Solved Need help picking a vid card

[plunkyroad]

ok so, been working on this old pc for a while now for parents and the vid card keep over heating ( some random garbage ) and i been looking for a good replacement but been hard to find a good one. Was looking for some idea's. Not looking for something like Newegg.com - HIS IceQ H467QS1GHA Radeon HD 4670 1GB 128-bit DDR3 AGP 4X/8X HDCP Ready Video Card but something more like Newegg.com - HIS H435F512HA Radeon HD 4350 512MB 64-bit DDR3 AGP 4X/8X HDCP Ready Low Profile Ready Video Card Dont want to go spend 75-100$ on an old card though, so plz help ;p if anyone knows anything good.

Foxconn 760gxk8mb-rs
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 2.0GHz
1.5gb ddr400
Nvidea geforce4 Ti 4600 ( crap >.> )
500watt power supply
Running windows vista ultimate 32-bit

 

[kegobeer]

I'd just go to newegg and look at the desktop graphics cards, apply an agp filter, and find a cheap one with good reviews that will handle whatever graphics needs your parents require.

 

[bobkn]

I'd just go to newegg and look at the desktop graphics cards, apply an agp filter, and find a cheap one with good reviews that will handle whatever graphics needs your parents require.

Slim pickins:

Newegg.ca - Computer Hardware, Video Cards & Video Devices, Desktop Graphics Cards, AGP 4X/8X, DirectX 10, DirectX 10.1, DirectX 11

(I limited the search to DX 10, 10.1, and 11, to weed out the older cards.)

The 4600ti was a great card... 10 years ago. What sort of drivers are you using for it? nVidia's support ended with XP for that series.

I see that they're using a Socket 754 motherboard (vintage 2003).

Maybe you should just blow the dust out of the 4600 with some canned air, and see if its health is restored.

I question the wisdom of buying any upgrades at all for a system that old. Regardless, due to obsolescence, AGP graphic cards tend to be priced higher than their PCI-E versions.

 

[plunkyroad]

Nah the ti is garbage, over heats and shuts down pc. And yes it is clean... I know how to take care of my pc's. And newegg is very limited, they have one that looked alright but again don't feel like paying over $75. Anyways still lolling for card ideas, also needs dvi maybe hdmi port as well. The ati hd 3450 and 4350 cards are nice but rare to find.

 

[Mintos45]

Do you just want AMD GPU's or just graphic cards in general?

 

[M1GU31]

closes video card I can find on newegg that is under 70$ and has dvi.Anyways you only willing to buy from newegg or you want to shop some were else because newegg don't have too much for the older cards. There's this card at amazon http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-...qid=1342945845&sr=1-2&keywords=agp+video+card
And this card at NCIX EVGA E-GEFORCE 6200LE AGP 512MB DDR2 VGA DVI-I TV Out Video Card - eVGA - 512-A8-N403-LR

This one at newegg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814139053

 

[plunkyroad]

Nah I'll buy anywhere reliable I just want ideas. Don't know of many good agp cards. As you can see by my system I'm using a radeon hd 6000 series card.

 

[Dusty1268]

Shoot.. I'm trying to sell my XFX Nvidia GeForce 6200 AGP Graphics Card (512mb onboard ram).. Its a nice card for its age.. A computer guy offered me 5 bucks for it yesterday.. Lol yeah right.. Its 45 online im trying to get 20 bucks..

 

[Dusty1268]

Also before that xfx I had an agp msi 4200 which would overheat and shut off but the pc would still run.. Which is why I bought the xfx lol. Msi isn't bad though.. Just a bad card I had.

 

[plunkyroad]

Yah itswierd card gets mad hot then pc randomly shuts down. Looking for anything reasonably priced and also good for playing low end games. Maybe some half a$$ decent games but nothin special.

I used to be a big fan of nvidea but totally an ati person now seing how amd owns ati. War better cards then what used to be available.

 

[Mintos45]

Well if you want a nvidia card (which is my preference) then the 560ti is a nice one.
AMD cards - 6770, 6850, 6950 are all decent cards.

 

[plunkyroad]

im talking agp cards man not pci lol...

 

[Solarstarshines]

Nah I'll buy anywhere reliable I just want ideas. Don't know of many good agp cards. As you can see by my system I'm using a radeon hd 6000 series card.

Should go Nvidia 7300GT 512MB that card was good to me sold it to a friend it died on his rig


That card will smoke any of those Radeon models but im sure the 4600 would beat it

Also sure you could score one for less then this price mom and pop shops probally still carries these and should be around 45 bucks give or take that card is atleast 7 years old about now

 

[Dusty1268]

Thats a kicka$$ AGP card Solarstarshines posted by the way. Hope you find what you're looking for!

 

[stormy13]

EVGA E-GEFORCE 6200LE AGP 512MB DDR2 VGA DVI-I TV Out Video Card - DirectCanada

Pickings are getting slim as most of what is available now is old stock as AGP cards aren't made anymore.