need to find new video card

[f35raptor]

i was wondering if any one here on the forums could help me find a decent video card off ebay, price range is preferably under 100, just need something better then what i have right now, ever since the new update i havnt been able to get a frame rate above 20 in a good dogfight, on a good day i can get up to 30, but i use to be in the mid 40-50s, and im running off an old computer lol, with that being said, this is my current card, NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420, yes i know its old. my system information,

System Information
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Time of this report: 5/25/2011, 01:34:54
       Machine name: HOME-BEN1
   Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.101209-1647)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: VIA Technologies, Inc.
       System Model: VT8367-8233A
               BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
          Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2600+,  MMX,  3DNow, ~2.1GHz
             Memory: 768MB RAM
          Page File: 242MB used, 1636MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
    DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
     DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit Unicode

not sure what else you need, but im not to good with computers, i have a guy that i will have put the video card in for me, i just need some one to help me out thanks.

[The Fugitive]

You didn't post what you have for a video card now. You needed a bit more of the dxdiag report than you posted.

   

CPU    1.8GHz Pentium 4    
System RAM/Memory    512MB1    
Video Card    DirectX 9 compatible with 64MB of RAM2

This are the minimum requirements for the game. You have just over that going by what is posted in your post. What I'm saying is your just hanging on and a video card may not help all that much. Your computer most likely has a weak power supply that won't handle a better video card. On top of that, I'm guessing your computer is pretty old and so the best you could get would be an AGP type card (older technology) so it won't be much of an improvement.

You could spend some money trying to upgrade what you have but you will run into part problems seeing it is so old (must use older memory which is slow and hard to find, older video card also hard to find and so on). A better bet would be to save your money. $500 will get you a computer that while it may not run all the eye candy it would seem like a super computer to you. $750-1000 will get you a super computer that would hold you over for a few years with out the need for upgrades.