Picking A Card For Vista?

N

NeWcS

n00b
Joined
Nov 30, 2005
Messages
25
What should one look for when trying to pick a new card for a vista machine? I'm not a hardcore gamer I'm just looking for something that runs smooth.

Price range $0.00-$75.00

Thank you


-Jay
 
Just get the 8500gt 97.00 @ newegg.com passive heatsink w/HDCP. Perfect lowball card if you want something to run vista. I know its a tad out of ur range but this is the lowest DX10 card.
 
Sounds a bit tough..

On newegg your choices are..

7600GS - $95 after mail in rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130076

x800gto (open box) - $85
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102608R

9600xt - $45 after mail in rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102043

the 9600xt won't be running new games at good frame rates. It's sufficient for WoW and Source.. you're probably better off saving for a 7600GS. The x800gto isn't too bad but it's open box and I'm not sure if you will want that.
 
I think you are going to have trouble finding a AGP card that is powerful enough for that price, better to bite the bullet and go for a PCI-e, What are you system specs ?, you might be able to do a cheap upgrade

-Raven
 
Ravennoir said:
What are you system specs ?

-Raven
Click to expand...


MSI KT4AV
AMD Athlon XP @ 1.13ghz(Looking to upgrade)
768mb PC2100(Looking to upgrade)
ATI Radeon 9000(Looking to upgrade)
Couple 100 gigs of HDD
Running OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit

Thanks for the help thus far


-Jay
 
Id love too. Just cnat really afford it right now. Thats why Im just looking for some minor upgrades to get me by

-Jay
 
NeWcS said:
MSI KT4AV
AMD Athlon XP @ 1.13ghz(Looking to upgrade)
768mb PC2100(Looking to upgrade)
ATI Radeon 9000(Looking to upgrade)
Couple 100 gigs of HDD
Running OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit

Thanks for the help thus far


-Jay
Click to expand...

You could get a M/B and CPU (AMD 939 so you can keep the RAM) thats normally to too much, and then get a PCI-e card. should work out cheaper to do it that way.

How are you running Vista on this sytem, it must run quite slow

-Raven
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top