What kind of slot is this?

[andy345]

It is the yellow one that has the green and red rectangles around it. Is it AGP?

http://img506.imageshack.us/img506/8572/untitleddz0.jpg

 

[M733mhz]

Looks like AGP to me, What motherboard is that? that'll help to figure it out.

 

[andy345]

I don't know. I'm trying to help someone get a video card for their computer but they know absolutely nothing about computers so its hard to get information. I had him get CPU-Z to try to get the motherboard information out of that but it didn't give the right information.

I think I just found the motherboard on a website from the #'s on it. I found it at http://www.amptron.com/html/MB-U8668-D.html so he has a 4X AGP port.
So now my question is what graphic card would be best for him to get?

 

[bmxfreakrider]

do by any chance know their price range?

there are alot of good cards out there, just limited by price, i think it goes up to 7800GS (nvidia) and X1650PRO (ati)

 

[andy345]

Will any AGP card that supports 4X and AGP 2.0 or higher work? And his budget is at most $75 - $100

 

[bmxfreakrider]

well, agp 2.0 runs at 1.5V and 3.0 runs at .8 v, so the only real difference is the voltage, so a 4x card will run great, just lower voltage, and a 8X card will run ok, just higher voltage.

ATI x1300PRO 256MB 4X/8X - $93.99

Nvidia Geforce 6200 256MB 4X/8X - $69.99

seems all the tests that have compared the 2, the ati was a heartbeat faster than the 6200, but its almost $20 more, so i guess you can save 20 bux for almost the same performance

closest i can get without going over $100

 

[andy345]

OK thank you for your help.