Help needed for Video card buyer plz anyone

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unisole

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Hi

Im buying a video card for my friend for his birthday.. He plays only flight simulators.
I want a Video card that will give him good frame rates coz the one that he has now is only giving him like 10fps :(

Whats the best video card to get??

Price range up to 150 Pounds

Any responses would be great because his birthday is in the next day or so! :S
 
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Well I don't know what 150 pounds is in US dollars. Are you looking for a AGP card or PCI Express?

Almost any card MADE by ATI will do the trick. NVidea is also excellent.
 
BKSinAZ said:
Well I don't know what 150 pounds is in US dollars. Are you looking for a AGP card or PCI Express?

Almost any card MADE by ATI will do the trick. NVidea is also excellent.
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I dont know my friends pc specs.. do i don't know what card his pc will take so im just buying one thats very good and then if it doesnt work on his pc he can then just swap it at the shop or something..
i dont know if im looking for a AGP card or a pci card?? :S (does it matter? can i just get any or does certain mother boards take different things.
I think at the moment he has a 5500 grforce i think, does that help?

Thanks for responding btw
 
around 300$ if i'm not wrong, does he have agp or pic-express?

Edit: probably agp from what it sounds, so get him a 7600gt or a 1950xt
 
chupacabra said:
around 300$ if i'm not wrong, does he have agp or pic-express?

Edit: probably agp from what it sounds, so get him a 7600gt or a 1950xt
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I don't know.. and im not asking. its ment to be a purprise coz hes wanted one for a long time and ive just started work and can eventually buy him one.

But he has a geforce 5500 at the moment or it might be 5200 i cant remmember. ( i use to be very good at all this pc stuff but havnt been on the pc for a long time :(, so got left behind with all the technology haha)
Whats ur best bets what do u think he has got?
 
Some say 256mb and some say 512mb.. but some say 256mb and are more expensive that 512mb.. do i look at the memory and get the bigger memory or doesn't that make a difference??
the 7600gt looks very good but im willing to pay around 30 pounds more thats about 60 dollas more i think, is it worth getting one abit more expensive or isnt there that much difference? what card would you suggest?
 
By not knowing which bus he has, aka AGP or PCI-E, and not knowing what card he already has, makes giving you a recommendation a crap shoot.

Also, your friends power supply might not be able to handle a more modern card, so if he/she replaces the card, they might have problems booting their system when the mother board crashes because of not having enough power to run it.
 
If he has AGP then dont get anything other than a 1950, they aer great cards in your budget, if it was a newer system then id recommened an 8800gt wich is just above your budget but i think its agp you are after.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/126420

would do the trick nicely, however hes gonna need a decent power supply
 
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