Cheap graphics card

[creative_name]

Small graphics card that will replace my integrated one. One that is small and will take like 40 watts(under full load. I never use full load anyways).
-It has to fit in a small bracket, so it can only have 1-2 ports(1 hdmi+1 vga doesnt really matter(my bracket is like 3 inches long)
-price around cheap like 50 bucks
-takes like 40 watts

My computer is getting old so i just need a graphics card to make the processor faster(and to increase windows score)

computer specs
-Direct X 9.1?
-Intel core2 pentium xeon E4800
-Intel Q43/45 express chipset
-4 GB RAM (I use 2GB of crucial and 2GB of the one that came with it)
-250GB single hard drive?

Games I play
FSX-I get like an average of 20-25 fps. Good enough
Hopefully I can get 30 but that doesnt really matter.

THANKS

 

[9_breaker]

how about a 5570 .

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161380

 

[creative_name]

how about a 5570 .

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161380

very very nice. but im not sure if it will fit in my bracket.
got anything thinner?

 

[creative_name]

how about a 5570 .

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161380

Is there also one that has the PCI thing on the other side

 

[4745454b]

The card that 9 listed has a low profile bracket.

What do you mean other side?

 

[creative_name]

The card that 9 listed has a low profile bracket.

What do you mean other side?

What i mean is is that if i do get it and put in in my computer, it would have to be up side down (because I have a lenovo m58p)

But is it ok if it is upside down?

Is the bracket thing on the 5570 around 3 inches long?

I think I can fit it though, but it will be upside down.

 

[4745454b]

Can you put a card in there at all? Looking around, I haven't seen anywhere that says you have a PCIe port. You might only have PCI ports which is why your talking about mounting it upside down.

 

[creative_name]

The card that 9 listed has a low profile bracket.

What do you mean other side?

I did see on one of the pics(on the link) though that it comes with smaller brackets. So that takes out one question.

I haven't looked at this when I opened up my computer. I have like a bunch of slots for graphics cards and other stuff. There is like 5.
The PCI thing for the 5570 is on the left side. On the PCI thing, there is like a short part and long part. I saw on the card that the short part was closer to the ports. In my computer the LONG part has to be closer to the ports.

 

[creative_name]

Can you put a card in there at all? Looking around, I haven't seen anywhere that says you have a PCIe port. You might only have PCI ports which is why your talking about mounting it upside down.

Yea I have PCI. Is there graphics cards that are PCI out there?

 

[creative_name]

For all of the graphics cards I've seen out there, I think I have to mount it upside down

 

[creative_name]

My slots look a little like this

b lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllll front. I think it's PCI express
a
c
k

 

[4745454b]

It won't work that way. You'd need it backwards, not upside down. And even then the differences between PCI and PCIe will prevent it from working.

You can spend $60-$100 on a PCI video card that will be barely better then your onboard, or you can upgrade your computer so that it can handle a PCIe video card.

 

[creative_name]

It won't work that way. You'd need it backwards, not upside down. And even then the differences between PCI and PCIe will prevent it from working.

You can spend $60-$100 on a PCI video card that will be barely better then your onboard, or you can upgrade your computer so that it can handle a PCIe video card.

How do i post a picture in this.

It says to put a link.

And how do I upgrade my to the slots I need?

And my computer is a lenovo m58p.

http://www.pcworld.com/product/59554/lenovo_thinkcentre_m58p.html

that white square at the top of the inside is where you put the graphics card

 

[9_breaker]

which lenovo m58 is it . it will be easier for me to look up the specs

 

[creative_name]

which lenovo m58 is it . it will be easier for me to look up the specs

Well there is a small and big one. The small one has the lenovo logo on the top right corner on the front and the dvd thing right to the left of it.

http://www.pcworld.com/product/59554/lenovo_thinkcentre_m58p.html

 

[9_breaker]

its only got pci x1

http://www.diigo.com/item/image/203mi/i346

 

[creative_name]

its only got pci x1

http://www.diigo.com/item/image/203mi/i346

So what does that mean?

 

[9_breaker]

you're going to have to get a new motherboard if you want a new graphics card . it will
also be hard to find one that fits if its got its own form factor .

 

[creative_name]

you're going to have to get a new motherboard if you want a new graphics card . it will
also be hard to find one that fits if its got its own form factor .

Wow. Something I cannot do.

 

[creative_name]

you're going to have to get a new motherboard if you want a new graphics card . it will
also be hard to find one that fits if its got its own form factor .

Will a new case work?

And is there anything to improve framerates on FSX?

 

[9_breaker]

yes a new case will work but it will cost about 150-200 for everything.

 

[9_breaker]

whats fsx

 

[4745454b]

Flight Sim X. Requires a demanding CPU and GPU.

 

[BlackHawk91]

Is this your motherboard?

Could you tell us what's underneath that white block? , it seems (from the specs) that your pc only has one pci-e 1x. Flight Simulator X (fsx) is very CPU intensive, so a better cpu will enhance the performance but I don't recommend upgrading anything unless you change the whole system, that's an old system in a dead platform (good processor though).

 

[9_breaker]

gpu
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161380&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=4176827&SID=1hre7iu5p5bzq 60

ram

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134927 20

case

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147098 50

mobo

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138315 55

total $185

that's basically a new system . you just have to move your odd,hdd,cpu,ram(if its ddr3) and your psu (if its better than the one in the case)