Video Card

jks · Post by **jks** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 11:28 am

Im getting a new computer, this one and Im gonna upgrade the video card for gaming to this:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... &CatId=933

I was wondering what you think, or if you had any suggestions, Im looking at something higher than 128 mb, preferably 256 for less than $70, and I want it to run games like battlefield 2 and world of warcraft. Btw I have another 512 mb ram chip so when I pop that in it will have 1 GB of ram and a 3.06 ghz processor.

Rallos · Post by **Rallos** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 11:30 am

It will run Battlefield 2, but not at max settings, maybe not at medium.

Katarn · Post by **Katarn** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 3:21 pm

I laph at you, jks. You are ruining a perfectly good computer with a very shitty video card. Go for no less than the GeForce 6600 GT or Ultra, it's in the $150-200 price range, but you'd be better off saving your money than buying that piece of crap.

jks · Post by **jks** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 3:38 pm

I have what I have in money, I have no source of income so it would take about a year to get enough money. I dont need the best, just something that will run the game.

EDIT: so would this be better?

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... 2&NoMapp=0

I suppose I could get it, I would just have to sell some more stuff of mine.

Rallos · Post by **Rallos** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 4:31 pm

Yes, that is better, but you need to check if the computer uses AGP or PCI, the first card you posted was for an AGP motherboard, this one is for PCI.

Katarn · Post by **Katarn** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 4:31 pm

Yes, that's an excellent card for the price, unfortunately, it wouldn't work on that computer's motherboard. That's a PCI Express card, those computers only have 1 PCI (normal) slot.

Edit: I BEAT YOU RALLOS, those computers don't have any AGP slots!

rossmum · Post by **rossmum** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 4:33 pm

Yeah. According to my friend, PCI-E is the way to go. And consdering how his life is his computer, I trust him on that one

jks · Post by **jks** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 8:37 pm

Then how the hell am I supposed to get it working?

Katarn · Post by **Katarn** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 8:49 pm

jks wrote:Then how the hell am I supposed to get it working?

If you want a video card that has been manufactured in the last 6 or 7 years, you'd need a whole different computer.

jks · Post by **jks** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 9:11 pm

... That is a whole different computer.

Katarn · Post by **Katarn** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 9:17 pm

jks wrote:... That is a whole different computer.

Choose one that has PCI express, get one of the low-end gaming pc's from vicious or something.

jks · Post by **jks** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:23 pm

But Im poor...

srgt. maddog · Post by **srgt. maddog** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 1:29 pm

Go with this video card lol. Anyways yeah PCI Express is the way to go. I'm getting an eMachines which is very similar to those Gateways (eMachines is also a branch off of Gateway). Here is what I'm getting: LINKY!!!. It has a PCI Express video card (kinda crappy, but thats why they sell them seperetly

). It comes with a 15" LCD Flat Screen monitor for about $692, around the same price for the Gateways even cheaper. What i suggest is buy something like that and get a video card that is something like this: Video Card

jks · Post by **jks** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 1:50 pm

But I love the moo

Ill just get that card for now, then when I get a job at best buy Ill upgrade.

522Viper · Post by **522Viper** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 4:35 pm

your not going to find a good card for under 70 bucks. get the old radeon 9800 that will do ya.