Question Upgrade Recommendations, a Question, and a Status Light Issue

[MajorPager]

Hello all, I need some help on an issue and some recommendations on what sort of graphics card to get.

First, I need something that supports XP, uses an AGP slot, and is good for retro gaming.

Second, a question, are there any 2GB DDR sticks that exist or did DDR cap out at only 1GB?

Third, an issue, the HD status light on the front of my case will not work properly no matter how I plug it into the mainboard. All it does is flash abruptly when the computer turns on and when it turns off and it does nothing else, is it faulty or am I plugging it in wrong?

 

[Ralston18]

Update your post to include full system hardware specs and full OS information. (XP noted - SP?)

Include PSU and disk drive(s).

Case: make and model?

Regarding DDR Capacities:

DDR Capacities

Reference the table.

 

[stonecarver]

XFX NVIDIA GeForce 6800XT (PVT42KUDE3) 256MB GDDR3 SDRAM AGP Graphics adapter 778656042483 | eBay

XFX Graphics card NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XTREME ,256MB, GDDR3, SDRAM AGP Graphics adapter.

www.ebay.com

You could also look for "ATI "GPU but I remember that some had only shader 2.0 where the last AGP Nvidia's had shader 3.0 , 6800 GT /7800 GT

I remember 128mb, 512mb and 1024mb on the memory back than. You could only do total of
4 Gb total system anyways.

Haven't messed with Hard Drive activity led in years so got nothing for that.

 

[MajorPager]

Windows XP Professional x86 Version 2014 SP3 (With the Unsupported SP4 Update)

ChiefMax 450 Watt ATX PSU

Segate ST340015A 40GB HDD

OEM eMachines W2646 Mini ATX Case

MSI PM8M3-V H Mainboard

1024MB Samsung DDR RAM

 

[artk2219]

Hello all, I need some help on an issue and some recommendations on what sort of graphics card to get.

First, I need something that supports XP, uses an AGP slot, and is good for retro gaming.

Second, a question, are there any 2GB DDR sticks that exist or did DDR cap out at only 1GB?

Third, an issue, the HD status light on the front of my case will not work properly no matter how I plug it into the mainboard. All it does is flash abruptly when the computer turns on and when it turns off and it does nothing else, is it faulty or am I plugging it in wrong?

The fastest agp card would be the Radeon hd 3850, followed closely by the Radeon hd 4670 and 4650. That said, those 3 are kind of pricey now, what CPU are you pairing with them and what generation of games are you mostly focusing on, XP? There were 2gb ddr dimms but those were mostly ecc and mainly worked with servers, so 1gb dimms are your practical limit. So long as you are plugging the positive and negative into the right ports it should work. You could check the cable maybe it's nicked or something, otherwise it's a bad led and you should replace it, or not worry about it. Technically it could be a short or something on the board, but would you likely see stability issues if that were the case.