Looking for an afordable Graphics Card to Play SH4

nycoroner05 · 04-20-07, 11:05 AM

I have only a PCI slot and I need a card with 2.0 shader support.

Any ideas?

Thank you in advance.

CCIP · 04-20-07, 11:08 AM

PCI or PCI-E?

Quillan · 04-20-07, 01:00 PM

If it's really just PCI, I think it's time for a new computer. The best I could find is an X1300, generally. Hightech has an X1550, but it's a dual-slot card which requires you to have two adjacent open PCI slots to use.

Antrodemus · 04-20-07, 01:12 PM

Yup, if you're stuck with plain-old PCI, chances are the rest of the PC won't be up to scratch either, so, even if you did manage to find a PCI card that would do the job (unlikely), the CPU & RAM would probably let you down...

nycoroner05 · 04-20-07, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CCIP

PCI or PCI-E?

PCI

I have a dell optiplex not the tower version and it has a slot for a low profile agp though

nycoroner05 · 04-20-07, 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Antrodemus

Yup, if you're stuck with plain-old PCI, chances are the rest of the PC won't be up to scratch either, so, even if you did manage to find a PCI card that would do the job (unlikely), the CPU & RAM would probably let you down...

It is a 2.8 GH with 1gb of ram and runs SH3 great

the only draw back is it is a desk top and not a tower

nycoroner05 · 04-20-07, 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quillan

If it's really just PCI, I think it's time for a new computer. The best I could find is an X1300, generally. Hightech has an X1550, but it's a dual-slot card which requires you to have two adjacent open PCI slots to use.

Thanks for the info

nycoroner05 · 04-20-07, 01:20 PM

Thank you

Antrodemus · 04-20-07, 01:28 PM

Quote:

It is a 2.8 GH with 1gb of ram and runs SH3 great

...but is it a Celeron? If not, great. As for the low-profile AGP slot, you may still struggle to find a card worth spending any money on outwith E-Bay.

Quillan · 04-20-07, 01:41 PM

Actually, if he has a low-profile AGP he can really do something. They aren't quite the same power level as the PCI-E cards out there, but there are AGP versions of the 7800GS and X1950 graphics cards available, typically for around $200 US.

Antrodemus · 04-20-07, 01:42 PM

I stand corrected...

NefariousKoel · 04-20-07, 01:50 PM

Yikes...

Low profile doesn't just mean the width of the card board itself, it also means a shorter plate too for his computer. Might take some searching to find one, or you may get lucky and be able to cut part of the plate off it to make her fit.

Antrodemus · 04-20-07, 01:54 PM

Hmmm... that's the "low-profile" I was referring to, i.e., half-height backplate versions. I've always had a problem sourcing low-profile but reasonably high-spec cards for customers in our shop, specifically those who are unwilling to shell-out for a whole new PC.

NefariousKoel · 04-20-07, 02:09 PM

Yep, they're a pain in the @ss.

Hartmann · 04-20-07, 02:42 PM

Any good card for an AGP slot ?? and not very expensive

7XXX or Ati equivalent

04-20-07, 11:05 AM	#1
nycoroner05 Sparky Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: NY Posts: 153 Downloads: 144 Uploads: 0	Looking for an afordable Graphics Card to Play SH4 I have only a PCI slot and I need a card with 2.0 shader support. Any ideas? Thank you in advance.

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CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	PCI or PCI-E? __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

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Quillan Samurai Navy Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 579 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	If it's really just PCI, I think it's time for a new computer. The best I could find is an X1300, generally. Hightech has an X1550, but it's a dual-slot card which requires you to have two adjacent open PCI slots to use. __________________ We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

04-20-07, 01:20 PM	#8
nycoroner05 Sparky Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: NY Posts: 153 Downloads: 144 Uploads: 0	Thank you to all that helped me Thank you

04-20-07, 01:41 PM	#10
Quillan Samurai Navy Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 579 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Actually, if he has a low-profile AGP he can really do something. They aren't quite the same power level as the PCI-E cards out there, but there are AGP versions of the 7800GS and X1950 graphics cards available, typically for around $200 US. __________________ We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

04-20-07, 01:12 PM	#4
Antrodemus Torpedoman Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 117 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Yup, if you're stuck with plain-old PCI, chances are the rest of the PC won't be up to scratch either, so, even if you did manage to find a PCI card that would do the job (unlikely), the CPU & RAM would probably let you down...

04-20-07, 01:42 PM	#11
Antrodemus Torpedoman Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 117 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I stand corrected...

04-20-07, 01:50 PM	#12
NefariousKoel Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: No-good Missouri scum Posts: 1,223 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Yikes... Low profile doesn't just mean the width of the card board itself, it also means a shorter plate too for his computer. Might take some searching to find one, or you may get lucky and be able to cut part of the plate off it to make her fit. __________________ "When Gary told me he had found Jesus, I thought, Yahoo! We're rich! But it turned out to be something different." - Jack Handey

04-20-07, 01:54 PM	#13
Antrodemus Torpedoman Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 117 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Hmmm... that's the "low-profile" I was referring to, i.e., half-height backplate versions. I've always had a problem sourcing low-profile but reasonably high-spec cards for customers in our shop, specifically those who are unwilling to shell-out for a whole new PC.

04-20-07, 02:09 PM	#14
NefariousKoel Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: No-good Missouri scum Posts: 1,223 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Yep, they're a pain in the @ss. __________________ "When Gary told me he had found Jesus, I thought, Yahoo! We're rich! But it turned out to be something different." - Jack Handey

04-20-07, 02:42 PM	#15
Hartmann Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Grid CH 26, Spain ,Barcelona Posts: 1,857 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	Any good card for an AGP slot ?? and not very expensive 7XXX or Ati equivalent __________________ But this ship can't sink!... She is made of iron, sir. I assure you, she can. and she will. It is a mathematical certainty. Strength and honor

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