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Tom's Hardware > Forum > Graphic & Displays > Graphics Cards > looking for a PCI video card for the ex-wife's PC

looking for a PCI video card for the ex-wife's PC

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My ex-wife has an old HP pavilion 515n

It is currently running with on board video. I think its at 64megs, not sure.

There is no AGP slot. Only an extra PCI slot available. ( NOT pci express )

I believe it runs on a 200w power supply (FSP200-60SPV-D)

My son, whom lives with his mother, likes to play games like WoW and Never Winter Nights.

I am looking to purchase a PCI video card that has at least 128/256 megs of Ram and support for pixel shader 2.0. I would also like to use an Nvidia brand (just personal preference)

I've already checked Newegg and found many cards under $60.00 with enough ram but none list the shader support. Is there a way to find out if any of these cards support shader 2.0? or could someone point me in the direction of a good PCI card that doesn't cost to much?

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There is no good PCI video card. Even the fastest PCI video card is going to be extremely slow, like to slow to play games at medium graphics that came out when they stopped making PCI video cards. I think WoW and NWN are both going to be too much for a PCI video card, although one would probably be better than on-board graphics.

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Easy,The FX series is 2.0, Nvidia 6 series and up support PS 3.0

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she's the ex, tell her to get it for her self, plus getting a pci card is a mistake as the guy above said get a cheap motherboard and processor with on board gfx card it would work out about the same price

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