What was the best PCI card? (chirstmas!)

my mother really wants to play Sim City Societies. she has 1GB of DDR ram and a P4 2.4ghz. the problem is on board video card. the other problem is it isnt AGP, its PCI (not express)

at this point we would like to get the best PCI card that was released to market, its a temporary fix and it will only work on low settings. but it will be worth it until they get their new computer in about 1 year (in which i will be buying for them, with their money, $1000, at that point there will be no problem with her playing her game)

anyway, i just really need an answer quick so i can get the card and game ready for chirstmas morning.

system requirements are a video card with 128MB, so there should be some PCI card that works. was there ever a 256MB pci card?

anyway, thanks for the help.

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thanks for the fast reply, next question is how hard/safe is it to OC one of these cards, and would it be worth it? ive never done it before, although i have friends that do it often, just not in contact with them atm, but could be after the card gets here... anyway i just want to make sure this plays Sim City Societies, if we spend all this money and it cant play the game, its going to be disappointment all around. well it will at least make it to the point where we could play the sims 2 im sure... and older sims games....

gah just nervous atm.

thanks again though.

it is better to get a 939 cpu and MB with a pci-e video card or get a new system.

939 lets you keep the your old ram and the boards have 2 ide ports.

Ouch, PCI. A few tips ... Avoid 64-bit cards. 128-bit memory interface is better. Also keep an eye on clock speeds as they vary greatly among cards named the same.