need budget agp video card under 125

[Mark]

i bought a 2 small form factor pcs for lab use here at home. they are compaq evo d510s. id like to install a decent video card in one of them so i can play warcraft and hl2. it has an expansion agp slot on it. it uses a p4 2.5 ghz processor and 1.5 gigs of ram. i dont know if these specs are fast enough to run both games at full resolution which my widescreen monitor supports(1440x900) but im hoping they are with a decent video. need help with recommendations as im not up to technology as i used to be. new or used doesnt matter.


thanks

 

[Kromis]

6600GT or 7600GS

 

[Mark]

thanks, and will there be a notible difference between a 256 and 512 ram card?

 

[Nightmare225]

Doubtful. you'll be fine with either.

 

[Steve]

Make sure you get low profile (half-height) cards.

 

[ScrewFace]

Why bother with those under-powered pieces of sh*t. You can grab an ATI Radeon X800XT PE for a song (<$100). Or a nVidia GeForce 6800GT (<$100).

These 2 videocards will blow away a 6600 or the 7600GS.

 

[Steve]

Originally posted by: ScrewFace
Why bother with those under-powered pieces of sh*t. You can grab an ATI Radeon X800XT PE for a song (<$100). Or a nVidia GeForce 6800GT (<$100).

These 2 videocards will blow away a 6600 or the 7600GS.

Can you get those in low profile? And will they be kept busy by his old CPU?

 

[Mark]

damn all the low profile video cards suck. i cant find a decent one. oh well.

 

[happy medium]

I'd be more worried about your power supply. It's 250 watts right?