Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.

Can I update my video card, an ASUS AMD socket 754 VIA chipset X8V-mx & bypass Microsoft sites?

Motherboard model K8V-MX. I want to play Second Life, specifically, Thanks!

3 Answers

Relevance
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    You can add a video card to that old motherboard, but it's really time to be considering a new computer.

    That ASUS motherboard requires an AGP socketed video card. All modern video cards use the PCI Express x16 slot, so you'll have to order off the Internet.

    Second life has very modest cpu requirements - which is very good for you because that socket 754 motherboard can't handle much, but Second Life wants a pretty substantial video card.

    Your best bet short of a new PC would be a AGP based Radeon HD 4670 video card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?... which might require a power supply upgrade, depending on what's currently installed in your system.

  • Jim
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    >Here is your motherboard on the ASUS site. Just follow the links here to the driver download page. This will have the latest driver for your chipset. Since its an old chipset, its highly unlikely there is another driver other than the one on the ASUS site:

    http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_Socket_754/K8...

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    u can upgrade but it has to be AGP8X card

Still have questions? Get your answers by asking now.