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Name: Swift09
Date: November 8, 2005 at 14:44:06 Pacific
Subject: Best graphic card ?
OS: Windows XP Home Edition
CPU/Ram: 1gb

Comment:

Hey, i'm going to get a new harddrive. And then i'll buy a new graphics card.
I have an HP a345c motherboard.
PCI - Three (two open)
DIMM - Two (one available)
AGP 8x - One (available)
It says I have the following on the HP website:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument?lc=en&cc=us&docname=c00039936
And here is some more information about my motherboard if it helps:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&docname=c00006476#c00006476_doc
I'd like to know, what is the best graphic card I could get, preferably under $380, i'd love for it to be less than $300 though.
Do they sell the HP computer a345c in different types, like, one without pci, one with agp, etc ? If not, then the information above should be correct. Not sure how to tell what kind of slot I have, sorry.
Thanks :D

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Response Number 1

Name: heropsycho2177
Date: November 8, 2005 at 16:08:20 Pacific
Subject: Best graphic card ?

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With that system, it is absolutely not necessary and is in fact a waste of money to spend even over $200 on a graphics card.
I would recommend the Nvidia 6600GT.
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=323626
No use spending more for a card with your CPU not being high end. This card is more than enough for your CPU.
Upgrade to a gig of memory instead of wasting more money on something higher end than the 6600GT.

"It happens."

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Response Number 2

Name: Swift09
Date: November 8, 2005 at 16:18:13 Pacific
Subject: Best graphic card ?

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Yes, im sorry, I forgot to mention:
I have 1GB Ram
I have an AMD Athlon XP 2800+
I have 2.08 GHZ

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Response Number 3

Name: heropsycho2177
Date: November 8, 2005 at 20:37:32 Pacific
Subject: Best graphic card ?

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Then get a 6600GT and be done with it.
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Response Number 4

Name: Swift09
Date: November 9, 2005 at 13:34:45 Pacific
Subject: Best graphic card ?

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Kay. Would games and movies run as smooth as a babys bottom? Will games be polygonic, or nice and smooth?

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Response Number 5

Name: heropsycho2177
Date: November 9, 2005 at 13:42:53 Pacific
Subject: Best graphic card ?

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The 6600GT allows for all the graphics options of a $600 card. It simply lacks the horsepower to do them that $600 cards have. However, you would need a high end CPU with a high end graphics cards to achieve those kinds of results.
In short, if the game doesn't run smooth and have awesome image quality on the 6600GT, even with a high end graphics card, it wouldn't have run smooth because you don't have a high end CPU.
With that said, you'll be able to run every game out there reasonably well, with many running very well.
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Response Number 6

Name: K61
Date: November 10, 2005 at 19:43:25 Pacific
Subject: Best graphic card ?

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I have to mention that the 6600GT card can be a bit picky. It just doesn't like some motherboards and/or chipsets, I think it is due to the crossover chip. This is a PCI-E card fit with a chip to make it work in an AGP slot. Many of the problems can be fixed by bios adjustments and/or updates, however many OEM boards do not give many bios updates or options. It may be better to stick to a card that was actually built for AGP.

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Response Number 7

Name: heropsycho2177
Date: November 10, 2005 at 20:43:55 Pacific
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Haven't heard nor seen that...
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Response Number 8

Name: K61
Date: November 10, 2005 at 21:50:14 Pacific
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A friend bought the xfx 6600GT and it would not work in 2 out 3 machines he has. One that didn't was an older HP. After he told me I searched for problems on yahoo and found that some cards wouldn't work with some boards. It was mostly with older boards and wasn't the majority but I thought I would mention it.

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Response Number 9

Name: heropsycho2177
Date: November 11, 2005 at 06:42:38 Pacific
Subject: Best graphic card ?

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Sure that wasn't something to do with those older motherboards and not because the video card is PCI-e native?
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