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What's the best PCI G-Card?
Discuss What's the best PCI G-Card?
Posted by: Jamie17
Does anybody know what the best PCI Graphics Card is? I just found out I don't have an AGP Slot or a PCI-E slot, so I am looking for a descent PCI graphics card
Posted by: Counter-Strike
Price Range?
ATI Radeon 7000 64MB- $31.75
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102318[/url]
Evga MX4000 128MB (I recommend)- $43.00
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130186[/url]
Evga FX5200 128MB- $49.00
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130188[/url]
Those are the best PCI cards IMO.
Posted by: Jamie17
Not really the price range, more the performance. Im willing to spend $100 +
Posted by: Lonewolf5460
$94 a fx5500 128 meg
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814133134[/url]
ATI 100-436011 Radeon 9200 128MB DDR PCI Video Card $118.00
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102403[/url]
Posted by: Cellbuster
i doubt you will get any gaming done with any PCI graphic card though
Posted by: Jamie17
What about this:
[url]http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1339387&CatId=0[/url]
Posted by: Counter-Strike
BLEH BOO TO TD! :P That will be fine but like said it wont get very far in gaming.
Posted by: Jamie17
But surely this will improve the performance and graphics quite significantly, I have an integrated crappy card on a dell dimension 2400. Anyways I might not get this card yet, im gonna keep searching for a couple of days to find the best PCI card out. I would appreciate if someone could reply with some useful links or info.
Posted by: Jamie17
This is the best one I have seen so far
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814133134[/url]
If nobody comes out with anything better, I think that will be the one.
Posted by: dhw200
The bandwith on a PCI slot sucks, so its really a very small increase in power. Id say put the money towards a new computer
Posted by: Lonewolf5460
ah the one i showed you.:)
if you want to wait go 4 it i dont see any other cards that are there.
Posted by: DJ-CHRIS
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Jamie17 [/i]
[B]This is the best one I have seen so far
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814133134[/url]
If nobody comes out with anything better, I think that will be the one. [/B][/QUOTE]
Yeah that's the best your going to find.
PCI graphics is still a HUGE difference over intergrated dell graphics.
Posted by: thebrettman
Dell Dimension 2400 is exactly what my friend has. Last week he decided he wanted to play games on it. Basicly he wanted a $80 graphics upgrade but when all possibilities were explored, given the dell 2400 is so limited as a gaming system, he bought a new tower altogether and now has 6800gt graphics
So what I am saying is that while I realise you may not want to build a new tower it is debatable whether it is worth upgrading the dell or just ******* the thing to the side and doing a customised gaming build :-)
I assume you want to play games but perhaps you might give some examples of what you wanna play before we decide if the graphics cards suggested can cut it. Certainly if you want to play the latest games to their potential you may forget about upgrading that dell imo
Posted by: Counter-Strike
High price to upgrade a low-end comp, and PCI is garbage anyways, I would save up for a new computer, but your decision.
Posted by: Apokalipse
if you haven't changed anything yet, you currently have:
Celeron 2.6
256MB PC3200 generic RAM (running at 266, because of the Celeron)
64MB Intel "Extreme" GFX card
80GB hard drive
250W Dell crappy Power Supply
motherboard with 3 PCI slots
I would recommend just getting a new motherboard, CPU, video card, RAM, case and PSU. basically, all the core components (plus an actual ATX case)