Best PCI video card? No AGP on motherboard, and I need a video card

[Archman]

Hi people,

I recently made a silly mistake, and bought an ATI Radeon Pro 9700 AGP card for my mobo, and realized it didn't have an AGP slot, just two PCI slots. I mixed up my mobo, and had not looked at it for a long time... it was a silly mistake.

What is the best ATI or NVIDIA card I can get for PCI (not PCI-E)? Currently the mobo uses "shared" (aka CRAP) video memory.

I want something that will allow for decent video and decent games (well, decent from 2 - 3 years back) to play okay. I was thinking a radeon 9200 pci, but was hoping that there were something better to look for on eBay.

Thank you.

 

[Archman]

Maybe a Radeon 9250 PCI with 128MB of memory?

 

[SRoode]

It would be cheaper, and you would get better performance, if you just bought an AGP based motherboard. You can get one on Newegg for under $30.

 

[hardwareking]

theres a radeon x1300 by visiontek.Thats about the best u can buy but it costs around $130.U should spend some more and get a pci-e mobo.

 

[K121 Widowmaker]

Diamond released a faster 128bit version of the X1300 PCI. Look it up on NewEgg.

 

[happy medium]

The x1300 pci is the best (120.00$) but for the price the 6200 pci (50 .oo$ on ebay) is a good choice for the buck.

 

[Archman]

The PC is mostly for business use at home, and web surfing. The kiddies play the occasional online game, but find the onboard memory isn't very good. I was hoping for a simple solution to a recomendation for a good second hand PCI card.

Why buy a new MoBo, CPU, memory, and video card when all that is needed is a PCI video card. I was just hoping to know what good PCI video cards were out there, NOT PCI express. I shall grab an ATI Radeon 9250 PCI with 128 MB memory for $20 CDN.

Thank you for the suggestions.

 

[A554SS1N]

As suggested, the X1300 is the best for PCI if you can find it, but a 6200 would be Ok if you can't and should handle games Ok at lower settings - it should beat a 9250 comfortably too, even though it only has 64-bit memory, it has much more powerful core.

 

[Athena]

I'm in the process of getting some machines "Vista Ready" and am considering these 3 cards for the PCI-only boxes:

JATON VIDEO-338PCI-DVI GeForce 6200 256MB 128-bit DDR $101.63 + tax

DIAMOND X1300PCI256SB Radeon X1300 256MB 128-bit GDDR2 $97.63 + tax (after rebate)


If I were you, I'd be looking for one of these on eBay.

 

[Archman]

is the X1300 backwards compatible with PCI since it is PCI express?

 

[Athena]

The X1300 card in my post is not Express.

 

[Archman]

Athena, thank you. I must have been seeing things

 

[Zebo]

Cheaper and much faster to get another mobo. what processor and ram do you have?