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howie2424
Joined: 09 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 9:28 pm Post subject: recommend a video card to me |
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| Looking to buy a new video card. The one I have is about 6 years old. I don't play any games, though I do download a lot of TV shows and English movies. I'm partial to ATI cards. Running win XP Home SP2 Intel Pentium 4, 2.8 Ghz CPU with 1 gig of RAM. Thanks for any help. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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| With that old computer of yours I wouldn't bother spending any more than 120,000. Maybe an 8600GT or HD3650. |
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OneWayTraffic
Joined: 14 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:20 am Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
| With that old computer of yours I wouldn't bother spending any more than 120,000. Maybe an 8600GT or HD3650. |
I don't even know if he needs a graphics card. I'd go for a 8500 on the Nvidia side or a 2500/2600 for ATI. For the 3xxx range of ATI cards the cheapest available would do.
You need to check if your m/b is AGP or PCI-x. I'm guessing AGP. If so that will both lower your options and increase the price you'll be paying. |
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howie2424
Joined: 09 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 2:19 am Post subject: |
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| The m/b is an Asus P4P 800E. I think it supports both AGP and PCI but what do I know. The old card is a Radeon 9200 I presently have in a PCI slot. |
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chevro1et
Joined: 01 Feb 2007
Location: Busan, ROK
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 5:35 am Post subject: |
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| Yea, for a video card you need an AGP... the PCI slots are for sound card, wireless card, etc. A PCI-express slot is for video cards. You can probably pick up an nVidia 6600gt agp for a decent price, should handle your needs. |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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kprrok
Joined: 06 Apr 2004
Location: KC
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:57 am Post subject: |
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blah blah blah, didn't read the OP? He's looking for a card to fit an AGP slot. Unless there's a GTX2xx card I'm not aware of, they're all PCI-E 2.0...not gonna work on that AGP board.
Thanks for trying.
OP, I looked and that mobo does support AGP only, no PCI-E. I looked at the AGP cards available and there isn't a lot of choice out there. The best card would probably be the 7300GT or the x1550 (70,000ish and 50,000ish respectively).
If you want to get the best AGP card, you're looking at a 2600XT for about 125,000. It's a decent card, but not gonna play many current games at good settings or resolutions.
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Bigfeet
Joined: 29 May 2008
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:02 am Post subject: |
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| Why do you want a new video card if you don't play games? Your old one doesn't play videos well anymore? It sounds like the cheapest AGP card will do for you, under $100. |
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howie2424
Joined: 09 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks for the input guys. I'm looking for a new one because the present card is old and the fan is getting a little noisy. I'll check out some of the ones you've recommended on the net and see what kind of deal I can find. Thanks again. |
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JustJohn
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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2.8 Ghz? I'd say that calls for about a radeon 9800 pro. Much more than that would be a waste really. That will actually let you play HL2 quite nicely, and anything much newer than that you won't be able to run no matter what you stick in it.
Should be able to get one for like $40 these days. |
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chevro1et
Joined: 01 Feb 2007
Location: Busan, ROK
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OneWayTraffic
Joined: 14 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 1:50 am Post subject: |
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| Or look for a passively cooled card. |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:56 pm Post subject: |
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| JustJohn wrote: |
2.8 Ghz? I'd say that calls for about a radeon 9800 pro. Much more than that would be a waste really. That will actually let you play HL2 quite nicely, and anything much newer than that you won't be able to run no matter what you stick in it.
Should be able to get one for like $40 these days. |
I had the Radeon 9800 256MB. A strange card, DDR2...super hot. (Temperature wise) A good performer as well. |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito
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| Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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While we're at it, I've been thinking about picking up a card lately.
I'm running a dual core AMD something or other. With a gig of ram (2? I can't remember) , 250gig hd. I had them take the card it came with out when I bought it because I play virtually no computer games at all.
My only real concern is that I want a TV out jack. Though I suppose it would be nice to be able to run Bioshock (or failing that maybe half life 2).
Thanks in advance. |
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