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What's the best PCI (Not PCI-E) card you can get on the market?

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What's the best PCI/AGP card you can get on the market for around $40-$70?

My desktop has taken me a long time to build(specifically because of money problems) and that's all I need now is a video card.
 
For PCI there are Geforce 8400GS's for around $50, but I wouldn't expect much from a PCI video card. Even old cards like the Geforce 5 series delivered extremely poor performance on PCI compared to AGP and I can't imagine it's gotten any better.

For AGP you can get a 2600XT AGP within your price range, or something like a 3650 for just a bit more.
 
Can somebody link these cards at a place where I can get em for cheaper or the cheapest of the sites? There's too many things I don't know about shopping online.
 
Unless you're planning to replace the AGP system with a new one and go tripple monitor, I strongly advise against a PCI card. They're too cripled by lack of bandwidth to do anything more intensive than play youtube videos.
 
I picked up a Sparkle brand 8500GT from tigerdirect. Its PCI and not PCI-E, but i've been having problems with the drivers, i'm getting alot of 2d lag with the card, but if your wondering I think that would be the best spec'd PCI card around
 
It probably won't matter too much what you get because you're going to be bandwidth bound a lot.. 133MB/s isn't enough for todays games.
 
Definitely go with AGP over PCI. It's a world of difference (over ten times as much bandwidth and stuff..).
 
I did a little research and found a few cards that interest me, AGP since you guys said that was the best I could do.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...=3569995&sku=P450-6200&srkey=xfx geforce 6200

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat....asp?EdpNo=1892411&csid=ITD&body=REVIEWS#tabs

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161257

I have another question as well, for some reason the motherboard in my desktop does not have an on board video card, will the motherboard recognize the video card and let me use it as a "plug and play" or am I just screwed with that?
 
I'd go with the X1650 card. It should be a lot better than the GF 6200.

I don't see why the mainboard wouldn't recognize the videocard and just let you use it :)
 
Well If you keep an eye on Neweggs open box deals, you can usually find a HD3850 AGP for about $85.00.
 
Snappshoota said:
Well If you keep an eye on Neweggs open box deals, you can usually find a HD3850 AGP for about $85.00.
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If you go with an HD3850 just make sure your power supply is up to snuff. You don't need anything extravagant, but just make sure you don't have a cheapie.
 
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