Need video card suggestion

[kevinthenerd]

Does anyone know of a PCI-X video card that would be fast for 2D? It needs to have a nice memory bandwidth.

I've come to the conclusion that I have here a 100-Mhz, 64-bit PCI-X expansion bus, not to be confused with any generation of PCI-Express. Look at the green slots here: http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f360/kevinthenerd/motherboard.jpg

 

[Matthias99]

There are no PCI-X video cards that I am aware of. Boards meant for 'workstation' use (rather than 'server' use) generally have AGP Pro or (in newer systems) PCIe x16 slots for graphics cards.

You may be able to run a standard PCI video card in a PCI-X slot, though. Would work fine for 2D-only or VERY low-end gaming.

 

[kevinthenerd]

Originally posted by: Matthias99
There are no PCI-X video cards that I am aware of. Boards meant for 'workstation' use (rather than 'server' use) generally have AGP Pro or (in newer systems) PCIe x16 slots for graphics cards.

You may be able to run a standard PCI video card in a PCI-X slot, though. Would work fine for 2D-only or VERY low-end gaming.

I need 2D, but I need fast 2D.

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: kevinthenerd
I need 2D, but I need fast 2D.

Define "fast 2D"?

Generally speaking, even a PCI card that is relatively 'slow' by today's standards (like a RADEON 9000 or a GeForceFX 5200) would be plenty fast for running 2D-only applications and providing acceleration for the Windows GUI.

 

[kevinthenerd]

I'm grabbing stuff out of video memory oftentimes before it even hits the screen.