Upgrade Video card for pavilion a720 n

[TimGr]

I have a Pavilion a 720 n with the VIA/S3G Unichrome IGP Display adapter running XP. Control Panel/display tells me that it is is PCI bus 1 (have not yet opened the box to look).  It looks like I need to upgrade this to be able to run all of RoxioCreator 2009. Do you have any recommendations on the card to buy?

I found an informative articleon the HP support site about changing video cards (http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=110&prodSeriesId=46153&prodTypeId=12454&objectID=c00007413) This wars about there potentially being a PCI Express slot on the machine. Can anyone confirm whether there is or is not?

Thanks

Tim

[Kalt]

VIA/S3G Unichrome IGP Display = Integrated Graphics Processor, which means it's integrated into your motherboard.  You have open PCI slots and 1 open AGP slot if you're looking to install another video card.  If you do upgrade it, make sure to disable the onboard video

See:  Product Specifications

Are you getting an error message from Roxio?  If so, what is it?

Message Edited by Kalt on 11-30-2008 11:19 PM

[TimGr]

Yes, the error message from Roxio says

"There are insufficient graphics capabilies for the application to run.This can be caused by the following:

- Your video card may not fully support DirectX 9.0. Check to see if an updated driver is available for your card.

- Your video card hardware may not be sufficient for full DirectX 9.0 support. You will need need to upgrade your card."

I have installed the latest driver.