What's good PCI 128MB VC for $60ish?

knightofnee1112 · Post by **knightofnee1112** » Tue Jan 06, 2004 8:45 pm

A friend gave me a HP 512X PC. Has a 1.3Ghz Celery 256MB ram 40GB hard drive, a burner and windowz win XP. the integrated Crap on it is no good for me, Soooooo, I figure an investment in $60-ish is worth it to get it running even the newest games without too much of a fuss. I eyed myself a gainward 128MB GF-FX 5200 for $72 But I was wondering if this truely is the best buy and what everyone else thought, because I'm lonely....

cheesehead · Post by **cheesehead** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 9:18 pm

I have heard the 9200 Pro/Standard (NOT SE/LE) is more than a match. And you can find one with 128 mb of ram for about 50$.
I would also like to see what the folks around here think.

smb · Post by **smb** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 11:30 pm

I would stick to Nvidia on those HP's. ATI does not like to play nice with the integrated video for some reason.

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 6:59 am

mebbe an 8500 or a ti-4200

i dropped a 9600 pro and an 8500 in a compaq with nvidia onboard without any problem

eGoCeNTRoNiX · Post by **eGoCeNTRoNiX** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 8:50 am

He said PCI heh.. I think the highest PCI VC I have seen is the R9000 series.. GL eGo

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:18 pm

No one makes a PCI card with any decent performance - certainly nothing DX9 hardware compliant. Most video games now require AGP memory transfers or suffer terribly in performance.

Don't plan on doing any serious gaming with it.

zandor · Post by **zandor** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 12:17 am

If you hunt around you can probably still find a 9100 128MB PCI board. There's a 64-bit version as well that's a bit easier to find. Personally I'd hunt down a 9100 128MB, then go clock & bus shopping for a 9200 or 5200 w/ a decent core clock & 128-bit mem bus if I can't find one.
There's also a 5600 PCI, but it's well over $100.

stall6g · Post by **stall6g** » Sat Feb 28, 2004 4:59 pm

I agree with Zandor. I've been looking around for a good graphics card for my daughter's Dell 2400 which doesn't have an AGP slot. The best performing PCI card that I have seen is a 9100. Although for a 4 yr old I think it's overkill. I'm tempted to get one of the AIW Radeon VEs for it so she can watch cartoons while I watch sports.

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What's good PCI 128MB VC for $60ish?

What's good PCI 128MB VC for $60ish?

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