Need help finding the best PCI based card

[Golferman443]

Hello, Im new here, and Ive heard from alot of different places that the JATON 3DForce Video-248PCI-DVI Geforce FX5700LE 128MB is the best PCI card. Could you people people give me replies with a better one or is this the best one, and will this card run Battlefield 2. My comp specs are: Dell Dimension 3000, 3.0ghz processor, 768mb of ram, and a intel card.

 

[vnf4ultra]

If the jaton 5700le has a 128bit memory interface it will peform well for being pci, if it's 64 bit look elsewhere. There used to be fx5600 cards available in pci(amamax.com), but they don't seem to ship them even if you order them. The 5600 is better than any 5700le at stock speeds.
Another option would be the bfg 5500oc pci card. It's an overclocked(read faster) 5500(which is a overclocked 5200)).
I think the order would be 5600>5700le 128bit>5500OC>5700le 64bit>5200.
That's a general guess though.

 

[compguy]

I have the Ati radeon Pci-express x850 xt and love it I get about 111.88 fps on all games. That is my recommendation.

Good luck,

Sebastian

 

[vnf4ultra]

Pci-express is not pci.
Pci-express is newer and faster.
There are no pci x850 xt's.

 

[Finchy]

even if some one did make a PCI X850XT it would probably make the comp blow up with the sheer power.

 

[compguy]

Pci-express is not pci.
Pci-express is newer and faster.
There are no pci x850 xt's.

Sorry you are right I wasn't thinking.

 

[Golferman443]

One more thing

Will any of those cards you people mentioned earlier run BF2 (Battlefield 2)

 

[vnf4ultra]

Yes, but it will either be a slideshow on high settings, or you'll have to use low res. to get acceptable framerates. Some people don't mind the graphics being not that great(I'd guess bf1942 style), but I like high detail.