advise on a new vid card

Merky Works · 12-17-2005, 10:33 AM

i have a dell 4300 P4 1.6, 512 ram with a nvidia geforce2 mx/mx400 64mb vid card. now if im not mistaken this is a pci style card, right? well i want to have a dual monitor setup and this card only has 1 vga slot and 1 s-video slot. now i have read that i need a pci card that will have vga and dvi(dvi-vga adapter) so that i can run 2 monitors. however i dont know what is a good card to get. I know the processor and mobo are holding me back but i cant afford a new system right know so i want to get a card that can opporate good with what i already have yet still be better than my current one. any thoughts?

ghost · 12-17-2005, 12:54 PM

whats your budget m8y ?, If your a bit of a gamer i recommend nvidia 6600 up too a 6800GT or ATi X800 up too X850.

EDIT: If you only have PCI for graphics here are some to look at. Sorry for the confusion

[-0MEGA-] · 12-17-2005, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by ghostfacesuk

whats your budget m8y ?, If your a bit of a gamer i recommend nvidia 6600 up too a 6800GT or ATi X800 up too X850.

He said his card is PCI, open up the case and tell us if there is a brown port on the motherboard. If so, then you have AGP, and you can go with what ghost suggested for the video cards.

ghost · 12-17-2005, 12:58 PM

WHOOPS N1 geoff i miss read the post

i.Angel · 12-17-2005, 07:24 PM

This will probably be one of your best bets for a PCI slot.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150061
But I'm not sure if they even make PCI cards with over 8 pixel pipelines.

Merky Works · 12-17-2005, 11:48 PM

ok I was mistaken about the pci, i looked at the mobo were my card is and there is a green clip thing there and the card goes into a brown socket. i then opened up everest and looked at what the gpu specs were and it said under bus type AGP 4x @4x, current agp speed 4x, supported agp speeds 1x,2x,4x, and agp aperture size 128mb. i would say that there is no budget for the card but i would think that I could not get to fancy with a vid card cause i do not have the processor to handle it. also this is a 3 year old mobo, with a 478 socket chip set. i do game but not that much because this gpu really sucks (i cant play need for speed without lag/chop on middle resolution) but if i were to get a nice card then i would play more. i am not expecting to able to play doom3 on the highest resolution.

ok took a look at card and the xfx geforce 6600gt (I assume i can use this one)seems in my price range. now what is the difference between the 6600 and the 6600GT. also if i was to go with the 6600GT which would be better the 128ram or the 256ram. I know the more ram the better but will MY computer really notice the difference.

[-0MEGA-] · 12-18-2005, 12:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Merky Works

ok I was mistaken about the pci, i looked at the mobo were my card is and there is a green clip thing there and the card goes into a brown socket. i then opened up everest and looked at what the gpu specs were and it said under bus type AGP 4x @4x, current agp speed 4x, supported agp speeds 1x,2x,4x, and agp aperture size 128mb. i would say that there is no budget for the card but i would think that I could not get to fancy with a vid card cause i do not have the processor to handle it. also this is a 3 year old mobo, with a 478 socket chip set. i do game but not that much because this gpu really sucks (i cant play need for speed without lag/chop on middle resolution) but if i were to get a nice card then i would play more. i am not expecting to able to play doom3 on the highest resolution.

ok took a look at card and the xfx geforce 6600gt (I assume i can use this one)seems in my price range. now what is the difference between the 6600 and the 6600GT. also if i was to go with the 6600GT which would be better the 128ram or the 256ram. I know the more ram the better but will MY computer really notice the difference.

If your motherboard can only handle up to 4x speed, i wouldnt waste money on a nice card since you'll be getting a much lower performance. I would get a new motherboard if you want to also get a nice card.

Merky Works · 12-18-2005, 12:31 AM

well i dont have the $ to do both a mobo and vid card. so what card can i get cheap then that will have dual outputs and be better then my current card?

Jon Boy · 12-18-2005, 12:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Merky Works

ok I was mistaken about the pci, i looked at the mobo were my card is and there is a green clip thing there and the card goes into a brown socket. i then opened up everest and looked at what the gpu specs were and it said under bus type AGP 4x @4x, current agp speed 4x, supported agp speeds 1x,2x,4x, and agp aperture size 128mb. i would say that there is no budget for the card but i would think that I could not get to fancy with a vid card cause i do not have the processor to handle it. also this is a 3 year old mobo, with a 478 socket chip set. i do game but not that much because this gpu really sucks (i cant play need for speed without lag/chop on middle resolution) but if i were to get a nice card then i would play more. i am not expecting to able to play doom3 on the highest resolution..

