need new video card I think

[smokeymtnguy57]

I have a gateway desktop computer model MFATXPNT NMZ 500SE It was bought new june 12, 2002, it was 80 Gig with 256K of ram, I replaced the hard drive with I believe a 320 Gig hard drive and added a 512 K RAM , I was running windows XP , I later replaced the crt monitor with a 20" flat screen and now I've had a friend replace the 256K strip with another 512K only two slots available, thus giving me just over 1 Gig of ram and removing the XP and loading windows seven, now I can't install the software for my printer and having trouble with the page size on monitor, resolution is set at 640 x 460 and I can not raise it , printer requires 800x580 I have been told I need a new graphics card and maybe a new power supply but I dont know what to buy to fit this computer, I don't play games just pay bills, email and surf the web if that helps

[SoloCamo]

I have a gateway desktop computer model MFATXPNT NMZ 500SE It was bought new june 12, 2002, it was 80 Gig with 256K of ram, I replaced the hard drive with I believe a 320 Gig hard drive and added a 512 K RAM , I was running windows XP , I later replaced the crt monitor with a 20" flat screen and now I've had a friend replace the 256K strip with another 512K only two slots available, thus giving me just over 1 Gig of ram and removing the XP and loading windows seven, now I can't install the software for my printer and having trouble with the page size on monitor, resolution is set at 640 x 460 and I can not raise it , printer requires 800x580 I have been told I need a new graphics card and maybe a new power supply but I dont know what to buy to fit this computer, I don't play games just pay bills, email and surf the web if that helps

A few issues at this point and the first that is bugging me. Why did they switch you over to Windows 7? A p4 @ 1.8ghz (400mhz fsb model) and 1gb of ddr266, let alone the onboard graphics are not ideal for it, and will actually give you worse performance than XP was.

On top of that, did they reinstall the chipset drivers? You shouldn't just need a new graphics card and psu for switching to windows 7. Did they give you a reason as to why?

Depending on the age of your printer also, there may not be drivers for it on windows 7 as well.

If possible, have them swap you back to windows xp. Or atleast have them download the latest chipset drivers for your pc.

[stroyal]

Welcome to TechIMO!
I have a much more powerful computer from 2003 that won't run 7.

I would have been more blunt.
There is no way on earth, you can run 7 on that machine, without major slowdowns, or worse.
Even a computer that is new enough, needs 2gig of RAM, and really 4gig

There can't be any drivers, for the chip set, unless they made them for Vista.

I totally agree, with reinstall XP, or get a whole new computer.