Old computer, new video card

[NeatGifts]

At the time my son and I put together this system (my son being the tech in the family) I insisted he buy the best we could afford so the system would last for more than two years. Well it's been about 5 years and it has served me well. Now I want to use cad programs that demand a better video card. I don't have a lot of money to spend on this video card and see some pretty good looking cards out on the market for under $50. What is my limit when it comes to compatibility issues. My Nvidia Geforce 5500 fx just isn't cutting it now.

Will the following card work on my system and provide the cad high refresh capability support I need?

GeForce GT 240 512MB GDDR5 PCIe 2.0 x16 Video Card
Our Price: $45.04

 

[SuperDuperMe]

At the time my son and I put together this system (my son being the tech in the family) I insisted he buy the best we could afford so the system would last for more than two years. Well it's been about 5 years and it has served me well. Now I want to use cad programs that demand a better video card. I don't have a lot of money to spend on this video card and see some pretty good looking cards out on the market for under $50. What is my limit when it comes to compatibility issues. My Nvidia Geforce 5500 fx just isn't cutting it now.

Will the following card work on my system and provide the cad high refresh capability support I need?

GeForce GT 240 512MB GDDR5 PCIe 2.0 x16 Video Card
Our Price: $45.04

IIRC the fx 5500 is an agp card, meaning, most likely that you board wont have a pcie x16 slot.

Do you know what motherboard you have as i may be wrong and knowing the mobo will allow us to tell you what card you can have.

 

[MMM]

No doubt your card will be AGP slot so a PCIe card is out of the question.

Go on Ebay and look up AGP ATI 512Mb cards as these sell from $40 to $70 approximately and a far better card than Nvidia.
This will be your cheapest option other than upgrading your PC.

 

[TrainTrackHack]

Having AGP doesn't necessarily mean no PCI-E with absolute certainty. You'll need to find out the model of your motherboard. I'm pretty sure CPU-Z (it's free) can tell you the model, possibly even the number of slots you have of different types (can't remember).

 

[StrangleHold]

AGP only

 

[NeatGifts]

I guess this is the information you guys are asking for but it seems to be the same as my first attachment. After looking at my board it looks just like the illustration above.

 

[daisymtc]

GT 240 won't work

 

[NeatGifts]

How about something that will work with my system so I can use autocad programs?

 

[StrangleHold]

They still make like a AMD/ATI 4650 ond 4670 in AGP.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125281
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161337 but over priced.