GigaByte GA-7S748

[discboy321]

I would like to set this up for my stepson I have a older pc with Gigabyte GA-7S748. I would like to find out what I need as far as a video card so he can play Halo with it. It has windows xp home and maxed out with 3gb of memory with a 450 watt power supply. Currently with a GeForce 4 Mx 4000 which is ok for normal use but not for Halo. He likes to play online on mine but I need it for work so I built this instead ,I just need a better video card for him. I would like to keep it under $150.00 if I can. Thanks...

 

[o1die]

Look for a 4670 chipset card which may work with a low end power supply. Newegg has a powercolor brand for $114.99. In agp format, it doesn't perform as well as pci-e. I don't know if it will run on high settings; I would look for closeouts on the basic box for a newer motherboard that has a pci-e slot. I found my whole compaq system for $199 last year at fry's. In the pci-e version, the 4670 was only $64.99 at newegg.com yesterday. It works with a 300-400w power supply. Many high end video cards require a power supply upgrade, so check your power supply specs for anything else.