vidio cards

[=BINLUGIE=]

my parents has offered to buy me a new vid card. dont want the charity. they need to concentrate on my dads parkinsons. but they insist.
 what is a good vid card that i wont get punk busted for   but will speed up the game for me.

 bin

[Currahee]

Bin, list the specs for your computer and someone should be able to help you

[=BINLUGIE=]

thanks currahee when i get home ill check it out.


 thanks bin

[=BINLUGIE=]

emachines t3256
amdanthon xp 3200
2.21ghz
448 mb ram
7200 rpm ultra ata hard disk drive
cd rom 48 max read
nvida geforce4 graphics agp slot available
modem 56k itu v.92

this is the specs that i have on my puter

bin

[=JHF= Smoke]

any ATI 9500 or 9600 and above is good.  prices start around 100 +, stick with the ATI brand cards.. if you want nvidia, same price, maybe a geforce 6600 or above, might be a little pricier.  also gigabyte, MSI, are good brands for nvidia ones.  They all have 256 mb memory on them. 

[=JHF= OneEye]

I was thinking about getting this one:

 ATI RADEON X700 PRO 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express Graphics Card

Any thoughts, opinions or first-hand knowledge/experience??
 
 

[CupOJoe]

ATI RADEON X700 PRO 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express Graphics Card

I don't think a PCI Express card will fit in your AGP slot! Make sure you have a compatible motherboard.

[=JHF= Smoke]

yeah, make sure you have pci express, otherwise you can't use that one.

[Lt.Jat]

emachines t3256
amdanthon xp 3200
2.21ghz
448 mb ram
7200 rpm ultra ata hard disk drive
cd rom 48 max read
nvida geforce4 graphics agp slot available
modem 56k itu v.92

this is the specs that i have on my puter

bin

I am 13 but...............

[=JHF= OneEye]

Rock\OneEye/Hard Place

Anybody know of a good PCI vid card   Seems even AGP would be better than PCI.  I've looked around a little and can't seem to find any that are very good.  Granted, anything is better than the 64mb integrated i have now, but i'm not gonna drop a bunch of $$$ for very little performance increase. 

[Currahee]

u dont have a agp slot?

[=JHF= OneEye]

Nope, just 3 PCI slots 

[=JHF= Smoke]

Rock\OneEye/Hard Place

Anybody know of a good PCI vid card   Seems even AGP would be better than PCI.  I've looked around a little and can't seem to find any that are very good.  Granted, anything is better than the 64mb integrated i have now, but i'm not gonna drop a bunch of $$$ for very little performance increase. 

the best ive seen for pci is maybe a radeon 9250 or geforce 5500, not the best but better that what you have:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Manufactory=&PropertyCodeValue=0&PropertyCodeValue=0&PropertyCodeValue=0&PropertyCodeValue=0&PropertyCodeValue=0&PropertyCodeValue=696%3A9642&PropertyCodeValue=0&PropertyCodeValue=0&PropertyCodeValue=0&PropertyCodeValue=0&PropertyCodeValue=0&PropertyCodeValue=0&PropertyCodeValue=0&description=&MinPrice=&MaxPrice=&SubCategory=48&Submit=Property

[=JHF= BONE!!!]

the best ive seen for pci is maybe a radeon 9250 or geforce 5500, not the best but better that what you have:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Manufactory=&PropertyCodeValue=0&PropertyCodeValue=0&PropertyCodeValue=0&PropertyCodeValue=0&PropertyCodeValue=0&PropertyCodeValue=696%3A9642&PropertyCodeValue=0&PropertyCodeValue=0&PropertyCodeValue=0&PropertyCodeValue=0&PropertyCodeValue=0&PropertyCodeValue=0&PropertyCodeValue=0&description=&MinPrice=&MaxPrice=&SubCategory=48&Submit=Property

I have an ATI 9250 PCI as my secondary card to run my second monitor.  It runs CoD just dandy (as well as my old GForce FX 5200 did). and i think it cost around $50 - $60 bucks for the 128MB version.  Just keep in mind with things like integrated and PCI graphics, that you are bumping against a certain (llow) limit.  Once your there it don't get any better.

[=JHF= OneEye]

Thanks guys!  I found 3 at newegg, SG:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductCompare.asp?CompareItemList=N82E16814103167,N82E16814133134,N82E16814143032&SubCategory=48

Feel free to tell me what you all think of these.