Crappy Gfx Card

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  1. Jul 4, 2006 at 1:40 PM #1
    Equivalent Exchange

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  2. Jul 4, 2006 at 1:57 PM #2
    Phili G

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    if its a old machine its most likely gonna be a AGP

    open up the pc and look to see if there is a brown slot on the motherboard. That is a AGP slot.
    A PCI(-E) slot is white
     
  3. Jul 4, 2006 at 2:05 PM #3
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    Or look on the internet for your motherboard specs and see what kind of slots it has. And DONT get that graphics card. If you want a relatively cheap graphics card get a NVIDIA Geforce Fx 5500.
     
  4. Jul 4, 2006 at 2:35 PM #4
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    geforce 2 is very cheap but can run counter strike source :S
     
  5. Jul 4, 2006 at 10:33 PM #5
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    newegg stocks 27$ GeForce 6200s, it is debateable as to wether or not it tops the 9250, but it seems certain that for 27$ it can't be beat.

    tell him to toss 7$ more at it for a lot more performane than a GeForce 2...
     
  6. Jul 4, 2006 at 10:57 PM #6
    Equivalent Exchange

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    He said he can spend the extra 7

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList....&SubCategory=48

    which one?
     
  7. Jul 4, 2006 at 11:04 PM #7
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  8. Jul 4, 2006 at 11:28 PM #8
    xlink

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    yeah, the one computer kid linked to, it's out of stock so pounce on it when it is back in stock...

    I'm considering one myself.
     
  9. Jul 5, 2006 at 1:47 PM #9
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    I would give him my Geforce FX 5200 ... but I keep it as a spare ... just in case something should happen to my current gfx card :D
     

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