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Subject: PCI or AGP

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Name: zack
Date: April 11, 2008 at 13:44:46 Pacific
Subject: PCI or AGP
OS: XP Pro SP2
CPU/Ram: 1.8GHZ/384mb
Model/Manufacturer: sempron/300+

Comment:

I need to get a new video card but all frys has for agp is geforce 5200 and 5500. But they have geforce 6200 pci. should i get the geforce 6200
pci or geforce 5200 or 5500 for agp
Zack

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Response Number 1

Name: jam
Date: April 11, 2008 at 14:37:37 Pacific
Subject: PCI or AGP

Reply: (edit)

You gotta find another place to shop. 1st of all, if your board has an AGP slot, USE IT! 2nd, all the cards you mentioned suck.
How much are you willing to spend?

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Response Number 2

Name: zack
Date: April 11, 2008 at 15:26:20 Pacific
Subject: PCI or AGP

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50 to 70 bucks. maybe wal-mart
Zack

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Response Number 3

Name: jam
Date: April 11, 2008 at 16:24:31 Pacific
Subject: PCI or AGP

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"maybe wal-mart"
Does that mean you're unable to buy online or are you just in a hurry? Newegg has plenty of AGP cards. Just make sure to get a card that uses 128-bit memory. Here's a couple of cards in your price range:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...

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Response Number 4

Name: zack
Date: April 11, 2008 at 18:11:44 Pacific
Subject: PCI or AGP

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i cant buy anything online but newwegg is really good.
Zack

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Response Number 5

Name: jam
Date: April 11, 2008 at 20:07:11 Pacific
Subject: PCI or AGP

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That's too bad. There are other places besides Fry's & Walmart though. Try Radio Shack, OfficeMax, Office Depot, Bestbuy, Circuit City & you can check online before actually going to the store. Stay away from the FX5200. You may wanna look at this HD2400Pro at Circuit City...it's 64-bit, but it should be better than the other cards you mentioned:
http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Visi...

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Response Number 6

Name: mieaning
Date: April 13, 2008 at 20:45:38 Pacific
Subject: PCI or AGP

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Well I have noticed a deal on the the EVGA GeForce 8600 GT 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express Video Card is $60, will it be good for you:
http://www.dealstudio.com/searchdea...

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