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NewBilf
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Ok so recently my video card sh.t all over itself and now I need a new one. Before going out and buying one, I went to y girlfriends house to get her old one just to see if it works so I can save 150$. Problem is it is a brand I have never heard of and I can't find the drivers anywhere. Could anyone help

It says it is an Apollo Graphics Geforce 4. When I look for the drivers, all I get are Nvidia results.
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Geforce =/= Nvidia.
You found the right drivers, and I am sure "apollo" is a part manufacturer.
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Download GPU-Z and see what exactly it is. Report back with results.
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You won't get anything terribly good... Gforce 4 is quite old, and it's going to be a AGP interface, which means the best you're going to get is a 3850....
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I just want to run WoW.
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Lol Wow.
I am sure it will run WoW
And, if it doesn't, you can pick up something cheap like a 6800 ultra or a 8800 GTS, etc.
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Just ordered this and this (because my current power supply is 250, which Scott said is crap).

Do the techies approve?
 
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I approve of the 4850.
But a 450W supply?
Why not just go and get a 800 watt so you are prepared for the future
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I approve of the 4850.
But a 450W supply?
Why not just go and get a 800 watt so you are prepared for the future
By the time I feel the need to upgrade my sh.t, I'll be building an entirely new computer in which I will use an 800w power supply. Until then I'll survive with what I have, or so I hope.
 
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By the time I feel the need to upgrade my sh.t, I'll be building an entirely new computer in which I will use an 800w power supply. Until then I'll survive with what I have, or so I hope.
Well, if you're doing good on a 250, and you're getting a 450 + the 4850, you should do fine until around Christmas time, when you WILL upgrade.

P.S: All things behind us Alex? No reason to hate each other... :P
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