Graphics cards

[whosaidwhatnow?]

Which budget graphics cards are best? At the moment I only have a Geforce2 mx400 but have 640mb RAM and 1.8GHZ processor. I need an affordable card which needs to be PCI also :confused: Ive seen a few nVidia 5200 pci cards but ive heard that the 5200 card is not good, any help?

[Andrey83]

Are you sure you havent got an AGP port? Nearly all computers has one. Anyway, the only "new" pci card that is close to ok as i know of is the 5200. But it is not a good card. 1. it works on PCI, which is much slower then AGP. 2. The card itself isnt a very good card. But its probably the best you can get on the PCI port for an affordable price.

[whosaidwhatnow?]

I found another which was an XFX nVidia 5700 PCI once for a very low price but its dissappeared and no i dont have any AGP ports but the rest of my computers specs are good, this is my only problem :(

[Optimus Magnus]

It would be easier to upgrade by the sounds of it, just buy a new Mobo and Graphics card, PCI graphics are ****.

[Andrey83]

^^Yeah, and a motherboard is cheap these days.

[whosaidwhatnow?]

Ive found a 256mb version of the nvidia 5200 card for only £63, its probably the best i can get at this moment in time so i think ill buy it, hope it will run battlefront.

[Andrey83]

You are free to do what you like of cource, but if it was me, i would save some more money and buy a new motherboard and an AGP card instead....

[whosaidwhatnow?]

I dont know how to do that kind of thing, its the family pc so i dont want to be messing with it.