Temporary video card

[Cycophant]

I ordered a majority of my new computer from an online source a few days ago, and am awaiting its arrival. I left out an optical drive and a video card, hoping to use an older one of each that I have lying around as spares, until I had a little more money to afford both (mostly the video card).

Unfortunately, I came to a realization this evening (it would've been nicer if it had occured before I ordered all my other parts...). The old video card I was planning on using is AGP. My new mobo I was planning on using (DFI Lanparty Ultra-D) doesn't have an AGP slot, so I'm screwed.

Since I spent over $1K on the computer already, there's no way I can afford the $400 X800 XL I wanted. I know I need a GPU just to run the computer, but I'd rather not spend any sizeable amount of money on something merely temporary.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I should do?

 

[SynthDude2001]

I thought X800XL's in PCI-E were closer to $250 or so?

 

[Cycophant]

$250 US, but $400 CDN unfortunately.

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: Cycophant
$250 US, but $400 CDN unfortunately.

ooh, gotcha - sorry, I didn't check your profile to see where you were located.

Maybe you could try to find a cheap PCI Radeon 8500/9100 or something that could (sort of) hold you over until you can get a nicer card?

 

[imported_Kensai]

PCI or a cheap PCI-E video card.

 

[homercles337]

Just to get booted and confiugred you could use a PCI card. When i built this rig early this year i remember seeing PCI cards at sub $50 level.

BTW, it seems you may not know but PCI < AGP < PCIe.

 

[coomar]

there was a guy selling a x300 on the redflagforum last week for 50 bucks canadian, i think he was from sarnia, check if its still available, probably be cheaper and better than going the pci route

 

[Insomniak]

6600GT can be had OEM for around $160-$170 USD, and it's a very very good card. If you can swing that amount through your budget, I'd recommend it.

 

[Pete]

If your prices are anything like this, I'd try for the CAN$200 X700P. Otherwise, yeah, just get the cheapest (fanless, Radeon) PCI card you can find.