Geforce FX 5200 or 5600?

[Manhuntkotor]

It is PCI format. I know pci sucks but i aint got the money to upgrade my system right now. I also heard the Radeon 9250 is good but it doesnt support DX 9. Thoughts?

 

[RicoDirenzo]

Are you saying that you have no agp slot on you mobo?

 

[003]

DX9 support will make no difference on PCI, because any games that use it will be to slow. Also, don't get a 256mb PCI card because that actually boggs the PCI bus down and makes it even slower. Get 128MB 9250 if you can.

 

[Manhuntkotor]

No it doesnt have an AGP slot. I wish it did. Its a Dell Dimension 2400. Our family uses it and my parents see no need in buying a new one. So will the 9250 at least play san andreas and half life 2? I dont want ultra settings and max draw distance. Low is good enough for me.

 

[Counter-Strike]

Well yes it will run HL2, but barely. You will have to set everything to low, and set mat_dxlevel 70.

 

[Manhuntkotor]

Could you find me a cheap mobo that supports: Intel Pentium 4 2.66 ghz, Pc 2700 ram, and at least AGP 4x. I am just going to take stuff out of my parents current system and put it in the new mobo, will that work?

 

[003]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813186047

 

[techgeek7]

Could you find me a cheap mobo that supports: Intel Pentium 4 2.66 ghz, Pc 2700 ram, and at least AGP 4x. I am just going to take stuff out of my parents current system and put it in the new mobo, will that work?

It may work but I know some companies make propietary components.

 

[jnev_89]

dell makes proprietory mobo's (and psu's, and ram, and cases, etc) so you won't be abl to just buy a new one and put your current parts on it. save some money up for a new pc if it's that important to you.