need new pci card...

my old fx 5200 128mb is about to go out... so my parents actually agreed to get a new one thats decently cheap. and one that i can also handle with intel p4 2.4ghz and 768mb ram, i dont know what my old pc can handle. btw its 8 years old so if that matters with the cards so my choices im looking a 35.00-fx 5200 128mb ddr-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130188 46.00-6200 256mb 64bit ddr2-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1681413028957.00 rebate 42.00-fx 5200 256mb 128bit ddr-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1681414508760.00-HD 2400 pro 256mb 64bit gddr2-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131082 im pretty sure i cant even handle last one, but anyways how much of an improvment would i see on the 2-4th ones on counter strike source, and on black and white 2 i have to manaully set settings lower than low and only get 20fps, how would i run game with one of those. need new pci card...
you had a pentium 4 2.4 ghz 8 years ago? super computer by chance?need new pci card...
well coming up on 8 year within i thin 4 years
I would say its between the 2nd one and the last one.
[url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130290]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130290[/url]Get this card, it's a 8600gt and it's only $10 more and you will be able to play Counter Strike On high.
nice except you should read... i only got pci
[QUOTE=''Private_Adam''][url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130290]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130290[/url]Get this card, it's a 8600gt and it's only $10 more and you will be able to play Counter Strike On high. [/QUOTE] The TC needs PCI, not PCI-E...
honestly i dont know if you can find a PCI card without paying quadruple what its really worht. So take my advice, sell that PC on ebay for like $100 ($200 if your Lucky, but dont count on that). After that, start saving up all the money you can, and absolutely beg your parents for cash. Sell stuff, mow lawns, whatever. After about $400, you can order a decent system.
ehh well its a family pc... so yea... and they still actually belive its top of the line, so they refuse to do anything up intil now since the vid card is breaking...
[QUOTE=''simpsons1fan'']ehh well its a family pc... so yea... and they still actually belive its top of the line, so they refuse to do anything up intil now since the vid card is breaking...[/QUOTE] well you could do this the hard way. YOU COULD back up everything NECESSARY onto a pen drive, or External hard drive. then you COULD get some type of static electricity- ex: rub your Staticy clothes against a staticy carpet, or some other way, ill leave that up to you. and then while no one is watching, you could short out your system with said static.Not so top of the line anymore?
[QUOTE=''crazy-player''][QUOTE=''Private_Adam''][url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130290]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130290[/url]Get this card, it's a 8600gt and it's only $10 more and you will be able to play Counter Strike On high. [/QUOTE] The TC needs PCI, not PCI-E... [/QUOTE]It will still work as long as he has PCI slot.
yes! gonna go do it! *does it* ''nooo no external drive''nice try tho :(
no... pci e is alot newer than pci...
[QUOTE=''Private_Adam''][QUOTE=''crazy-player''][QUOTE=''Private_Adam''] [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130290]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130290[/url]Get this card, it's a 8600gt and it's only $10 more and you will be able to play Counter Strike On high. [/QUOTE] The TC needs PCI, not PCI-E... [/QUOTE]It will still work as long as he has PCI slot.[/QUOTE] No that card is PCI Xpress and he has a PCI slot do you know the difference ? Pci xpress replaced AGP 4 years ago and AGP replaced PCI years before that......The difference is alot
[QUOTE=''mastershake575''][QUOTE=''Private_Adam''][QUOTE=''crazy-player''][QUOTE=''Private_Adam''] [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130290]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130290[/url]Get this card, it's a 8600gt and it's only $10 more and you will be able to play Counter Strike On high. [/QUOTE] The TC needs PCI, not PCI-E... [/QUOTE]It will still work as long as he has PCI slot.[/QUOTE] No that card is PCI Xpress and he has a PCI slot do you know the difference ? [/QUOTE]I didn't know the difference, I was wrong. Thanks for the picture, now I know the difference.
ahhh u beat me to the pic
Both the second and fourth cards have 64-bit memory buses, and default to sucking. The first and third cards are FX Series cards, and they, also, default to sucking.Somewhere in the dark hallows of the internet lurks the 8600GT PCI. Find it, and ye shall revieve a heavily-bottlenecked version of said midrange graphics card. It will be complete crap, just like any PCI card, but the smell will be slightly better.
[QUOTE=''kodex1717'']Both the second and fourth cards have 64-bit memory buses, and default to sucking. The first and third cards are FX Series cards, and they, also, default to sucking.Somewhere in the dark hallows of the internet lurks the 8600GT PCI. Find it, and ye shall revieve a heavily-bottlenecked version of said midrange graphics card. It will be complete crap, just like any PCI card, but the smell will be slightly better. [/QUOTE]yea they wont spend that much, and guys whats the program to see the info on ur mobo?
i dont know if its still there, but a few months ago i saw a 6600gt pci on tigerdirect for 49.99 with 5.00 mail in rebate