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Lucky Jack
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Nvidia 9800 or better card will work great. Fortunate you have PCI. Finding AGP is very hard. Your rig has plenty of life left!
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Thanks AVG, I'll have a look at it.
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Is it a standard or low profile machine?
You can get a good PNY Geforce 430 in either profile for well under 100 bucks. Its not a screamer card, but a solid one for most games. Even though its not "hardcore" - it doesn't require a PS plug, and its fast enough that it won't be the bottleneck in your current rig. You would need a MB/CPU/Ram upgrade before you throttle the card, so for the price its worth it depending on your long range plans. $63 bucks here: http://www.amazon.com/PNY-GeForce-PC...9276890&sr=8-1 I have used the card and recommend it highly for the use your looking at. I actually put this in my Low Profile machine at work (its my "test" machine that has a few games on it - for BENCHMARKING purposes only, I assure you!) and it handles games like World in Conflict, Dragon Age /DA2, etc without issue. Not on highest settings or max rez, but still looks really good.
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Amount of space available. Also is Pci-express x 16 the same as 2.0? Thanks for the reply CH ![]() |
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Standard vs low profile - cases come in various "sizes" - business ones usually are smaller "boxes" - the components are packed in a lot tighter. These use the "low profile" style card - its about half height of a standard sized card. This is because the box they fit into is not as high (or "thick") as a standard XT case. Basically your normal is 4.2"and a low profile is 2.1" height.
Standard is what you normally would get with a regular size pc case. If your existing 8800 is a regular card, then you need a standard sized card to fit. The thing about the PNY I linked - is it is a smaller card but comes mounted on a standard size end - so it fits a standard pc. If you need it for a low profile machine - there is a "shorter" faceplate that you switch out - so it fits in the smaller machine. Really nice design to work in either "size". Now - PCIe. "x16" - It has 16 "lanes" for data to travel back and forth. More lanes = faster data transfer. But the version is important. V1 or 1.1 can transfer stuff at 250MB/s - while V2 doubles that rate. This means that the version is a multiplier for the lanes. They have a x32 card - and running at v1.1 would be the same data transfer rate as a x16 card running v2. Basically - as long as its a V2 capable card, and most are - your fine. Even if your running v1 - its backwards compatible. V2.1 breaks that - but not many cards/boards are 2.1 for that very reason. 3.0 was released, but it is not readily available either. Just stick with a x16 card - v2 preferably and you will be fine.
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Same one from Amazon.ca: PNY VCGGT4301XPB GT 430 1024MB DDR3 DVI-I+VGA+HDMI 2.0 PCI-Express Graphics Card
This is where I would order. I would have a Standard Case, thanks for the explanation ![]() Quote:
For XP, 32 bit, is 3gig of RAM the max it can use. I have 2, 1 gig sticks in. I have two empty slots left. The Mobo I have can handle DDR2, 667, Dual Channel. Thanks again ![]() Last edited by ReallyDedPoet; 02-16-12 at 10:54 AM. |
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I believe 2.0 is V2. The card you selected is nice. Price is awesome to boot! Needs 300w power supply
Product Specifications Core Clock 700 MHz Processor Cores 96 Processor Clock 1400 MHz Texture Fill Rate 5.6 Billion/sec. Memory Amount 1024MB DDR3 Memory Data Rate, effective 1600 MHz Memory Interface 128-bit Memory Bandwidth 25.6 GB/sec. Power & Thermal 49W - Active On-board Outputs VGA, DVI, and HDMI Bus Type PCI Express® 2.0 Key Features Full Microsoft DirectX 11 Support Blu-Ray 3D Support NVIDIA CUDA™ technology Support Microsoft Windows 7 Support DirectCompute 5.0 Support OpenCL Support NVIDIA PhysX™ Technology Support Hardware Video Decode Acceleration1 TrueHD and DTS-HD Audio Bitstreaming Support Dual-Link HDCP-Capable2 OpenGL 4.0 support3 Minimum System Requirements PCI Express® or PCI Express 2.0-compliant motherboard with one x16 graphics slot A minimum 300W or greater system power supply (with a minimum 12V current rating of 22A)4 Intel Pentium 4, AMD Athlon XP class processor or higher 200MB of available hard disk space 1GB system memory (4GB recommended) Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, or Windows 7 Operating System (32 or 64-bit) CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive for installation DVI or HDMI or VGA compatible monitor Package Contents NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 Graphics Card Quick Installation Guide Installation CD, which includes: - Detailed Installation Guide - Microsoft DirectX 9.0c - NVIDIA Graphics Drivers - PhysX System Software - 3DVision Software Low-Profile bracket kit
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2.1 isn't compatible with 1.0? I was told in another thread that I'd be fine with a 2.1 card in a 1.0 slot. ![]()
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I mispoke - thank you for pointing it out. 2.1 is supposed to be backward compatible. Some old motherboards do have a conflict, but that turned out to be rare. Most 2.1 work fine as 1.0's. Thanks for catching that!
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