Best PCI slot video card...

Wed Apr 07, 2004 3:43 pm

I know that AGP blows the socks off of PCI slot video cards, but my friend got stuck with a board that has no AGP, and buying a new computer is out of the question for him. So I started to do some research into PCI slot video cards, and http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-143-011&depa=0 was the best that I could find. Am I right or are there more out there that I'm just not finding? Thanks.

Wed Apr 07, 2004 4:01 pm

Absolutely no idea!

But yer a :tard:

Wed Apr 07, 2004 4:05 pm

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=14-131-237&depa=1

Not sure if it's any better, but I like ATI

Wed Apr 07, 2004 4:05 pm

Originally posted by Colonel Ingus
Absolutely no idea!

But yer a

You don't have to tell us...we already knew that

Seriously, I used to have a 233mhz, 128ram cpu with a voodoo2 pci card...

It could barely play dod... :lol:

Wed Apr 07, 2004 4:07 pm

Why not get a new mother board and switch all the rest from his old machine. Then go AGP. Mother boards range from $50 to 150 to buy, and will leave room for future add-ons.

Wed Apr 07, 2004 4:25 pm

Well, he has a Dell, which as far as I know has propritary components, so it's not like he can go swapping mobos unless he buys one from Dell directly, which is, IMO, a waste of money. BTW, this really is for a friend, not for me..

I just got a new PC..

Wed Apr 07, 2004 5:00 pm

http://www.power-color.com/r92p-d3l.htm

PowerColor RADEON 9200™ PCI 256MB DDR (R92P-D3L)

it has 256 MB of ram (which is a complete waste) but the next best thing would be the 9200se, which is a lot slower.

Wed Apr 07, 2004 5:55 pm

Shame Murg Shame!

Friends don't let friends use Dell's (or Compaq's for that matter)

Wed Apr 07, 2004 6:06 pm

Originally posted by Colonel Ingus
Shame Murg Shame!

Friends don't let friends use Dell's (or Compaq's for that matter)

Hey, his mom got it for him for an x-mas present.. I had nothing to do with it!!!

Wed Apr 07, 2004 6:27 pm

thanks for taking some time out of your day to look for this information FI2ick.

Wed Apr 07, 2004 7:02 pm

Originally posted by shockwave203
thanks for taking some time out of your day to look for this information FI2ick.

Dear Shockwave,

You are a big help to everybody.

Sincerely,

Frick

Wed Apr 07, 2004 7:23 pm

Dear everybody,

You were a big help.

Except Ingus, he is a smacker.

Yours Truly,
Murgatroyd

Wed Apr 07, 2004 7:35 pm

Although I've been using ATI for a while now, I think the budget nVidia cards are better than ATI in the same price range.

$120 seems like a lot for a video card to put in an older pc with no agp. If it's worth anything to you, my son plays BFV with a gf3 ti200.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-145-055&depa=0

Thu Apr 08, 2004 1:04 am

Originally posted by shockwave203
http://www.power-color.com/r92p-d3l.htm

PowerColor RADEON 9200™ PCI 256MB DDR (R92P-D3L)

it has 256 MB of ram (which is a complete waste) but the next best thing would be the 9200se, which is a lot slower.

for PCI 256 isn't a waste I think. Because it can't access textures directly from system memory so it has to load them all at once so you might end up using over 128MB, wouldn't you?