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What's a good bargain in 3D gaming graphics card?
what's a good "bang for the buck" gaming video card for PC? I don't have to have the latest greatest, it can be an older card, just something that supports 3D graphics and that I'm likely to find for a bargain on eBay. Under $100 ideally, under $50 would be even better. The particular games I'm fooling with are Novalogic F-16/F-22/MiG combat plane games. The onboard video works but doesn't support 3-D. I'm running a Compaq PIII 933mhz w/WinXP home. Thanks for all shared wisdom. |
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ok if i remember right the Compaq PIII 933mhz was a pci slot only sys with
the built in video saying it was agp but you dont have a agp slot so you need a pci video card. and right in your price rang is the GeForce FX 5700LE 128MB. goes for $103.99 shiped from newegg.com http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...TT=Video+Cards as for the rest of your sys you know you realy need more ram " as much as the old sys will hold 512 or 720 megs" max out the ram and if you can get a cpu the best the board will work with, i think the old compaq 933 was called a 5000 or somthing like that and the board would work with a celeron1.2 gig or 1.4 gig cpu but im not shur. but even if you dont want to upgrade the mem and cpu the video card i linked to will work for your needs. "Doc" wrote in message k.net... what's a good "bang for the buck" gaming video card for PC? I don't have to have the latest greatest, it can be an older card, just something that supports 3D graphics and that I'm likely to find for a bargain on eBay. Under $100 ideally, under $50 would be even better. The particular games I'm fooling with are Novalogic F-16/F-22/MiG combat plane games. The onboard video works but doesn't support 3-D. I'm running a Compaq PIII 933mhz w/WinXP home. Thanks for all shared wisdom. |
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ops forgot its a low profile card but you can make it work if you have to.
other than that card its fx 5200 and they wil also work but not as good. "mangyrat" wrote in message ... ok if i remember right the Compaq PIII 933mhz was a pci slot only sys with the built in video saying it was agp but you dont have a agp slot so you need a pci video card. and right in your price rang is the GeForce FX 5700LE 128MB. goes for $103.99 shiped from newegg.com http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...TT=Video+Cards as for the rest of your sys you know you realy need more ram " as much as the old sys will hold 512 or 720 megs" max out the ram and if you can get a cpu the best the board will work with, i think the old compaq 933 was called a 5000 or somthing like that and the board would work with a celeron1.2 gig or 1.4 gig cpu but im not shur. but even if you dont want to upgrade the mem and cpu the video card i linked to will work for your needs. "Doc" wrote in message k.net... what's a good "bang for the buck" gaming video card for PC? I don't have to have the latest greatest, it can be an older card, just something that supports 3D graphics and that I'm likely to find for a bargain on eBay. Under $100 ideally, under $50 would be even better. The particular games I'm fooling with are Novalogic F-16/F-22/MiG combat plane games. The onboard video works but doesn't support 3-D. I'm running a Compaq PIII 933mhz w/WinXP home. Thanks for all shared wisdom. |
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mangyrat wrote:
" ...and right in your price rang is the GeForce FX 5700LE 128MB. goes for $103.99 shiped from newegg.com " ....and that is a 64-bit card clocked at 250/400. The FX5500 is a 128-bit card clocked at 270/400, which will be twice as good. It's also cheaper than the 64-bit FX5700LE. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814133134 |
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I was able to get a used ATI 9600 128MB AGP card for $41 (including
shipping) off Ebay. Also a Nvidia 5200 Ultra is a good cheap card. "Doc" wrote in message k.net... what's a good "bang for the buck" gaming video card for PC? I don't have to have the latest greatest, it can be an older card, just something that supports 3D graphics and that I'm likely to find for a bargain on eBay. Under $100 ideally, under $50 would be even better. The particular games I'm fooling with are Novalogic F-16/F-22/MiG combat plane games. The onboard video works but doesn't support 3-D. I'm running a Compaq PIII 933mhz w/WinXP home. Thanks for all shared wisdom. |
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i missed the 64 bit part my bad.
i overlooked the 5500fx for some reason. "Cuzman" wrote in message ... mangyrat wrote: " ...and right in your price rang is the GeForce FX 5700LE 128MB. goes for $103.99 shiped from newegg.com " ...and that is a 64-bit card clocked at 250/400. The FX5500 is a 128-bit card clocked at 270/400, which will be twice as good. It's also cheaper than the 64-bit FX5700LE. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814133134 |
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i think he has a pci slot only sys. most likly a compaq 5000 with no agp
slot. so no ati 9600 or 9700. best bet so far is the 5500fx "Tod" wrote in message ... I was able to get a used ATI 9600 128MB AGP card for $41 (including shipping) off Ebay. Also a Nvidia 5200 Ultra is a good cheap card. "Doc" wrote in message k.net... what's a good "bang for the buck" gaming video card for PC? I don't have to have the latest greatest, it can be an older card, just something that supports 3D graphics and that I'm likely to find for a bargain on eBay. Under $100 ideally, under $50 would be even better. The particular games I'm fooling with are Novalogic F-16/F-22/MiG combat plane games. The onboard video works but doesn't support 3-D. I'm running a Compaq PIII 933mhz w/WinXP home. Thanks for all shared wisdom. |
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"Doc" wrote in message k.net... what's a good "bang for the buck" gaming video card for PC? I don't have to have the latest greatest, it can be an older card, just something that supports 3D graphics and that I'm likely to find for a bargain on eBay. Under $100 ideally, under $50 would be even better. The particular games I'm fooling with are Novalogic F-16/F-22/MiG combat plane games. The onboard video works but doesn't support 3-D. I'm running a Compaq PIII 933mhz w/WinXP home. Thanks for all shared wisdom. If you are a gamer, stop cross-posting to the matrox group. We are all power-user hardcore professionals here. We don't play games and have other priorities for our graphics cards other than 3D frame rates. ss. |
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On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 16:49:23 +0000 (UTC), "Synapse Syndrome"
wrote: "Doc" wrote in message nk.net... what's a good "bang for the buck" gaming video card for PC? I don't have to have the latest greatest, it can be an older card, just something that supports 3D graphics and that I'm likely to find for a bargain on eBay. Under $100 ideally, under $50 would be even better. The particular games I'm fooling with are Novalogic F-16/F-22/MiG combat plane games. The onboard video works but doesn't support 3-D. I'm running a Compaq PIII 933mhz w/WinXP home. Thanks for all shared wisdom. If you are a gamer, stop cross-posting to the matrox group. We are all power-user hardcore professionals here. We don't play games and have other priorities for our graphics cards other than 3D frame rates. ss. Maybe a Maxtrox Parhelia would be on topic! |
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"Synapse Syndrome" wrote in message ... If you are a gamer, stop cross-posting to the matrox group. We are all power-user hardcore professionals here. We don't play games and have other priorities for our graphics cards other than 3D frame rates. Are you saying noone uses Matrox cards for gaming? Do you have to be a ****y asshole to use a Matrox card or is that just an added bonus you bring with you? |
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