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I need to replace the video card in my kids' (11 years old) computer
because the present one does not work properly with some of their
games. The computer is a P4 at 2.4GHz CPU, so it is still OK.

Any recommendations for under $100?
 
Helpful person said:
I need to replace the video card in my kids' (11 years old) computer
because the present one does not work properly with some of their
games. The computer is a P4 at 2.4GHz CPU, so it is still OK.

Any recommendations for under $100?
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OK, not enough information. What motherboard? WHAT games? For that
matter, AGP or PCI-Express? What video card is in there now?

But assuming that it's a relatively recent motherboard with an AGP graphics
card, and that the games require a faster video card, try this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121197

I think that will do nicely. -Dave
 
Several companies right now have the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128
on sale for about $100. That is absolutely one of the best gaming
cards on the market today. Try mwave.com or newegg.com.
Keep trying until you locate that card on sale. NOTE: none
of the nVidia cards will run the older games without patches.
They are a nuisance to configure. The 9800 will work fine, but
you may need to set AGP to 4x, and turn FastWrites off depending
on your mobo. That is done under SmartGart in the video driver
for the ATI card. Use Catalyst driver 4.7 to 5.11 for that card.
It is almost worth paying someone to do the install properly,
which involves cleaning the old drivers off, and doing a clean
install of the driver and .net 1.1, and then setting AGP and FW.
Your sons games will run super good after that.

johns
 
johns let us take part in his knowledge as following:
Several companies right now have the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128
on sale for about $100. That is absolutely one of the best gaming
cards on the market today.
...
The 9800 will work fine, but
you may need to set AGP to 4x, and turn FastWrites off depending
on your mobo. That is done under SmartGart in the video driver
for the ATI card. Use Catalyst driver 4.7 to 5.11 for that card.
It is almost worth paying someone to do the install properly,
which involves cleaning the old drivers off, and doing a clean
install of the driver and .net 1.1, and then setting AGP and FW.
Click to expand...
....

I bought a Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro 128 MB 'on sale'. Recently, the
fan on that card went very loud so that I replaced it with an Arctic
Cooling ATI Silencer 1 (Rev.2), and the card runs silently now.


Roy
 
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