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Offline RAIDER14

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« on: December 18, 2005, 07:07:01 PM »
What is a good video card to buy that is 100$ or less
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Offline 1K3

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« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2005, 07:45:14 PM »
before looking at the price...

what slot is available in your expantion bay?

PCI?
PCI Express?
AGP?

If you have PCI slots only, get a video caerd that can fit in the PCI slot (white slot)


If you have an AGP slot (they are colored, blue, red, brown, ect) getg a v-card that fits in AGP slot


New PCs should come with PCI Express.  If you have this, get a v-card that supports PCI Express
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Offline Pooh21

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« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2005, 09:29:11 PM »
I just got an nvidia 6600, but now I cant play videos on my comp, what is up with that?
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Offline Maverick

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« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2005, 11:30:29 PM »
Ike,

That last picture there. Is the PCI video slot the one labeled PCIEx16 or the 2 that are labeled PCIEx1? I'm curious as I will have to think hard about upgrading slowly. I will look for the motherboard and CPU and re-use my current vid card, memory, etc. until I can afford newer components. My AMD 1800 is getting to be rather stressed at this point. Right nowe I figure I'll have to stay with an AGP board since that is the type of vid card I have right now.
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« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2005, 11:40:26 PM »
The PCIE16 is the video card one. I'm not really sure what would go in PCIE1, maybe wireless B NIC interfaces.
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Offline Sandman

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« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2005, 11:28:56 AM »
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Originally posted by Pooh21
I just got an nvidia 6600, but now I cant play videos on my comp, what is up with that?


I have a GF6600. It plays videos fine. If you can't play videos, you are most likely missing the correct codex.
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« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2005, 12:41:08 PM »
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Offline mora

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« Reply #7 on: December 19, 2005, 12:53:57 PM »
GF 6600 GT is about the best bang for the buck, but it might be a little out of your price range. Radeon 9800 Pro is the best $100 card but I'd throw in $30 more for the GF.
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Offline Pooh21

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« Reply #8 on: December 19, 2005, 07:07:13 PM »
Actually all my codexs were up to date before I switched out the onboard ati 9000 for the 6600.
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