Aero effects dont work with my video card?

It's dx8.1, so no. You have a spare agp slot though, get something off ebay.

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would adding another chip to the computer make 3D games and such better?

Yes adding a AGP video card will give you better 3d performance as long as you don't buy the lower end cards. Here are some examples so you can get an idea on price.

I highly recommend the first one.

With that card, you can get a good framerate and decent visuals in most of the latest 3D games. I can't say that you can run it smoothly with all highs, but you could crank it up to medium and still enjoy the game.

alright, thanks a lot guys

HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 Turbo Video Card - 512MB GDDR3, AGP 8x, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV, HDMI Support H385Q512ANP at TigerDirect.com

yes, you want it.

Seriously, I would not spend that kind of money on a graphics card for a system that will be clearly out matched by it. You'll run into problems with the power supply for one.

You could pick up something on ebay for less than $30 that would run aero quite comfortably and would slot straight in without any hassle. Anything at or above a Geforce 6 series or Ati X1** series would be fine for most purposes.

Obviously you won't be breaking any framerate records, but something tells me that's not really an issue for you, since you'd probably know all this stuff already if it was.

ah ok. thank you for the help but theres 3 more questions i have.
1.) I found this video card for $24 on eBay. Would it work for my computer?
NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS Video Card 256MB DVI PCI Express

2.) Would this work better than the first? (This was $33)
NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT Video Card 256MB DVI PCI Express



3.) How can you tell what video cards will work?



My computer: HP Pavillion a810n

Those are both PCI Express cards, you need an AGP card.