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Subject: Do i have PCI or AGP? Also........

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Name: Manhuntkotor
Date: April 25, 2005 at 13:21:23 Pacific
Subject: Do i have PCI or AGP? Also........
OS: Windows Xp
CPU/Ram: Intel Pentium 4 2.66 Ghz

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Hey! How can I tell if i have an AGP or PCI graphic card slot? I have a Dell Dimension 2400 if that helps. The owners manual says i have 3 PCI card slots so i am guessing it is PCI. Also, what is a good card for under $150? I really want to play Half Life 2 and Doom 3 with good results. Thanx!

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Response Number 1

Name: Manhuntkotor
Date: April 25, 2005 at 13:40:43 Pacific
Subject: Do i have PCI or AGP? Also........

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Also i was looking at the ATI Radeon 9250 256 MB PCI version. Is this a good one? Thnx

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Name: Dumb Geek (by bitboy)
Date: April 25, 2005 at 14:19:44 Pacific
Subject: Do i have PCI or AGP? Also........

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its not a good card for doom 3, not sure about HL2.
P4 3.2GHZ
kingstone 1GB DDR 3200
ABIT AS8 mobo
Nvidia geforce FX 5950 Ultra 256mb
Soundblaster 24-bit audigy 2

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Name: jam
Date: April 25, 2005 at 14:53:41 Pacific
Subject: Do i have PCI or AGP? Also........

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"was looking at the ATI Radeon 9250 256 MB PCI version. Is this a good one?"
Nope...doesn't support DX9.
Stay away from any Radeon with SE or LE in it's model number. As long as the number is 9500 or above, it supports DX9.
DX9 support for nVidia based cards started with the FX5200, but that is said to be "psuedo-support". Avoid the GF4 MX4000...it's crap.
Your choices will be extremely limited for PCI cards.
I hate to recommend it, but your best bet is probably a GeForce FX5200 128MB/128-bit card.
Asus A7N8X-X
1800+ @ 8 x 210MHz
768MB PC3200
Asus A9550 128MB/128-bit
Gamer Edition
WinME/WinXP Pro

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Name: Manhuntkotor
Date: April 25, 2005 at 16:16:02 Pacific
Subject: Do i have PCI or AGP? Also........

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How about the ATI RADEON X700 PRO 256MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card? What is PCI-Express and will it work with a regular PCI card slot? Here are some more, tell me the best one:
PNY GeForce FX 5500 128MB DDR PCI Graphics Card
BFG GeForce FX 5500 OC 256MB DDR PCI Graphics Card
GIGABYTE Geforce PCX5750 128MB 128-bit DDR PCI-Express x16 Video Card
Albatron Geforce PCX5750 128MB 128-bit DDR PCI-Express x16 Video Card
ABIT Radeon X600PRO 128MB 128-bit DDR PCI-Express x16 Video Card
AOpen Geforce PCX5750 128MB 128-bit DDR PCI-Express x16 Video Card
ABIT Radeon X600PRO 256MB 128-bit DDR PCI-Express x16 Video Card
Leadtek Geforce 6600 256MB 128-bit DDR PCI-Express x16 Video Card
XFX Geforce 6600 256MB 128-bit DDR PCI-Express x16 Video Card

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Name: snoopy104
Date: April 26, 2005 at 17:04:27 Pacific
Subject: Do i have PCI or AGP? Also........

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No, PCI-express cards will not work with a regular PCI slot.
PCI-express is new, it's the replacement for AGP and similar to PCI in name only. You need a PCI-express motherboard to use a PCI-express graphics card.
The FX5200 (PCI version) is the only card capable of running the latest games and being available in old PCI form. It's not exactly a great card, but cheap enough.
AMD Athlon XP2200+
Aero7 lite
512mb Crucial pc2700
Abit NF7-s V2.0
80GB Seagate SATA
120GB Seagate SATA
Geforce4 Ti4200 128mb
Benq FP767-12 17" 12ms
SB Audigy 2 ZS

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Response Number 6

Name: kiesster
Date: May 17, 2005 at 01:45:29 Pacific
Subject: Do i have PCI or AGP? Also........

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graphics card for a dell 2400 is a pci card
pci-express is a new completely different standard that is supposed to replace agp in the future. the dell 2400 does not support anything except REGULAR pci (this really limits your graphics card options)
I just bought a ATI radeon 9250 PCI, and I don't think you'll find a better card that works on PCI (a dell 2400)
It runs every game I've got well, and I also noticed a drastic improvememt over my old NVIDIA geforce 4 mx. Seriously -- if you've got a computer like mine (dell 2400) with no agp ports then get this card!!

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