please help; computer graphic-card snafu

I will get the specs this afternoon after work.. it is an HP Media Center edition if that helps any.

lots of good advice from others so I wont repeat, another thing you should check for is a bios update from hp. If the computer is year or more old take to check the specs of pci express slots...they are NOT all the same.

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Originally Posted by Ginevive

it is an HP Media Center edition if that helps any.

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I think that would be referring to the software package which comes with the OS. If you look at the front of the unit or maybe in the back you should see something similar to, "HP pavilion m1234."

If it WAS working and then went wonky (suddenly or slowly) my money is on power supply. Just two hours ago I went through something identical with someone's dell. Lots of artifacting on the screen, wrong colors/shapes/lines popping in and out. Did a full memtest etc - boiled down to a weak stock power supply.



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We returned the card to the store; Mark looked into it more and is going to get a G-Force 7800.. their tech support said they thought it might be a bad card.. because it seemed like our poser supply is more than sufficient. We'll see how the G-Force goes; any reviews on it? We haven't bought one yet, we are waiting on it..

I installed 2 7800's and 2 7950s in those boxes i mentioned earlier - they are every bit as power hungry as the radeon's and will likely want some beefiness as well. Yes - I am nvidia fanboi I am afraid!



I hope everything works out for you though! What are you guys gaming?

Mark loves playing Quake 4; I think it is really awesome too, definately it has come a long way since the first one! He also plays CounterStrike, though I myself don't have much free time to game, he gets a kick out of it. :) I used to be quite the gamer girl; we played Unreal with a buncha computers hooked up together; that was fun!