pshnfry
February 10th 06, 12:45 PM
AGP is usually backwards compatible, I've run AGP 8x in 2x motherboards.
"AcidX" wrote:
> kony wrote:
> > If you had a friend looking to sell one to you cheap, maybe
> > that'd be a good deal depending on your needs but generally
> > speaking you should aim for the 6xxx series if not 7xxx
> > series in nVidia cards for an upgrade today. That is,
> > except for the cheapest of the cheap cards like an FX5200,
> > but even now the 6200 cards are pretty inexpensive.
>
> Yeah... The 6xxx series aren't that expensive.
> But as I said earlier, the only real problem is my motherboard.
> It's this model:
> http://www.foxconnchannel.com/products_motherboard_2.cfm?pName=6514MR-ES
> and I don't know, but it's probably going to have some compatibility
> issues with newer cards, as a lot of them are AGP 8x, etc...
>
> I'm running of a 300W power supply, 1gb ram and a 2.53ghz porcessor.
> If there's a particular card that someone can recommend in my situation
> it'd be greatly appreciated.
>
>
"AcidX" wrote:
> kony wrote:
> > If you had a friend looking to sell one to you cheap, maybe
> > that'd be a good deal depending on your needs but generally
> > speaking you should aim for the 6xxx series if not 7xxx
> > series in nVidia cards for an upgrade today. That is,
> > except for the cheapest of the cheap cards like an FX5200,
> > but even now the 6200 cards are pretty inexpensive.
>
> Yeah... The 6xxx series aren't that expensive.
> But as I said earlier, the only real problem is my motherboard.
> It's this model:
> http://www.foxconnchannel.com/products_motherboard_2.cfm?pName=6514MR-ES
> and I don't know, but it's probably going to have some compatibility
> issues with newer cards, as a lot of them are AGP 8x, etc...
>
> I'm running of a 300W power supply, 1gb ram and a 2.53ghz porcessor.
> If there's a particular card that someone can recommend in my situation
> it'd be greatly appreciated.
>
>