building around an older video card

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I think we've got all we can get out of my kids Dell PIII 550 . I was hoping to low budget upgrade trying to follow this sites artical posted on $500 low budget gaming computer. The Dell currently has an Asylum GeForce FX 5200 256MB PCI graphics which I was hoping to build around to save some money. Is it possible to use this card in combination with AMD 64 3000+, correct motherboard/hardware and 1GB of ram and run the WarHammer Dawn of WAR series, Battlefield 2 and The Total War series types of games? Any advice would be appreciated.
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[vulefu]

I never heard for that kind of card and what is the best it is a pci card.
I google some information and everyone say that it can start everything.

Your plan is 100% in the game.
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[example]
Hir are the board,proc and ram:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813157085R
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103537
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145440

If 5200 get slow U got onboard 6100.

 

[jaguarskx]

The GeForce FX5200 will work in any PC because all motherboards have PCI slots.

Have you considered a motherboard with integrate graphics like the Biostar GeForce 6100-M7 m-ATX?

Not sure how a GeForce 6100 compares to a FX 5200, but hey, it's part of the motherboard already.

 

[1Tanker]

I think we've got all we can get out of my kids Dell PIII 550 . I was hoping to low budget upgrade trying to follow this sites artical posted on $500 low budget gaming computer. The Dell currently has an Asylum GeForce FX 5200 256MB PCI graphics which I was hoping to build around to save some money. Is it possible to use this card in combination with AMD 64 3000+, correct motherboard/hardware and 1GB of ram and run the WarHammer Dawn of WAR series, Battlefield 2 and The Total War series types of games? Any advice would be appreciated.
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I wouldn't bother with a PCI card, unless you're just going to play Solitaire....Seriously...PCI bus sucks, a RageXL 8MB AGP will likely perform better. :?

 

[Frank_M]

The GeF5200 is weak, especially by today's standards.
Even a low-end X1300 will overperform it, and that's a bit weak for those games (even Rome: TW, I can say from experience that it chews a 9600Pro at some points; not to mention BF2).
How's about this: x800 for $800? The old hi-end, still enough power for a couple of years.

IMO: either get a S939 Athlon64 3000+ or a 3200+ for just a little more with 2x512MB DDR RAM (of the same type for dual-channel), or go with an socket AM2 Sempron 3200+ and DDR2-667 memory, which should be a bit cheaper, but not far behind in performance, and leave more room for future upgrades.

 

[hashv2f16]

i was thinking a bit more down the lines of the bang-for-buck way.

s939 A64 3000+
s939 motherboard, (PCI-E - you gotta keep with the times).
el cheapo DDR400 RAM
GeForce 7300 GS 256MB PCI Express (darn that's cheap!)

 

[jaguarskx]

The GeForce FX5200 will work in any PC because all motherboards have PCI slots.

Have you considered a motherboard with integrate graphics like the Biostar GeForce 6100-M7 m-ATX?

Not sure how a GeForce 6100 compares to a FX 5200, but hey, it's part of the motherboard already.

I forgot to mention that this all mobos with the Geforce 6100 chipset also comes with a PCI-e x16 slot should you decide to upgrade the video card in the future.

 

[jk]

Thanks to all who responded, I am way behind in knowing whats the latest hardware last mother board I had was socket 7 type. I think I am looking for a similar setup as Arson in his post on $500 gaming computer. Maybe a good start would be a 939 board with AGP and PCIex slots to give video card upgrade options if the GeForce 5200 PCI doesn't cut it. So much data on this site, glad I stumbled across it. Thanks again for the help. Sorry if I'm using wrong terms.

 

[hashv2f16]

if you ask me it's not worth upgrading to AGP + PCI-E board, AGP is dead so i'd forget it. and the miniscule difference in cost is really not worth the hastle of being stuck with nowhere to upgrade to later on!