I just need a confirmation from someone more experienced than me into buying a video card. I would like to know if this video card will fit in this motherboard. ( K9MM-V ) I want to get this for my dad's computer. Not really looking forward towards big upgrades just a video card so he can run bf2 and leave me the hell alone. (I will also take video cards recommendations if anyone wants to give their 2 cents.) Thanks in advanced.
AGP needs to die already... what's your budget? the 3850 is the first thing that comes to mind for me.
60-80 bucks. I've never tried Radeon but if you recommend, I'll trust your opinion on it. Also, that vid card i posted won't fit?
no, it fits, it just sucks. put it this way an 8600 is 1/3rd as powerfull as an 8800 an 8500 is 1/2 as powerful as a 8600 an 8400 is half as powerful as a 8500 basically, if you want a card as good as a 2005 card only in 2009... well...
Hehe yeah that card will suck your balls out. I build computers a lot and have a beast myself (Tri SLI GTX 280 ), my recommendation for you thats at a value and still pumps nice graphics, is http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814131088 Its a steal and will play BF2 beautifully. Only problem is, that at 70 bucks for that card, you know its not gonna last forever. I would suggest looking into a higher end card soon. But that their should shut dad right up.
If you've built so many computers can you tell me why you tell him to get a PCI express 2.0 when his motherboard dosent have a slot for PCI Express 2.0? BetaMerc as for suggestion on video card i don't really have one in mind but would say save up money and get a new computer because parts have stopped being made for the older computers and its far cheaper for better stuff.
Haha I realized that. I actually read a lot more stuff on video cards so I just bough him the one that xlink gave me. Thanks for all replies.
just making sure, you got a 3850 for an AGP slot and NOT the PCI-e version which is far more common right?
Yeah, PCI-e won't fit in an AGP slot. If the description says PCI-Express or just nothing, it's 99% PCI-e. The description must explicitly say AGP.
good. would have felt bad since I forgot to mention that it needed to be AGP, but you were good and figured it out. and don't feel bad for knowing the GeForce 8500 and lower absolutely suck, nVidia's naming scheme was a bit unusual these last 2 years. 8400 on par with a 6200 it's BS...
