best graffics card for 250w psu?

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darbz1987

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i no it is a low wattage psu and aint a hardcore gamer so just somethink mainly 4 older games/films my specs

p4 ht 3gz
40gb western digital
1536 mb ram
1 x floppy drive
1 x sony dvd rewiter
250w dell psu

was told the geforce fx 5200 128mb will be ok i no its a old card but says it will be ok on a 250w psu

was also looking at the geforce 6200 128mb or the 256 mb version an was told dat it will be fine in my conputer but says this card need 300w psu?

can anybody reconmmend any outher cards an psu upgrade not possible so can anybody think of any outher cards dat will be ok just somthink beter den the intergrated graffics i have?maybe the Inno3D PC AGP Graphics Card - FX5700? thanks
 
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TBH, those video cards aren't going to make much of a difference. I wouldn't pick a GPU around your PSU. Upgrade your PSU and then start looking at video cards. That or just build a new computer, lol.
 
Any AGP card is not worth the money. Build a whole new system and get a PCI-e card. You can build entire setups for $300-400 that would run country mile circles around your current setup.
 
you know that Ati made an AGP version of the 4850 don't you? It still requires a PCI-E power connector though, only a 6 pin. Pick up a cheap 500w PSU with a 6pin and you're good to go. Although it will be bottlenecked by your P4.
 
linkin93 said:
you know that Ati made an AGP version of the 4850 don't you? It still requires a PCI-E power connector though, only a 6 pin. Pick up a cheap 500w PSU with a 6pin and you're good to go. Although it will be bottlenecked by your P4.
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Like I said, not worth the money. Between the card and PSU he'll have $200 right there. And the worst part is whenever he does eventually upgrade his video card won't work with the new setup. He'd be better off getting a straight PCI video card.
 
linkin93 said:
you know that Ati made an AGP version of the 4850 don't you? It still requires a PCI-E power connector though, only a 6 pin. Pick up a cheap 500w PSU with a 6pin and you're good to go. Although it will be bottlenecked by your P4.
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It'd also be bottlenecked by the AGP bus. Btw are you thinking of a 3850 or 4670? I'm not sure if there's an AGP 4850

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Like I said, not worth the money. Between the card and PSU he'll have $200 right there. And the worst part is whenever he does eventually upgrade his video card won't work with the new setup. He'd be better off getting a straight PCI video card.
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Yeah but a PCI card would be terrible because the PCI bus is even lower bandwidth.

I'd say get something cheap and low power enough that you wont need a new PSU, and save for an upgrade.
 
For a 4650 agp card, a 9500gt pci card is just as good for the same price and will atleast be compatible with a new system.

agp 4650 1gb-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150433

PCI 9500gt 1gb-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814187084


Yeah a 4670 is the best for an agp slot but the price tag shows it too. A 9500gt_1gb will play just about any game at low resolution. I have a 9400gt_512mb that plays COD WAW at 800x600 no problem and even 1024x768 but will get some slight lag in the intense shooting scenes.
 
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