PCI Video Card recommendations

[lobo_pac]

my friend has an hp with a pci slot only for a vid card. he was away for a long time and the only game he plays (america's army) is now too complex after recent updates for his geforce 4 mx440.

what is a decent pci card for him to upgrade to?

found a xtasy 9100 128mb pci here for a decent price i suppose.

he really can't afford to build a new system even though i'm encouraging him to do so; at this point upgrading the card is his only option.

any thoughts appreciated.

[butch81385]

as a note, my geforce 4 mx440 64mb card handles america's army. with the last update i had to drop from 1024x768 to 800x600 and that fixed the glitches

[no1_vern]

I think that is a good choice if he isnt willing to spend more than about $70.00 .

http://www.google.com/froogle?price1...Search+Froogle

Some cheaper options.

Mepotech has it for 50.00
http://www.resellerratings.com/seller6716.html
Here:
http://mepotech.com/pd_visiontek_xta...fm?XID=3&TID=1

[lobo_pac]

thanks for the tip butch....i'll see what res he's running and have him give it a shot. for some reason though i thought he was already running 800x600. also, i'll have to check to see how many mb he has. did they make a 32 mb version of the card? i definatly know it's not more than 64mb.

[lobo_pac]

saw this card posted on another forum....how does the fx 5200 compare to the xtasy 9100 pci?

[lobo_pac]

any thoughts on the fx 5200 vs. radeon 9100?

[sm8000]

If you search here and at other forums for 9100 PCI you'll probably find a lot of comparisons between it and the 5200. While I can't remember all the reasons off the top of my head the gist of it is that the 9100 is the better choice.

[elroy]

The 5200 received a LOT of poor reviews. It was pretty much a non-performer.

[eagle1]

Well, I suggest that you look into the Ati Radeon 9200SE but these cards are crippled by their memory interface being 64-bit not 128.
So if you can find a Radeon 900Pro card (or 9100 PCI), better. It has the same performance (almost) as the 9200se but ... who knows.. maybe you can find a better price.!

Also, this is old but ....

http://www.sudhian.com/showdocs.cfm?aid=445


it might help.