yeah PCI cards are very limited as far as they can go, I just bought a card myself that offers moderate success as far as pci will go. Just make sure you know what your getting into before you start to buy, below is the link to the card I bought (Geforce FX5700LE), but make sure your system is atleast up to snuff before trying games like HL2 and doom 3 (heck even The sims 2), a must is 512 mb of Ram and a 1.8ghz processor (though those are some minimum specs there even) most people on this boards are hardcore gamers so unless your into maxing out every frame and options a dell 3000 series should serfice for an amount of time in these days. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814140041

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A 5500 is more bang for the buck. If you get it, get powerstrip and overclock it. A ati radeo 9250 ould also be a good buy and can easily be overclocked using the ati tool. Roger ASPIRE ATXB4KLW-AL Antec 400W ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe AMD 3700+ San Diego Corsair 1GB 2x512 eVGA 6600GT 250GB Hard Drive Sound Blaster Audigy Windows XP HOME W/SP2

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The 9250 is a weak non-DX9 card...avoid it Asus A7N8X-X 1800+ @ 8.5 x 200MHz 768MB PC3200 Asus A9550 128MB/128-bit Gamer Edition WinME/WinXP Pro

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ok thnx for the help one last question can i buy a AGP slot for my computer or no?

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Dude, you have a piece of crap DELL. You CANNOT add an AGP slot & there is no adapter. You're stuck with getting a PCI video card & there's nothing you can do about it, other than to buy a "real" PC. If you want decent gaming performance, you only have a few choices in PCI cards. I suggest you get one with 128MB memory @ 128-bit, & supports DX9. I don't like recommending the FX5200, but it's probably the cheapest alternative: CHAINTECH Geforce FX5200 128MB 128-bit for $73: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814145055 If best gaming performance isn't a priority, here's a cheaper choice. I guess anything's better than onboard: XFX Geforce4 MX4000 64MB 128-bit for $39: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150064 Asus A7N8X-X 1800+ @ 8.5 x 200MHz 768MB PC3200 Asus A9550 128MB/128-bit Gamer Edition WinME/WinXP Pro

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No, you cannot...it's part of the motherboard manufacturing process. Skip

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Your adamance is interesting, but I guess it'll help you grasp more about computers in a lot less time. However the reality at this time is, you can ONLY get an AGP card in your computer if you BUY an AGP based MOTHERBOARD, so let it go. ‹•¿•›.......Do not type anything in this space.......‹•¿•›

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This is a decent card for a PCI slot...but its performance isn't great for the price COMPARING it to AGP and PCI-E cards in the same range, but since it's the best available...I am informing you it exist. It is not a bad card by any means.

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forgot to post link... http://www.amamax.com/gefx5712ddr1.html

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im going to get a game called battlefield 2 i have 2 vid cards in mind these are the system requirments for it: Target Minimum Specification Machine: 1.7 Ghz CPU 512 Megabytes of RAM 128 MB video card (must support 1.4 shaders) Recommended Specification Machine: 2.66 Ghz CPU 1024 Megabytes of RAM 256 MB video card and these are the 2 vid cards im planning to get: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=6832779&type=product&id=1093468042109 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150040 which one of these two will be able to run it with good graphics or do they both suck?

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My advise: Get a new PC. ;) http://www.boredsource.c om/eltrucha/ http://tsfc.ath.cx ftp://tsfc.ath.cx hotline://tsfc.ath.cx Little Johnny took a drink but he shall drink no more. For what he thought was H2

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Are you even reading your responses? You've gotten several PCI card recommendations & the Radeon 9250 is NOT one of them! It's weak, it doesn't support DX9, & since it doesn't list otherwise, it's probably a 64-bit card. And 256MB is completely unnecessary & a waste of money...$117 is WAY too much to spend on that piece of crap card. Like I said...get an FX5200 128MB/128-bit card. Make sure it's uses the 128-bit memory interface. Do NOT get a 64-bit card! If 128-bit isn't mentioned in the product description, it could very well mean it's a 64-bit card. 128-bit is a selling point & is usually mentioned somewhere in the specs. 64-bit is a low performance card...many times, the 64-bit info isn't listed. In that case, go to the manufacturer's website to see if it's listed there. If not, don't chance it....look for a card that specifically states 128-bit memory. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814145055 Try reading the reviews...maybe it will sink in: http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/FeedBack/CustRatingReview.asp?Item=N82E16814145055 Asus A7N8X-X 1800+ @ 8.5 x 200MHz 768MB PC3200 Asus A9550 128MB/128-bit Gamer Edition WinME/WinXP Pro

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"im going to get a game called battlefield 2 i have 2 vid cards in mind" Time to get a few new systems in mind instead. ;-)

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yea i am planning to get a better cp but for the time being i just want to play the game

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Judging from the screenshots of the game and taking the minimum requirements into consideration it looks like if you want to be able to decently play this game you will have to upgrade most of your computer. Even if a PCI video card has 128Mb it is still extremely slow. I think that even at the lowest settings of Battlefield 2 you would expriance really slow game play. But if you are not leaning towards buying a new system then I would suggest a card like the Geforce FX5500. I suggest that instead of buying this card you wait awhile and save your money towards a new system because when you do buy it you will want a better video card and this one will go to waste.

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"i just want to play the game" I know...but so far from what I've read about the game, I have serious doubts your machine even upgraded to as good a PCI video card you can get will run that game well.

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I am going to purchase battlefield 2 but i need a new video card. does anyone know if the eVGA GeForce 5500 128mb will work with bf2? Im not looking for exceptional graphics just what i need to play smoothly and the card is very cheap. Thanks for the help. If you do have an answer can you please send it to my email? Thanks alot.

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