Hi was checking what would be a good PCI video card?
 
Background:
My wifes son has a Dell Dimension 3000.  He is trying to play LOTR.  But it looks like the on board video is lacking.  Get an error trying to open.   Googling I have found people suggesting a 6200 OC PCI edition card but it is 150 dollars.  I was checking if any cheaper cards were around that could play LOTR that are only PCI for this allready outdated system?  Or if it is not worth it.  The mobo is lacking a pci-e and agp slot which stinks.

$150 is way too much to spend on any PCI GPU.  Here's a much cheaper 6200 series card...
 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 814139010R
 
IMO I wouldn't spend more than $40-50.

Ouch.. sounds like it's time for a new computer .

Thanks guys...nice find on the egg.  yeah it is an old one.

Try this  
 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102434
 
And yes if you son is gameing it is time for a new PC
 
Also I have a old Dell 3000 using ths card. Only problem I have had is that when dell makes these PC they only build them for what they put in them!!  
What I'm geting at is, when I put this card in the heat it makes will give you BSOD from over heating afther say 2 Hr of gaming. So what I did was take the #2 5.5 bay cover off to give it some more air.  
Also you can upgrade the case fan in the back to one that has a higher CFM
to move more air.
 
Hope this helps

Also on old PCs try this site it will tell you if your computer will play a game or not. With what is in your box.    
 
http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest

That's a bit too much to spend on DX8.

 
mine is DX9
 
I fired up the old PC and ran the link  
 
http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest
 
And it came up as the card linked to and DX9 looked on ATI site said DX8 so what is up with this?  
 
And you are right if it is DX8 it is too much  
But i though it was DX9?

That's odd... in the specs it lists DX8.

 
Right
 
 if I could give you a screen shot i would (maybe try to fig out photo bucket)

CPU
Minimum: Pentium III or Athlon
You Have: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz  PASS    
 CPU Speed
Minimum: 600 Mhz or higher if running Windows 98 or Me, 700 mhz or higher if running Windows 2000 or XP
You Have: 2.79 GHz  PASS    
 System RAM
Minimum: 128 MB
You Have: 766.0 MB  PASS    
 Operating System
Minimum: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP (95 & NT not supported)
You Have: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)  PASS    
 Video Card
Minimum: 32 MB 100% DirectX 9.0b compatible Video Card with Hardware T&L
You Have: RADEON 9250 - Secondary (RADEON 9250 Secondary (0x5940))  PASS    
 Video Card Features - Minimum attributes of your Video Card  Video RAM: Required - 32 MB , You have - 256.0 MB  
 Video Card 3D Acceleration: Required - Yes , You have - Yes  
 Video HW Rasterization: Required - Yes , You have - Yes  
 Video HW Transform & Lighting: Required - Yes , You have - Yes  
 
   
 Video Card Driver Version (DirectX)
Your driver version number is: 6.14.10.6614   FYI: Your video card driver version is provided for your information, but it is not part of this analysis. But proper video card driver versions are important to the proper operation of your product.  
 DirectX Version
Minimum: 9.0b (included)
You Have: 9.0c   PASS    
 Sound Card
Minimum: Yes
You Have: SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio   PASS    
 Sound Card Driver Version
Your driver version number is: 5.12.1.5246   FYI: Your sound card driver version is provided for your information, but it is not part of this analysis. But proper sound card driver versions are important to the proper operation of your product.    
 Free Disk Space
Minimum: 1.4 GB uncompressed (plus 400Mb for swap file in Win 98/ME or 600 MB in Win 2000/XP)
You Have: 96.5 GB  PASS    
 CD
Minimum: 8X Speed CD/DVD ROM
You Have: LITE-ON DVD SHD-16P1S   PASS, but the Speed could NOT be analyzed.

that was for the game call of duty  
 
The last thing I would want to do is give out wrong INFO    
So don 't get the card i listed as for I can't tell if it is DX8 or DX9  
 
Sorry for the confusion  
 
But as for the over heating thing that I have first hand at
 
now can you tell me WTF is up with this card :?:

ATI lists this series as DX8, but there are several on newegg that say DX9.  I owned a 9200 AGP a couple of years ago and it was DX9.

 
Ok this is an PCI card  
 
As for the OP I guess look in the specs for a card that is DX9 and has i lot of ram and that won't brake the bank

Check These:
 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814103031
 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814129062
 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814161074

 
Right
 
 if I could give you a screen shot i would (maybe try to fig out photo bucket)
 
 
deadhead wanted to provide you a screenshot, kaotao, but DX8 doesn't support the "print screen" command.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

 
Right
 
 if I could give you a screen shot i would (maybe try to fig out photo bucket)
 
 
deadhead wanted to provide you a screenshot, kaotao, but DX8 doesn't support the "print screen" command.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
Nice