Hey there, I am currently using an ATI Radeon 9200 Atlantis 256MB graphics card, I am considering upgrading to a faster/better graphics card in order to reap the benefits Windows Vista has on offer. I have an ASRock K7VT4A+ Motherboard. I found two that are within my price range (£50-£60) ATI X1300 512MB PCI-E VGA + DVI-I Graphics Video Card http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....MEWA:IT&viewitem=&item=140073709611&rd=1&rd=1 256/512MB nVidia GeForce 7300 PCI-E Graphics Video Card http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....MEWA:IT&viewitem=&item=140072530922&rd=1&rd=1 Thanks. -Simon
doesn't that board have an agp slot & if so than can't use a pci/e videocard without also upgrading motherboard, cpu & possibly ram & psu? just checked your motherboard manual & you have a 4x\9x agp slot & 5 pci slots so can't use a pci/e card on that board.
Cheers for the reply ddp, can you be advice me on which graphics card would be worthwhile on my mainboard? (A good overall one- from which I will be using with new games like Fifa 07, F.E.A.R. etc)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150210 I have the above card, but mine is a PCI-E card. Not sure how much that would effect it's quality. But i can play F.E.A.R. just fine without lowering any graphics quality. It also plays the newest most demanding game i have found, Rainbow 6 Vegas. I doubt highly that any of the cards below $100 US will play most of the newer games. You also have to take into account your processor and RAM Like mine is a core2duo 2.13GHz (overclocked to 2.5 per core) with 2GB of RAM
this is the best u can get for an agp 4x/8x slot .. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814143046 make sure u have enough power to run this.
Cheers for the reply guys. At the moment, I have got an 480 WATT whisper quiet power supply, so I should have no power problems. @steimy Your PC specs are great, I've only got an AMD 2800+ XP pushing 512MB of DDR RAM (Desperatly in need of upgrading lol) @demon406 Cheers for the link, any chance of a UK link for the same product? -Simon
sorry that was the OC'ed 1 but this is the actual one http://shopping.lycos.co.uk/13486en103597.html looks abit expensive than real but owell its pounds that should be expensive!
@demon406 Cheers for the link, The AGP graphics cards are tooooo expensive. For £136, I could buy a new up-to-date motherboard with a CPU, memory and a fan and still have money left over to pay for the postage.
oh i dont have any idea about euros but yes agp cards are expensive due to the limitations of the chip. a 6600gt is good enough even and effortable.have a look....... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/XFX-6600-GT-6...oryZ3762QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
