dbrunton: Thank you, I've been looking for a decent bit of Software to do something like that for years !!!
OK, I have the following information, though I'm not sure if you were expecting SIW to tell me the make or model of the M/B, it does say there is an AGP slot. It also tells me that I can put in 2 memory modules, which is nice to know as I was finding some conflicting information from Gateway & the M/B manual (see page 32 of the Manual you directed me to, which contains the same information as the one I already have ... this tells me it has 4 slots !!!) ... I think I need to take a peep inside before going any further !!!
Does the information below confirm your previous comments rergarding the graphics card ?!?
Property Value
Chipset Vendor Intel Corporation
Chipset Model 815/EP/P Solano Host-Hub Interface Bridge (GMCH/MCH A2-step)
South Bridge 82801AA 8xx Chipset LPC Interface Bridge
SMBus Intel Corporation 82801AA 8xx Chipset SMBus Controller @EFA0h
Sensor Winbond W83782D @ 2Dh
CPU Intel Pentium III
Cpu Socket Socket 370 [J7]
Processor Upgrade ZIF Socket
System Slots 5 PCI, 1 AGP
OnBoard devices
Sound (Enabled) AC97 Audio
Memory Summary
Location System board or motherboard
Maximum Capacity 1536 MBytes
Memory Slots 2
Error Correction None
Use System memory
Maximum Memory Module Size 512 MBytes
Warning! Accuracy of DMI data cannot be guaranteed
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by: dbruntonPosted on 2008-04-22 at 00:59:02ID: 21408851
If the motherboard is what you describe it'll take an AGP 2x or 4x card.
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Manual link
http://www.motherboards.or
Download SIW from http://www.gtopala.com/siw
Use it to determine or confirm your motherboard's actual specifications and what AGP slot specifications it really is.
Any reasonable AGP card will do. 128 Mb of memory on the card will be more than adequate to handle what he is doing and it doesn't have to be top notch.
Here's the TigerDirect video card page to give you an idea of price range (you don't have to buy from them)
http://www.tigerdirect.com
Probably anything under $100 will do or half that price. Note that most of these cards are AGP x8. You'll need to check with any retailer that the card you buy will run at AGP x4.