I took back the Radeon 9250 256mb PCI card i bought, cause it just didnt work in my computer for some reason trying to play battlefield 2. So I have the Nvidia GeForce Fx5200 128mb PCI card in my computer still. What is a good PCI card I should buy to make graphics better than what my 5200 is making them now. The Geforce Fx5500 ? or what would you guys suggest?

Thanks in Advance :unch:

Yeah, a 5700le pci is about as good as it gets for pci(that you can still get). For older games the ati 8500 and 9100 were good, but are hard to find now. There are a few fx 5600pci cards and they are about the best pci cards, but they are hard to find. 5500's are slightly worse than a 5700le, and a 5200 is below a 5500.

It seems many 5700le's are 64 bit which slows 'em down a bit.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814139166

Here's a 5500
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1071564&CatId=0

A excellent video card would be the x850 xt from Ati radeon http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102554

good luck choosing

sebastian :darth:

Your best bet is a 5700LE with the 425mhz core. its almost as good as the regular 5700. Check Ebay. The 5500 just just a souped up 5200. If you have to get a 5500 make sure its 128bit with 256mb RAM.

That card is not available in PCI. I think you are confusing it with PCI-E

Sean

ATK they do have the the x850 xt in pci http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102554


Sebastian

Not at all. If you have a look carefully, it says "ATI 100-435400 Radeon X850XTPE 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 Video Card - OEM". PCI Express is PCI-E and should not be confused with PCI. Both are two different types of bus in many ways.

That's right sorry, didnt look carefully. :knock:


Sebastian