Cheapo Video Card available?
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Cheapo Video Card available?
Ok, so I am currently running this old-ass P3 for various things (not gaming, mostly work and PC Diagnostics). Because it is a P3, the machine is kinda old and busted, so I put some parts that gave it new life. Maxed out memory (386MB now), Dual DVD-Burners, Hauppauge TV-Tuner, SoundBlaster Card, Dual 250GB drives etc. So for now it works ok.
While it works great for it's purposes, I am looking into finding a cheapo Video Card cause it currently is sporting a lightning quick ATI Rage Pro AGP with an enormous amount of memory - 4mb. I basically am looking for anything that would not kill the PSU - which I should also replace cause it is a 200w running all of the above - but would able to speed up media center applications to an acceptable point.
Something in the range of free (anyone looking to throw something out?) or under 25 shipped. I am currently looking at ebay, but everytime I find something halfway decent I hear about horrible reviews from the year 2000. I know this isn't the best of tech, but it currently works and buying a new, err, "usable" video card for $25 would be much better than spending $300 on a rig (dangit, I blew out the last one I built ).
Suggestions?
While it works great for it's purposes, I am looking into finding a cheapo Video Card cause it currently is sporting a lightning quick ATI Rage Pro AGP with an enormous amount of memory - 4mb. I basically am looking for anything that would not kill the PSU - which I should also replace cause it is a 200w running all of the above - but would able to speed up media center applications to an acceptable point.
Something in the range of free (anyone looking to throw something out?) or under 25 shipped. I am currently looking at ebay, but everytime I find something halfway decent I hear about horrible reviews from the year 2000. I know this isn't the best of tech, but it currently works and buying a new, err, "usable" video card for $25 would be much better than spending $300 on a rig (dangit, I blew out the last one I built ).
Suggestions?
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basically any radeon branded card will be able to do it. I don't know about wherever you are, but back in miami, the CompUSAs and BestBuys all carry 20$ radeon cards. PCI, but with DX7 support, they should help quite a bit compared to a rage.
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Re: Cheapo Video Card available?
I've got a Radeon 7000, a Geforce 2 MX and a Voodoo 3 you can have for free if you want. Just pick them up if you are still in the GTA. I can ship them too, but my paypal is currently not working.Sir Savant wrote:Ok, so I am currently running this old-ass P3 for various things (not gaming, mostly work and PC Diagnostics). Because it is a P3, the machine is kinda old and busted, so I put some parts that gave it new life. Maxed out memory (386MB now), Dual DVD-Burners, Hauppauge TV-Tuner, SoundBlaster Card, Dual 250GB drives etc. So for now it works ok.
While it works great for it's purposes, I am looking into finding a cheapo Video Card cause it currently is sporting a lightning quick ATI Rage Pro AGP with an enormous amount of memory - 4mb. I basically am looking for anything that would not kill the PSU - which I should also replace cause it is a 200w running all of the above - but would able to speed up media center applications to an acceptable point.
Something in the range of free (anyone looking to throw something out?) or under 25 shipped. I am currently looking at ebay, but everytime I find something halfway decent I hear about horrible reviews from the year 2000. I know this isn't the best of tech, but it currently works and buying a new, err, "usable" video card for $25 would be much better than spending $300 on a rig (dangit, I blew out the last one I built ).
Suggestions?
edit: I thought this was Caboose for a second. It might not be worth it to ship...
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Re: Cheapo Video Card available?
Awe. You got my hopes up and then shot them down.ace wrote:I've got a Radeon 7000, a Geforce 2 MX and a Voodoo 3 you can have for free if you want. Just pick them up if you are still in the GTA. I can ship them too, but my paypal is currently not working.Sir Savant wrote:Ok, so I am currently running this old-ass P3 for various things (not gaming, mostly work and PC Diagnostics). Because it is a P3, the machine is kinda old and busted, so I put some parts that gave it new life. Maxed out memory (386MB now), Dual DVD-Burners, Hauppauge TV-Tuner, SoundBlaster Card, Dual 250GB drives etc. So for now it works ok.
While it works great for it's purposes, I am looking into finding a cheapo Video Card cause it currently is sporting a lightning quick ATI Rage Pro AGP with an enormous amount of memory - 4mb. I basically am looking for anything that would not kill the PSU - which I should also replace cause it is a 200w running all of the above - but would able to speed up media center applications to an acceptable point.
Something in the range of free (anyone looking to throw something out?) or under 25 shipped. I am currently looking at ebay, but everytime I find something halfway decent I hear about horrible reviews from the year 2000. I know this isn't the best of tech, but it currently works and buying a new, err, "usable" video card for $25 would be much better than spending $300 on a rig (dangit, I blew out the last one I built ).
Suggestions?
edit: I thought this was Caboose for a second. It might not be worth it to ship...
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Re: Cheapo Video Card available?
Why don't you try Airmail? Its dirt cheap. All you need is a good packaging box.ace wrote:edit: I thought this was Caboose for a second. It might not be worth it to ship...
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