Help me upgrading graphics on my old computer

[frus]

Hi
i got this compaq presario, with an athlon thunderbird 1,4 gzh processor , 640 mb pc 133 ram, a 20 gb hdd ide 60, 250 watts psu and a nvidia vanta 8mb graphic card (agp 2x).
The chipset is via kt133, i read about that chipset and only support 4x agp and 64 mb on a video card.
I was searching and i found a geforce ti 4400 card, with all the specifications above, so i was planning to buy it, but then i found that its a directx8.1 card, Its worth trying to find a directx 9 card for this cpu?
i read that the geforce fx series sucks and the geforce ti were better cards. The only difference is the directx support.
Maybe i can find an ATI card? i need some help please
(dont tell me to buy another computer, i cant afford one and i got another decent cpu , i just want to play games using both of them)
Thanks

 

[F1N3ST]

Th 1.4Ghz athlon is good, prrobably better than a low pentium 4. You will probably need a new PSU, and a 4/8X AGP card will run in 4X mode on your chipset. As long as it is a 7800GS or less lol.

 

[frus]

You mean that i can use almost every agp card on the market right now on this old motherboard?

 

[F1N3ST]

Yes pretty much, but go into your BIOS and make sure it supports 4X, and wait for some more opinions also.

 

[frus]

Thanks, i just dont want to spend so much money on a card that will work at his 50 or 40%, (the lack of the 4x and 64 mb ), i just want to find the right card.

 

[metalring]

You're probably gonna have to upgrade the PSU, 250w is a bit low.

 

[frus]

yes, i will , im going to buy a 400watts psu,
do you think its so bad buying a direct x8.1 card ?
i just dont want to buy a fx series card, so i think im going for a geforce ti 4

 

[tifc8lraz]

Check out the guide in my signature about video card upgrades.

 

[frus]

you read my mind, thats what i was going to do right now

 

[tweakboy]

As long as your PSU can handle it,,

but also there is always chance a new video card won't work with old mobo,

gl,