Help! Can you help me upgrade my graphics card?

[Avron]

Heres my problem this is my graphics card, HERE, and I play WoW. About the end of this year I'm planning a complete overhaul of my computer. But play WoW alot and I'm really sick of the crappy performance. I unfortunately only have PCI slots on this tower. I'm having a lot of trouble finding a decent PCI card out there that well at least run WoW at a acceptable standard. Don't have a max price range really just don't want to spend over a $100 on a PCI card is it I guess. Can anyone help me?

 

[SergeC]

Unfortunately, A "decent PCI [video] card" doesn't really exist, as the PCI bus is just way way too slow.

That said, you can certainly do better. Look for a 6200.

 

[Demoth]

What is the rest of your system like? Did you self build and able to transfer the OS to a new motherboard? What's your current CPU?

You can still potentially stay under $100 getting a refurbed motherboard with an open PCIe slot, one of the cheap $9 DDR2 deals and a sub $50 vid card either new or used. However, if you don't own the license to your current OS then your out of luck. You'd be wasting your money delaying your new build and paying $100 for a highly-highly dated vid card.

This card will play WoW just fine, but like I said, it isn't worth anything over $20. If you can find it somewhere on auction for a much better price, then it might make a good stop-gap.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814161074