Pc specs and game, help please

Hey all,

I'm in abit of a predicament. You see, the sequel to a new game that i've been waiting for for years now is finally coming out, only I just found out the graphic card my PC has is out of date. Therefore I sent most of last night finding my PC specs and finding a suitable graphics card but the majority of them are APG x8 - where my PC is APG x4.

Can anyone help me out and try to find a card that'll be able to play this game:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neverwinter_Nights_2

My PC specs can be found here:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...cname=c00018887

Thanks in advance!

AGP 8X is backwards compatible. 8X cards are actually 8X 4X.

Whether or not this game will run with an 8X card running at 4X speeds is another question.

The only way to run an 8X at 8X would be a new motherboard. Yet if you go that route you should jump up to PCI_E 16X.

I cannot get your computer link to work but the game minimum from the previous link indicate:

System requirements 2.2GHz P4, 512MB of RAM, NVidia 5600Ultra or ATI 9500pro or better 128mb video card

Oh, sorry about that

Heres the list of my PC's specs that should have appeared:

Motherboard Description Manufacturer's name - MS-6577 v2.x
HP/Compaq name - Xenon 3

Motherboard Supplier MS-6577 v2.x
System BIOS Supplier Award
Form Factor uATX
Processor Brand Intel
Processor Socket Type Socket 478
Processor Family Pentium 4 N, Pentium 4 HT
Proc. Front Side Bus Freq. 400/533 MHz
Chipset Name Intel 845G-B
Chipset "North Bridge" Intel 845G-BCH
Chipset "South Bridge" Intel CH4
Super I/O Hub 4
Memory Type DDR
Memory Speed PC2100/PC1600
Memory Sockets Two DDR DIMM (184-pin)
Maximum Memory 1GB (2x512 MB)
Graphics Supplier Intel Extreme Graphics
Graphics Configuration Up/Down
Onboard Graphics Memory UMA 32-64 DDR
Graphics Connector (AGP) AGP 4x
TV-Out Device NO
TV-Out Configuration NO
Audio AC'97 Down - supports Dolby 5.1 audio
AC'97 CODEC Device ADI 1885
Audio Jacks (Legend Below) M,LI,LO, M/G
Ethernet 10/100 LAN Supplier ICS 1893
Ethernet Configuration Integrated, Down
IE 1394 Front/Back Options 1F + 1B
IDE UDMA Modes ATA-100/66/33
Expansion Slots (AGP/PCI/Exten) One AGP, three PCI
USB Ports Six
USB Front/Back Options 2F+4B
Serial, Parallel, Floppy, PS2 Kbd & Mouse 1S,1P,1F,PS2 K+M
Serial Port Front Chassis Option NO
Available Mfg Options (Legend Below) GLAE+S






I also found this mother board. Could you offer any advice towards whether or not the things I have on my current motherboard will fit on this new one.

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/101539/rb/21761029687

Thanks in advance!

The old RAM should fit that new board but that's about it.

Of course the Power Supply and your drives should be fine as well. Please note that you will need to reinstall your Operating System (if 2K or XP) and if all you have are HP Compaq disks they may not work on a new board. In this case you would need to purchase a new Operating System as well.

The CPU slot is different:

Old: Intel Processor Socket Type Socket 478

New: Socket 754 for AMD K8 Athlon 64 processor


And although that new board has on-board VGA:

On Chip (Radeon X300-based. 2D/3D graphic engine)

In order to play high end games you would want a PCI_E X16 card:

1 x PCI Express x16 slot