Which GeForce FX 5500

[003]

No. The 5700le sucks. It has compatibility issues with many games and like I said, it is actually slower than the 5600. In the box it comes with the driver cd, a dvi-to-analog converter, and an s-video cable. ANd yes, doom 3 is playable, but not great. You could probably get it to preform a little better if you used low detail, but it autodeteced to medium so thats what I use.

 

[Trotter]

My bad. I didn't notice that you were looking for PCI.

Here's NewEgg's list of PCI graphic cards:

http://tinyurl.com/dlfk3

 

[Manhuntkotor]

Alright, seems like i am going to go with that. Also, does anyone know what the highest PCi card is? As is, 5500, 5600, etc....

 

[003]

5600, not counting the the 5700le because it sucks, ive tryed it before. The radeon 9100 is said to be the best pci card, but they dont sell them anywhere anymore and it does not work with doom 3 and half life 2 and other dx9 games.

 

[Manhuntkotor]

Alright thanks. Hope it will keep me occupied for a while.

 

[003]

One thing, if you only have a celeron and 256mb of RAM for example, upgrading is not even worth it. I would still recommend you just build a new PC. You will be MUCH happier and it will run all your games like a breeze. Here is what I suggest:

CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103535
Video card - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130214
Motherboard - http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=BA21275
Hard drive - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148034
Optical drive - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827129161
PSU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104154
Case - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811170012
RAM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227211
Mouse - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16826104178
Keyboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16823175103
Total cost - $1065.77

If you cant afford it, just dont get the video card and start saving your money. It will be much, much better in the long run.

 

[diabloII]

One thing, if you only have a celeron and 256mb of RAM for example, upgrading is not even worth it. I would still recommend you just build a new PC. You will be MUCH happier and it will run all your games like a breeze. Here is what I suggest:

CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103535
Video card - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130214
Motherboard - http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=BA21275
Hard drive - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148034
Optical drive - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827129161
PSU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817104154
Case - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811170012
RAM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227211
Mouse - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16826104178
Keyboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16823175103
Total cost - $1065.77

If you cant afford it, just dont get the video card and start saving your money. It will be much, much better in the long run.

my thoughts exactly

there's no point in getting a new gfx card for a crappy comp because the crappy comp will bottleneck the gfx's performance

just save up instead of upgrading a way outdated computer

 

[FadingTheory]

Hi scratching for a PCI card... I dont think he can hope to afford a 1000+ system.

He is probably better of buying yester-years tech (Lower end socket 939) and such. Should keep price down about 300 bucks.