Computer woes
 

So Im looking around for a new vid card and during the course of my research I figure out that I cant use any of the new PCI express cards. My MoBo only has pci and agp slots. I could get a new mobo but that would also mean new memory since most stuff is ddr2 now and likely a new processor.

Now since I dont really want to gut my rig right now I figure on just getting a nice pci or agp card to tide me over for a bit till I do want to do a complete rebuild.

Atm Im running a geforce 5700 ultra at 128m. I have a P4 2.4g cpu, asus mobo and 1750m of ddr ram and a 450w power supply. Can anyone suggest a nice replacement vid card? I want at least 256m on it.

hey! dont worry ur pc specs are better then mine!


Intel Celeron D. 2.93ghtz, 512mb RAM, Geforce 5200...<now thats a crappy pc!


For a good vid card a Radeon X1600 PRO AGP is a good card, has 512mb of memory a little on the expensive side though........but it will give you everything you need
check it out: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...110&CatId=2234

also the chances of you needing a new cpu is low if ur current one is a socket like 775 (most common on p4's) because you can get a socket 775 mobo that uses DDR and has pci-express slots for around 80-150 USD

Get the nvidia 6800 XT or GT, it will take care of your gaming, and is rather cheap nowadays.

PS: You dont need new ram if you change motherboard. I just got my hands on a KN8 SLI socket 939 and a AMD Athlon 3800+. I switched my 6600GT (agp) for a 7600GS (pci express). I haven`t put this bits together yet, but I excpect an improvement.

I am taking my sdram with me over to this board.

Checkout pricewatch.com for the ATI Radeon x1600 pro 512mb agp. The price has dropped again and is very affordable.

link here.....
http://www.pricewatch.com/video%5Fcards/

Cool thx guys. Looks like a bit more research is in order.