Looking for advice on a PCI Card

netmessiah

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I'm wanting to purchase a card for my HP Athlon machine to upgrade since the current one sucks. I'm looking for something for a PCI slot...around $100..can go up to $140. And supports Directx 8.1. I dont want to have to upgrade for awhile :). So if anyone has any advice on what card to purchase please please please share with me. I was thinking of a Geforce4 MX. But I have seen both good and bad.

Thanks!
 

upec

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The performance of PCI video card is limited by the PCI bus bandwidth. Most newer game will not play smoothly with a PCI video card.
 

marneus

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GF4MX hardware doesnt support DX 8.1, it is still a DX7 part...

Note: a GF4MX is a GF2MX on steroids, faster but if you wanna DX8.1 then get a ti4200 or higher Nvidia-wise...

ATI-wise, about 20% slower than an AGP card, but a 9000 is a DX8.1 hardware part...

no-one shouts louder than someone who is being ignored, or in the case of techies, to be heard over the noise of their PC's ;-)