Upgrade video card of old desktop PC.

Discussion in 'Video Cards, Displays and TV Tuners' started by hfGuy, Jan 15, 2009.

  1. hfGuy

    hfGuy Geek Trainee

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    Hello,

    I need to upgrade video card of old desktop PC.
    I tried "PNY NVIDIA GeForce 6200 256MB DDR2 AGP" graphics card.

    I'm looking for a new or used card better than above "GeForce 6200 256MB" which is :
    1. AGP
    2. Economical - below $50 (I understand it means that card might not be of current generation)
    3. Should have 3D Accelerated Video with 256Mb (512MB preferred) dedicated video memory & Pixel Shader 3.0 support.


    Is "PNY NVIDIA GeForce 6200 256MB" card BETTER than ATI Radeon 9600 and NVidia Geforce Ti4200 ? By how much ?

    I saw this card "Visiontek Radeon X1300 XGE 512MB AGP DDR2 Video Card" at: Visiontek Radeon X1300 XGE 512MB AGP DDR2 DirectX 9 Video Card - 900102 - Buy.com.
    Please compare it with "PNY NVIDIA GeForce 6200 256MB" ?


    Please also suggest new/used video cards, meeting 3 criteria.


    Thank You.
     
  2. hfGuy

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  3. hfGuy

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    Advice please !
     
  4. 8bitbob

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    Hi ,I'd go for any with a 128bit not 64bit memory.

    Sorry couldn't be any more helpful.

    Mainly due to me no liking RADEON cards lol
     
  5. hfGuy

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    Which is nVidia card comparable to "Radeon HD 3650 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 AGP" ?
     
  6. 8bitbob

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    i'd guess at maybe a 8600
     
  7. hfGuy

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    Thanks.

    Should I buy video card with FAN or FAN-LESS (less power requirement) ?
     
  8. Sniper

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    that depends, do you want a quite system or have some plans to overclock. with no fan the graphics card will get very hot (and if you have hot summers, it probably isn't a good thing)
     
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    I've actually not had fan go bad on me, they do get a little noisy over time but that's because fans tend to collect dust, as a result it has to work harder to cool the chipset, leading to the excess noise.
     
  11. hfGuy

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    Thank you guys for your help!

    Between "X1650PRO 512MB 128-bit" AND "ASUS Radeon HD 3450 256MB 64-bit", which is better for old titles (only pixel shader 3, no HD video) ?

    How much difference extra 256Mb makes in X1650PRO ?

    Can either play old titles, at acceptable quality, at higher than 1024 x 768 resolution ?
     
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