graphics card question

gRiMgRaVy014 · Post by **gRiMgRaVy014** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 2:49 pm

I might get this graphics card soon.Its a nvidia geforce fx 5500 i believe. its a pci card and i have a dell 3000 thats upgraded liek hell. But my main question isd will it work with my pc? I'm not sure if i requires a pci express slot or just a normal pci card slot. any help?

bizzle · Post by **bizzle** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 2:49 pm

It's normal PCI. That card is awful, btw.

gRiMgRaVy014 · Post by **gRiMgRaVy014** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 8:11 pm

Whats wrong with the card?

mikozero · Post by **mikozero** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 8:31 pm

it's about 2 generations old.

gRiMgRaVy014 · Post by **gRiMgRaVy014** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:40 pm

yes i know but the price is right. anyway will I be able to play any new games on it with high graphics? liek say doom 3 ? HL2?

mikozero · Post by **mikozero** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:47 pm

no, all the new games need shader performance and the FXs series cards were generally terrible at it (some around here have called them Nvidias biggest mistake)

use the forum search to look for graphic card topics (there was a good one just recently) and you'll pick up loads of recommendations.

chrisfbt1 · Post by **chrisfbt1** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:55 pm

That card is horrible but it might play some games on lower settings,
but its probably gonna be hard to find a decent card that will work on the pci bus youll also want to get as much memory as possible if your are stuck getting a pci card

chrisfbt1 · Post by **chrisfbt1** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:56 pm

mikozero wrote:no, all the new games need shader performance and the FXs series cards were generally terrible at it (some around here have called them Nvidias biggest mistake)

use the forum search to look for graphic card topics (there was a good one just recently) and you'll pick up loads of recommendations.

ive been happy with my 5900 since it came out , but i am upgrading as soon as possible

mikozero · Post by **mikozero** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 10:17 pm

5900 is at the top end of the series and i did say 'generally', i've got a ASUS 5700 which is in the 'second batch' of FXs (with the improved shader engine) but i'm going up to a 6800 in the january sales hopefully, should make a big diffrence to my 3000+ SoA Sempron (plus the price is nice just now too)

gRiMgRaVy014 · Post by **gRiMgRaVy014** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 6:21 am

Well whats a relativly cheap graphics card that has a good shader? isn't the 6800 way cheaper nowadays?

bizzle · Post by **bizzle** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 7:20 am

gRiMgRaVy014 wrote:Well whats a relativly cheap graphics card that has a good shader? isn't the 6800 way cheaper nowadays?

They're pretty cheap now, but there aren't any PCI versions of the card.

mikozero · Post by **mikozero** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 7:38 am

i think there might be Radeon 9600 (or 9550) PCI cards,
that might be a good buy (a 128 bit one would be best if they exist)

DrFreeze knows his cards, hopefully he'll post . . .

Kammesennin · Post by **Kammesennin** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 3:55 pm

yeah, miko they definitely exist. saw quite a few in CompUSA a few weeks back. Even saw a Radeon 9800 PRO for pci, 128mb card.

gRiMgRaVy014 · Post by **gRiMgRaVy014** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 1:14 pm

what does a pci express slot look like? whats the difference?

gRiMgRaVy014 · Post by **gRiMgRaVy014** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 1:32 pm

And from what I understand from you guys I'm basically stuck with this card as being the best one I can get that is right with with my computer. I'm staying away from ATI cards because I might make this computer a linux box and the drivers are lacking with linux.

Kammesennin · Post by **Kammesennin** » Sat Dec 24, 2005 10:27 am

that is pretty much pci express. but i'd just stick with a plain pci card, but i'd have to agree that AGP is the way to go.