Geting a graphics card

yugiohkid7 · **Posted:** August 3rd, 2009, 11:43 pm

I looking at this graphics card. What to you think and is there any better for under $150 US?

Adbot · **Posted:** August 3rd, 2009, 11:43 pm

rs josec78 · **Posted:** August 3rd, 2009, 11:45 pm

that's a mouse

yugiohkid7 · **Posted:** August 4th, 2009, 10:33 am

Sorry about that. I ment this one.

Evelyn · **Posted:** August 4th, 2009, 10:46 am

Link thief!

Anyways, does your computer ONLY have PCI slots? Check to see if you have an AGP slot or better yet, a PCI-e slot.

Sam · **Posted:** August 4th, 2009, 4:55 pm

Or if you have a PCI Express 2.0 slot, try and go for something like this.

yugiohkid7 · **Posted:** August 7th, 2009, 9:29 am

I think I have some free PCI or Express x16 slots free.

Adbot · **Posted:** August 7th, 2009, 9:29 am

Alex_SE · **Posted:** August 9th, 2009, 11:23 am

Be warned though:
In the current days technology is evolving at great speed. AGP slots are becoming very slow if we look at very recent games. If you do have an AGP slot it would probably be a good idea to upgrade the whole equipment, which can be expensive.
However if you don' plan to play High Resolution games, AGP should still be pretty good.

For AGP Slot I would recommend:
http://www.asus.com/Product.aspx?P_ID=9e8eZvJtEtZcnKiD

For more recent cards, its more complicated. It would depend on what you plant to do.

Mi Thrill · **Posted:** August 10th, 2009, 9:14 pm

ATM if you want cheap performance go with Ati cards, such as HD 4670, 4770 or 4870. (or 4850) Whichever you get for good price.
If you're really into nVidia (like many people are) then you have to pay a little premium. But they have best single cards on the market atm.

KefkaticFanatic · **Posted:** August 22nd, 2009, 9:09 am

ATI is owned by AMD, you can't be supporting AMD.

I went for the EVGA 9800 GT, and it works great and is still a good deal.

I got the superclocked version cause that was all that Fry's had, plus it would have been the same price, but there's a $10 rebate on the normal version so it comes out to be $99.