Best budget GPU for $50'ish

[chodecz]

Hi,

I'm looking for a low budget (around $50 USD) graphics card. It's going in a second PC of mine which I want to spend bare minimum on. I know graphics technology has had big advances recently, so I should be able to find something good?

I'll be buying off eBay, I found a "N-vidia GeForce FX 5200 8 x AGP 128 mb" in my budget. Is this good? What should I go for within this budget???

One last thing, my motherboard is a Asus CUV4X, in the manual it says AGP Pro/4x. So does this mean the 8X AGP I found (shown above) will not work???

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help !

 

[framerateuk]

Id avoid the FX line.

You could get a Ati 9800 Pro for around that amount. I sold a 9800 Pro All in Wonder for £68 not long ago, so 50 for the standard pro model should be ok. And youll be able to play newer games like Oblivion which the 5200 wont be able to run. (although, admittedly not at max settings).

 

[biostud]

No need to post the same post in different forums

 

[chodecz]

Sorry.

*EDIT* Please reply to this thread in the GENERAL HARDWARE section, as I've double posted.

Sorry again guys.

Please try and help me out with my problem.

Thanks.

 

[imported_Kiwi]

Originally posted by: chodecz
Hi,

I'm looking for a low budget (around $50 USD) graphics card. It's going in a second PC of mine which I want to spend bare minimum on. I know graphics technology has had big advances recently, so I should be able to find something good?

Actually, even buying a USED video card, you won't get anything particularly "good" for less than about $100.

I'll be buying off eBay, I found a "N-vidia GeForce FX 5200 8 x AGP 128 mb" in my budget. Is this good? What should I go for within this budget?

The FX 5200 is worth $35-40, shipped, not $50. It's pretty bad.

One last thing, my motherboard is a Asus CUV4X, in the manual it says AGP Pro/4x. So does this mean the 8X AGP I found (shown above) will not work?

The 4X/8X slot is the same (physically, not electrically), and both the cards and the MB's with those slots automatically adjust to each other. It doesn't mean that an 8X card will be quite as fast as normal when it's in a 4X slot, but it won't slow down a huge amount. Going the other way, a 4X card in an 8X slot is not going to go any faster.

You can find the GF4 Ti-4200 for around your $50, and while it is now three years-plus since it was new, it's a better choice than an FX 5200.