Hi,
A few months ago, I built a $400 budget PC (some components were later gifts). The specs include:
-AMD Anthlon 64 X2 4200+
-MSI (nForce 560 chipset) Motherboard
-400GB WD SATA HDD
-1x1GB (2GB total) A-Data 667MHz DDR2 RAM PC5200
-Nvidia EVGA 7200GS 128MB Video Card
-22" Acer AL2216W Widescreen Monitor
My problem is the video card, it was a cheap $30-$40 video card when I bought it at the store and I needed something at the time for video, and this was the best, decent card at the time for my budget.
Now, I am seriously looking into buying a new video card that will be used for gaming-specifically games like UT3, COD4, and maybe Crysis.
My budget is around $100, and because of the price, I plan to order from newegg.com.
These are links for the cards that I am looking at:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130085
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150229
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102152
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161099
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161098
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150247
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102700
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150230
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127306
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102034
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127305
What card would you recommend for what I plan to use it for? Additionally, a dual-slot card would be nice because my cheap case has a problem where when I remove the expansion-slot covers, I can't put them back on, and I removed a card right below the video card I didn't really need anymore (RAID card for my old IDE hard drives) and now I have a expansion slot I need covered for airflow.
So, what card would be the best recommendation for my computer?
Thanks!
A few months ago, I built a $400 budget PC (some components were later gifts). The specs include:
-AMD Anthlon 64 X2 4200+
-MSI (nForce 560 chipset) Motherboard
-400GB WD SATA HDD
-1x1GB (2GB total) A-Data 667MHz DDR2 RAM PC5200
-Nvidia EVGA 7200GS 128MB Video Card
-22" Acer AL2216W Widescreen Monitor
My problem is the video card, it was a cheap $30-$40 video card when I bought it at the store and I needed something at the time for video, and this was the best, decent card at the time for my budget.
Now, I am seriously looking into buying a new video card that will be used for gaming-specifically games like UT3, COD4, and maybe Crysis.
My budget is around $100, and because of the price, I plan to order from newegg.com.
These are links for the cards that I am looking at:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130085
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150229
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102152
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161099
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161098
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150247
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102700
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150230
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127306
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102034
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127305
What card would you recommend for what I plan to use it for? Additionally, a dual-slot card would be nice because my cheap case has a problem where when I remove the expansion-slot covers, I can't put them back on, and I removed a card right below the video card I didn't really need anymore (RAID card for my old IDE hard drives) and now I have a expansion slot I need covered for airflow.
So, what card would be the best recommendation for my computer?
Thanks!