Need Help with a 100 dollar Video Card

[Texmaster]

Its for my VP's kid. 500mhz processor lots of ram good HD needs a great vid card but he's a cheap bastard...around 100 bucks. What should he get?

His kid is into the driving games.

 

[Comp625]

What vid card does he have now?

I think that a recent graphics card like a GeForce3 would be useless on a 500mhz machine. Your VP's son would be better with a GeForce2 GTS or MX.

Link to Newegg's Line of GF2 MX cards (all under $100)

My friend has a GeForce2 MX and it runs games really well. He has a 533mhz Celery and lots of RAM too. Just remember, his system is sort of slow so it will struggle on graphic intensive games. It would be wise to spend another $100 and upgrade him to a Duron or something - it would suit the GF2 MX really well. Even games like Need For Speed Porsche Unleashed occasionally struggles on my system with all the graphic options turned on.

 

[Jsnmaj]

<< Its for my VP's kid. 500mhz processor lots of ram good HD needs a great vid card but he's a cheap bastard...around 100 bucks. What should he get?

His kid is into the driving games. >>



That processor is really gonna hold the system back. Any graphics card over $100 would be a waste anyways.
I would look into Geforce 2 MX400, the Geforce 4 MX 440 can be had for under $100. Or the ATI Radeon 7500

Use pricewatch to find the best deals.

 

[Texmaster]

<< What vid card does he have now?

I think that a recent graphics card like a GeForce3 would be useless on a 500mhz machine. Your VP's son would be better with a GeForce2 GTS or MX.

Link to Newegg's Line of GF2 MX cards (all under $100)

My friend has a GeForce2 MX and it runs games really well. He has a 533mhz Celery and lots of RAM too. Just remember, his system is sort of slow so it will struggle on graphic intensive games. It would be wise to spend another $100 and upgrade him to a Duron or something - it would suit the GF2 MX really well. Even games like Need For Speed Porsche Unleashed occasionally struggles on my system with all the graphic options turned on. >>



Thanks man! he has a 4mb powerhouse from Dell in there now

 

[AGodspeed]

Actually, you can go to Newegg right now and get a VisionTek Xtasy 32MB GeForce2 GTS-V for $49 ($56 shipped). That'll definitely beat a GeF2 MX card.

Good luck Tex.

 

[Texmaster]

<< Actually, you can go to Newegg right now and get a VisionTek Xtasy 32MB GeForce2 GTS-V for $49 ($56 shipped). That'll definitely beat a GeF2 MX card.

Good luck Tex. >>



Thanks Chief!

 

[Quixfire]

My personal choice would be the ATI 7500 64MB DDR, it's at Newegg for 96.00 w/Shipping.
Or you could get the older Radeon 32MB DDR video card for around 50.00.

 

[CubicZirconia]

<< He has a 533mhz Celery >>



That's one fast piece of celery...