Video cards (i give best answers)?

i have a



Adapter type: SIS mirage graphics

Chip type: SIS 661

DAC Type: internal

memory size: 32mb

Adapter string: mirage

Bios information: 0.92.00

please help me i want to update my video card here is all my information i dont know anything about video cards but when i opened my pc i saw something saying video card please help me update this|||we need to know more than what you gave....it would be more helpful if u give us your computer model or the brand of your existing model to see what type is it, like is it PCI or AGP. If you don't know what AGP or PCI means than go to wikipedia.org and check it out.|||You stated that you have opened the case and looked inside. Do you have any cards sticking out of the motherboard at a 90 degree angle? (Not your memory cards...the one(s) that would be bolted to the back of the case and locked into the motherboard.)



If you don't you have on-board graphics only, and need to figure out whether you have PCI, AGP, or PCIe slots. If the board was made in the last ten years, you for sure have PCI slots (although no one makes PCI vid cards anymore). If you have AGP, you're limited in what you can buy, as most nVidia cards that you might want to buy are not AGP. ATi is essentially the only one that I'm aware of that *currently* has any AGP releases in the last few years. (They have released their new HD3870 as an AGP.)

If you actually have PCIe slots on the mobo (and you don't have an nVidia chipset...which by SIS I'm presuming you don't), you can buy any vid card you care, ATi, Matrox, nVidia, etc. If you do/did have an nVidia chipset, you could essentially ONLY buy nVidia.



Now...to find-out that info, look for the name, make and model of the motherboard (it should be prominently displayed somewhere on the board), and do a search on the net for any info you can find (or simply contact the manufacturer and ask them).



Also, if the motherboard is more than about 3-4 years old, you'll want to update that and the processor. For Intel, you'll want a newer socket LGA775 motherboard and chip, or AMD socket 939 or AM2 (or AM2+ or AM3) and chip (the AM# series are inter-compatable with other AM# sockets with little or no loss of performance). Both the Intel and AMD can support dual core processors, and from last reports, quads. (Incidentally, right now quads are only fully useable in servers, Power User machines, and for fanboi bragging rights...there are only a few programs that actually take advantage of a DUAL core processor...quads, wait about 18 months before that becomes a serious possibility...)



Well...there you go... a touch off-topic for the question as asked, but it does help *fully* answer your question. :D



Good Luck!