Graphic card upgrade,any advice???

[baby_sarah 10]

hi all

 

i have a ATI RADEON 9250 and im wanting to up-grade it alittle

but they is so many to choose from:loopy:

 

any advice on which one to choose next

 

thax for the help

[seanpint 10]

how much you looking to spend?

[baby_sarah 10]

iv'e been offered a ATI RADEON 9800xt FOR 20.00

 

so something similar to that card

[seanpint 10]

they are good cards them. Im selling my 6600 GT, Sent you a PM

[Eric_Collins 11]

you can have my FX5900 for a fiver, it's been used for a month from new and just needs a new heatsink.

[alkatraz 10]

If you are replacing the Radeon 9250 - if you want it to go to a good home, I'm looking for something of identical spec, but have no money to spend.

 

I have a media server that hasn't been booted in months because the next step requires a better graphics card than the 4MB S3 that's in it.

 

*alkatraz stops begging now*

[e912 10]

depends what ports you got on your motherboard if only AGP you limited, if PCI Ex more options, I paid 25 quid for a 8400GS from Ebuyer and its gr8

[baby_sarah 10]

im after a pci-ex graphic card if anyone can help???

[e912 10]

on ebuyer the one i got is ref number 138786 its 25 quid plus delivery. and its good enough for me to play most games at decent quality levels. But you need to check that you motherboard has got a pci express slot, this isnt a standard PCI slot its totally diferent

[Eric_Collins 11]

you can buy a AGP to PCIe Adapter if you get stuck.

 

it's called an ATOP

 

http://www.matbe.com/images/biblio/cg/000000007573.jpg

http://www.trustedreviews.com/images/article/inline/1441-bridge.jpg

 

It well may cost you as much as a PCIe card anyways.

[e912 10]

but that would throttle the bandwith the card needs and result in lesser performance, i would also be concerned on the stability, (although it does look a good idea)