VisionTek XTASY ATI Radeon X1300 for PCI

[K121 Widowmaker]

I stumbled upon this little trinket. Good news for PCI-bus users I guess.

However it requires PCI 3.3v. I don't know how to find out what voltage my PCI slot is. I have a Dell Dimension 3000 that I bought in 2004, if that helps.

 

[Mloot]

Nice find. I ought to get one of these to compare it to a 6200 PCI. Every once in a while someone will ask what the best PCI card is that they can buy, and it's been awhile since a definitive answer has been given. Hopefully the price will come down a bit, though.

 

[K121 Widowmaker]

It's very rare I believe. I found it only in a few e-retailers. Price was about $110-$130. Not bad at all. But I'm still wondering what voltage my PCI slot is? I don't want any trouble.

 

[Pabster]

3.3V is correct for a standard PCI card. You should be fine. Very old boards used the original PCI 5V standard but they're long gone.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

The definitive answer was/is the PCI 6200. This might be a contender, but there are some worrisome issues.

A: the card design reflects that of a 64bit memory architecture which would cripple memory bandwidth (can't find specs to confirm or deny this speculation)
B: price; obviously if you can somehow get the performance out of the PCI bus, you should be willing to pay for it, but with the 6200 going for $35-50...
C: the PCI bus itself; I can almost feel my 6200 being held back by the PCI bus when running tests, I seriously doubt any more performance could be squeezed from it meaning you should definitely save your money on a less expensive PCI card (or even save it to upgrade your motherboard to get PCI-e, or even AGP...)

256MB is nice but for the most part PCI cards have been way too underpowered to require that much memory (which is why the 128MB 6200 can be one of the best PCI video cards despite an apparent lack of memory)

3DFuzion PCI GeForce 6200: $39 @ tigerdirect

 

[Niv KA]

I would think that the bandwith limitations wouldn't alow you to get more performance than with a 6200

 

[Nightmare225]

Originally posted by: K121 Widowmaker
It's very rare I believe. I found it only in a few e-retailers. Price was about $110-$130. Not bad at all. But I'm still wondering what voltage my PCI slot is? I don't want any trouble.

No matter what, it'd still be a great upgrade to your integrated graphics.

 

[tvdang7]

nice some one run tests for us that ar eupgrading their 6200 i wanna make my sisters dell2400 a decent gaming rig. (1.6,sims 2 or something)

 

[K121 Widowmaker]

Hmm, I was basing it on the Oblivion Graphics Card ranking list. (The main reason why I'm upgrading is so I can play OB). I was intending to get a GF 6200, but It made the Low-end list. The X1300 made the mid-range list.