Saukopf Posted October 26, 2002 Share Posted October 26, 2002 Hello, Just recently aquired a hand me down Pc. CPU=AMD Athlon 500MHz AGP BUS=version 1 ,speed 67MHz, max transfer rate2x,aperature size 128 Front side bus speed=2x100MHz (200max data rate) system memory=128 megs Power supply=350watts Im not sure of the specific motherboard name/type except the installation CD said something about "VIA" drivers I currently have a Jaton 8 meg PCI video card with 9880 chipset I know I should get anothe 128 meg memory stick... thats the easy part....But what kind of name/make/ chipset video card should I be looking for to replace the hopeless 8 meg Jaton? I did search this forum and found a few hints but frankly I dont know much about video cards so if anyone has any suggestions that would probably work with my system I would be grateful....what I should be looking for and what I should be avoiding. Im looking to spend between 40-60 bucks for this card as that seems to be the price range for budget cards. I know this system isnt the worlds fastest but with a better video card it should do ok with small to medium battles. I know Im not going to be able to play the lastest greatest FPS or flight sims but when you keep in mind my old PC was a 200amd with 64megs memory....what I have now is much much better than that horror ). So can anyone give me pros and cons of the various budget cards? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellros Posted October 26, 2002 Share Posted October 26, 2002 Nvidia Geforce or Geforce 2 /TNT2 32mb would probably be your best bet given the processor. Those are pretty cheap nowadays if you can find them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeWary Posted October 26, 2002 Share Posted October 26, 2002 It's hard to know exactly what you'll be able to get for that price. Prices vary widely for older technology, so you may be able to get a pretty good card for 40-60 bucks. www.pricewatch.com has a video-card pricing list. I would use that to get an idea of what you can get for your money. You might even be able to get a GeForce 3 Ti200 64MB if you spend 10-20 bucks more. If you buy online, just be careful who you buy from, although video cards are less likely to be bad when you get them. I try to only buy from online stores that are customer rated at www.bizrate.com. I've had good experiences with www.newegg.com, www.bzboyz.com, www.ajump.com , www.spartantech.com , www.emscomputing.com. If you need memory, I highly recommend getting it from www.crucial.com. I have yet to get bad or incompatible memory from them, which has been a problem in the past for me when buying from other stores. Good luck, BeWary 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n0kn0k Posted October 29, 2002 Share Posted October 29, 2002 Try looking for a 64 mb version of the GF2/GF2mx400 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted November 2, 2002 Share Posted November 2, 2002 I have a brand new Gigabyte TNT2 32 meg AGP card on the shelve here at the shop, I know for a fact it will run both CMBB and CMBO on your machine with a VIA chipset and 500 MHZ machine, check and see if your board has a AGP slot on it, if so, you can have this card for $25+ S/H 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saukopf Posted November 2, 2002 Author Share Posted November 2, 2002 Thanks for the replies and for your offer Tracer. Ive done some info searching and my motherboard is a FIC SD11. Although it has an APG slot the manufacturer strongly urges not to use any video card above 16Mb memory. So to upgrade the video card appreciably I would have to go the PCI slot route.Think I will hold off on any other upgrades until I get another motherboard with better capabilities than this one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted November 2, 2002 Share Posted November 2, 2002 I thought to say something about the age of the mainboard, if you need a mainboard and processor let me know, since your a fello CMer, I can get you a real good deal on the pair. If i remember correctly, not looking at my files I can get AMD Athlon XP 1800+ for about $80, and a mainboard to supprt it for about the same price as the CPU, CPU runs at about 1.533MHZ and has a performance rating at around 2gigs 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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