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Best PCI Vid Card

Fingolfin269

Fingolfin269

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So, I have this friend who has a PC that only has PCI slots. The processer and ram are just fine but he is using some crappy GeForce 4 MX PCI card. I checked the spec of his board and it looks as if he only has 3 PCI slots and 0 AGP so that rules out what my normal advice would be as far as cards are concerned. So, I just need to know what the best directX 9.0 capable PCI card is or if there even is such a card.

 
No card that comes in PCI is going to have the sheer performance to make DX9.0 a worthwhile feature. Games that absolutely require a DX9.0 card are likely going to take any PCI video card down to a slideshow. That being said, he already has a discrete video card solution (GF4 MX), so although there are better cards out there, he's not going to see a night and day difference if he upgrades. Overall, it's not worth his money. He'd be better off trying a mobo upgrade to something with an actual video card slot if he really wants to game.
 
Here is one of the best pci cards. There also is a 256mb version at that site. $100 for 128, $150 for 256mb. The 5600 beats the 5700le. There was a prototype fs5900 pci, but never made it to production.
 
While that card is technically faster, it's still a complete DX9 dog. Buying an FX series GPU for DX9 is like buying a Geo Metro for Off-Road Racing. What exactly is this person doing with their card that needs DX9 so bad, or does he just assume that it's a good thing? Also, what are his other specs, what does he have to work with? Like I said, he could perhaps grab a cheap mobo and a video card, and get much more performance. Lastly, don't recommend a 256mb PCI card. Another useless gimmick.
 
I agree with Zobar. SImply buy some new parts. Upgrade the PC. If the PC lacks AGP then the motherboard CPU and RAM canot be that good.

-Kevin
 
Originally posted by: ZobarStyl
While that card is technically faster, it's still a complete DX9 dog. Buying an FX series GPU for DX9 is like buying a Geo Metro for Off-Road Racing. What exactly is this person doing with their card that needs DX9 so bad, or does he just assume that it's a good thing? Also, what are his other specs, what does he have to work with? Like I said, he could perhaps grab a cheap mobo and a video card, and get much more performance. Lastly, don't recommend a 256mb PCI card. Another useless gimmick.
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He's trying to play Call of Duty : United Offensive but it tells him he needs a DX9 card. The regular CoD worked just fine. I haven't actually looked at his PC to see if he is doing something wrong so that could be the case.
 
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