my computer?

Thanks,

by what you have given us, it seems you do have an agp slot, and the ati radeon 9200 is agp from what people have said.

You can also look at a g-force fx 5200 agp with 128ram. Works fine for the game.

Where'd you get that ATI Radeon 9200 SE for $50? That's pretty cheap.