I have put together a new Socket A machine for my son, but he tells me the onboard graphics are just not getting it. The motherboard has an 8X AGP slot and I want to add a graphics card. I have narrowed down my choices to a Radeon X800GTO or a Nvidia 6600 GT. A Nvidia 6800 is also a possibility. The X800GTO looks like a good choice, but is rather long and I am not sure it will fit in my mATX case. I like the idea of the 256 bit memory interface. Here are the parts used so far in this box. ASRock K7S41GX mainboard with Athlon XP+ 2800 Barton (333FSB,512L2Cache), 2 1GB sticks of Gigaram DDR 333 RAM, InWinn Micro ATX case with 350W PS, 1 NEC floppy, 1 BenQ DVD burner, 1 LiteOn DVDRom and BenQ 19 in. 8ms LCD, and Windows XP-Pro SP2.
I know this is old technology, but they are all new parts, I Just want to get some opinions on the best Vido Card for under $200.00 for this machine. Maybe it will satisify him till I can build a better machine next year. He plays WOW and has recently bought some newer games that won't run on the intergrated graphics.
I know this is old technology, but they are all new parts, I Just want to get some opinions on the best Vido Card for under $200.00 for this machine. Maybe it will satisify him till I can build a better machine next year. He plays WOW and has recently bought some newer games that won't run on the intergrated graphics.
