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witchy woman

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Need advice from those more up to date than me. Want to add a video card to my son's computer so he can play World of Warcraft. His board only has PCI slots. I bought a card that needs a PCIe slot and quickly found out that it wasn't right. Give me options. What card should I buy? :rolleyes:
 
i need a PCI card not a PCI express x16 card it wont fit into my card slot in my computer if anyone has any idea of what card i could use please let me know :rolleyes:
 
witchy woman said:
i need a PCI card not a PCI express x16 card it wont fit into my card slot in my computer if anyone has any idea of what card i could use please let me know :rolleyes:
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What he linked is PCI not PCI express.... :rolleyes:
 
Man, what a ripoff - those cards usually sell for around $50 in PCIe form, and from what I've seen in benchmarks they lose about 1/3 of their peak performance. PCI is too slow for video these days.

If there's any chance on this green earth that you can replace your son's motherboard with one supporting PCIe, I'd do it. It's one thing to upgrade using AGP - that bus still has legs, and there is still enough demand to keep the AGP premium to $20-30. But PCI video? Practically dead, for obvious reasons.
 
defaultluser said:
Man, what a ripoff - those cards usually sell for around $50 in PCIe form, and from what I've seen in benchmarks they lose about 1/3 of their peak performance. PCI is too slow for video these days.

If there's any chance on this green earth that you can replace your son's motherboard with one supporting PCIe, I'd do it. It's one thing to upgrade using AGP - that bus still has legs, and there is still enough demand to keep the AGP premium to $20-30. But PCI video? Practically dead, for obvious reasons.
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blah blah blah.

He wants his kid to be able to play WoW not get 150 FPS in fear or a 20k score in 3dmark...

That card will work perfectly for you.
 
witchy woman said:
i need a PCI card not a PCI express x16 card it wont fit into my card slot in my computer if anyone has any idea of what card i could use please let me know :rolleyes:
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What I linked to you is PCI, infact it says "PCI" atleast 5 times on that page and even says "PCI - Works On All PC's" right on the box.
 
The X1300 is going to be as good as it gets. And all you will need for WoW.
 
out of curiousity what are the specs on this machine? i mean if there's no pci-e or agp slot, i'm guessing the other components might be a little dated.
 
o0akoni0o said:
out of curiousity what are the specs on this machine? i mean if there's no pci-e or agp slot, i'm guessing the other components might be a little dated.
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Many many current PCs are sold by top-tier manufacturers without AGP or PCIe slots. It's been a problem since the introduction of AGP, and it continues to be a problem today.
 
The readeon X1300 is really your best bet IMO. It has media acceleration and doesn't try to steal any System RAM.

It'll be enough for WOW. The intel GMA950 chipset in the MacBooks (which is pitifully slow) is enough for WOW. My friend uses a Radeon 9550 overclocked almost to a vanilla 9800 and he's able to play WOW at 1280x1024 without many problems.
 
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