quick question on video cards

[umybiatch2k6]

I'm supposed to be building a system for a friend this weekend, and i'm on a tight schedule. Now his needs are not really oriented toward graphic-intensive games, his son is into like plane simulators and shit, doesn't really care about quality.
He does want it to be a perfect DVD player, so the video card should not have any flaws as far as that goes. He'll be doing some AutoCAD on it, some Mathematica 5, or some shit like that, you know, nothing special. now, my question is, which one of these should I go for?

Oh, and before I start babblin about these, this is the case i'm getting him. I know the mobos garbage, but this is what he wants.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1003378&Tab=0&NoMapp=0
Now, as you noticed, the video is an AGP x4/x2. Now my other question #2 is, can i put a x8 AGP in it, or does the video card have to specify x4/x8? Or is it really worth puttin in a x8 if it would only go at x4

Back to #1:

- nVidia GeForce2 MX 400 - $39
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=397142&Sku=P450-7209

- Sapphire Radeon 7000 Video Card / 64MB SDR / AGP / TV Out & RCA / Lite Version - $35
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...ails.asp?EdpNo=699283&Sku=A271-7000&CatId=318

- Connect3D Radeon 7000 Video Card / 64MB DDR / AGP / TV Out & RCA - $28
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...ails.asp?EdpNo=235847&Sku=C261-6053&CatId=876

-ASUS ATI RADEON 7000 Video Card, 64MB DDR, 64-bit, TV-Out, 4X AGP, Model "A7000/T/64M" - $37
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-121-508&depa=1

- PNY GeForce FX 5200 128MB AGP Video Card - $60
http://www.circuitcity.com/detail.jsp?c=1&b=g&u=c&catoid=-10266&qp=0&oid=70915&m=0


now, anything else you can come up with that is cheap, reliable, and AGP x4, plz post it here w/ link to store. thank you in advance!!

 

[umybiatch2k6]

oh, and i forgot to mention that it would be GREAT if you could check into whether or not they are compatible w/ the card. Thanks a bunch!

 

[umybiatch2k6]

a couple of more options:

-Radeon 9200SE 128MB 8x AGP Video Card - $50 http://microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0167430

-Champion GeForce2 MX400, 64MB SDRAM - $50, http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=293736&pfp=cat3

- Predator MX 4000 Plus 8x AGP, 128MB DDR - $70
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=311001&pfp=BROWSE

and by the way, i'm heading there tomorrow so i REALLY would enjoy some quick replies. thanks.

 

[didi]

How come didnt put GF4 out?

 

[umybiatch2k6]

beats me.... cuz i didn't find it cheap?

 

[str8lazy]

all 8x AGP cards are backwards compatible, meaning that you can use them with a 4x/2x mobo, the card will only run at 4x max. it would probably be cheaper to just get a 4x card, but if he wants to upgrade in the future then I would get the 8x

 

[umybiatch2k6]

rgr. thank you.