I was about to say I had that card in my old computer. Also (dunno if this has been said before me (cos I cant be bothered to read all posts) ). Any graphics (good) card will be limited by the motherboard so u may want to think about investing in a new MOBO that supports AGP8X. This provides double the pipelines for the data to travel down. (please correct me if im wrong as I usualy am lol).

Ku-sama · 12-18-2005, 01:12 AM

the AGP 4x compared to 8x isnt too much of a diffrence, get a 6600 or a 6600GT

12-17-2005, 10:33 AM	#1 (permalink)
Merky Works Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 36	advise on a new vid card i have a dell 4300 P4 1.6, 512 ram with a nvidia geforce2 mx/mx400 64mb vid card. now if im not mistaken this is a pci style card, right? well i want to have a dual monitor setup and this card only has 1 vga slot and 1 s-video slot. now i have read that i need a pci card that will have vga and dvi(dvi-vga adapter) so that i can run 2 monitors. however i dont know what is a good card to get. I know the processor and mobo are holding me back but i cant afford a new system right know so i want to get a card that can opporate good with what i already have yet still be better than my current one. any thoughts?

12-17-2005, 12:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
ghost Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,025	whats your budget m8y ?, If your a bit of a gamer i recommend nvidia 6600 up too a 6800GT or ATi X800 up too X850. EDIT: If you only have PCI for graphics here are some to look at. Sorry for the confusion __________________ ASUS A8N SLi Deluxe Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3200XL Pro TwinX (4x512MB) AMD Athlon 64 X2 939 4600+ @ 2.6 Ghz ATi Radeon HD 3850 @ 680/844 80GB SATA HDD/200GB PATA HDD 1x DVDRW DL 485W PSU, Alpha watercooling Last edited by ghost; 12-17-2005 at 01:10 PM.

12-17-2005, 12:58 PM	#4 (permalink)
ghost Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,025	WHOOPS N1 geoff i miss read the post __________________ ASUS A8N SLi Deluxe Corsair 2GB DDR XMS3200XL Pro TwinX (4x512MB) AMD Athlon 64 X2 939 4600+ @ 2.6 Ghz ATi Radeon HD 3850 @ 680/844 80GB SATA HDD/200GB PATA HDD 1x DVDRW DL 485W PSU, Alpha watercooling

12-17-2005, 07:24 PM	#5 (permalink)
i.Angel Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Texas Age: 17 Posts: 1,200	This will probably be one of your best bets for a PCI slot. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150061 But I'm not sure if they even make PCI cards with over 8 pixel pipelines. __________________ XPS M1530

12-17-2005, 11:48 PM	#6 (permalink)
Merky Works Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 36	ok I was mistaken about the pci, i looked at the mobo were my card is and there is a green clip thing there and the card goes into a brown socket. i then opened up everest and looked at what the gpu specs were and it said under bus type AGP 4x @4x, current agp speed 4x, supported agp speeds 1x,2x,4x, and agp aperture size 128mb. i would say that there is no budget for the card but i would think that I could not get to fancy with a vid card cause i do not have the processor to handle it. also this is a 3 year old mobo, with a 478 socket chip set. i do game but not that much because this gpu really sucks (i cant play need for speed without lag/chop on middle resolution) but if i were to get a nice card then i would play more. i am not expecting to able to play doom3 on the highest resolution. ok took a look at card and the xfx geforce 6600gt (I assume i can use this one)seems in my price range. now what is the difference between the 6600 and the 6600GT. also if i was to go with the 6600GT which would be better the 128ram or the 256ram. I know the more ram the better but will MY computer really notice the difference. Last edited by Merky Works; 12-18-2005 at 12:21 AM.

12-18-2005, 12:31 AM	#8 (permalink)
Merky Works Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 36	well i dont have the $ to do both a mobo and vid card. so what card can i get cheap then that will have dual outputs and be better then my current card?

12-18-2005, 01:12 AM	#10 (permalink)
Ku-sama banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Computer Cave. AKA: King Computer Inc. Age: 18 Posts: 5,312	the AGP 4x compared to 8x isnt too much of a diffrence, get a 6600 or a 6600GT

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