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<blockquote data-quote="VitruvianDoc" data-source="post: 1330646" data-attributes="member: 13736"><p>Depends on if you want to stick with the NVIDIA chipset (from intel) or go with the ATI Chipset (from AMD, same people as your Motherboard). </p><p></p><p>I would recommend upgrading to an ATI chipset as it is going to be more compatible with an older motherboard.</p><p></p><p>Next, how much power you looking for? Do you ever play video games, any new games ie WoW, Crisis 2, Portal, etc? </p><p></p><p>Next, your motherboard is heavily outdated. Might be time to build a new rig, and if you have a decent case and powersupply, it would maybe be $500 to build a mid-low range PC that still has 8-10x the power of your current</p><p></p><p>Finally, if you stick to just a graphix card, you need one compatable with PCI Express x16. This again, is outdated and has a HUGE limit on what you can get. Looking a newegg, I only see ~40 card compatable that are still available.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007709%20600007852&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&Order=RATING&PageSize=20" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007709 600007852&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&Order=RATING&PageSize=20</a></p><p></p><p>Visiontek and EVGA are the only two on the list I'd recommend.</p><p></p><p>If you decide to expand your results by updating Mobo, CPU, Ram, and Graphics: you open yourself to the PCI express 2.0/2.1 x16 world which gives you 10-20x as many choices and in that case, manufacturers such as Saphire, EVGA, MSI, etc... are all good cards, but I always read ratings.</p><p></p><p>GL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VitruvianDoc, post: 1330646, member: 13736"] Depends on if you want to stick with the NVIDIA chipset (from intel) or go with the ATI Chipset (from AMD, same people as your Motherboard). I would recommend upgrading to an ATI chipset as it is going to be more compatible with an older motherboard. Next, how much power you looking for? Do you ever play video games, any new games ie WoW, Crisis 2, Portal, etc? Next, your motherboard is heavily outdated. Might be time to build a new rig, and if you have a decent case and powersupply, it would maybe be $500 to build a mid-low range PC that still has 8-10x the power of your current Finally, if you stick to just a graphix card, you need one compatable with PCI Express x16. This again, is outdated and has a HUGE limit on what you can get. Looking a newegg, I only see ~40 card compatable that are still available. [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007709%20600007852&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&Order=RATING&PageSize=20[/url] Visiontek and EVGA are the only two on the list I'd recommend. If you decide to expand your results by updating Mobo, CPU, Ram, and Graphics: you open yourself to the PCI express 2.0/2.1 x16 world which gives you 10-20x as many choices and in that case, manufacturers such as Saphire, EVGA, MSI, etc... are all good cards, but I always read ratings. GL [/QUOTE]
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