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Name: x86-586
Im going to get a new Graphics Card for my peice of crap dell demention 3000
What do you think about this Graphics Card, Will it wokr in a Dell Demention 3000, Will it work very well for the Sims 2?
Specifications:
ATI Radeon 9200 SE VPU
200 MHz VPU Core
PCI Bus
64MB DDR Memory
Memory Clock: 166MHz (333MHz DDR)
Dual 400MHz DACs
API Support: DirectX® 8.1 (works in DirectX® 9.0), OpenGL®
Connectors: VGA, DVI-IFeatures at a Glance:
CATALYST Driver support
SMARTSHADER
SMOOTHVISION
HYPER Z II
CHARISMA ENGINE II
4 Parallel Rendering Pipelines
Programmable full-scene anti-aliasing
Advanced Anisotropic Filtering
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"Im going to get a new Graphics Card for my peice of crap dell demention 3000"
If it's a piece of crap, why bother upgrading it?
My personal opinion is nvidia graphic cards. But others do prefer ATI. Since I'm not an ATI person, I can only say that the DDR memory seems kind of low for today's standard video cards.
What kind of price are you seeing for that one?

Because my dell is the system i use for gaiming. i use nvidia and ati i like both.
i can get one for $8.00 USD
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The Radeon 9200SE is not a good gaming card. It's 64-bit & doesn't support DX9, so if gaming is what you're looking for, you can scrap the 9200SE idea right now.
Here's your best bet without breaking the bank. Geforce FX5200 128MB/128-bit PCI for about $70:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814145055
ASUS A7N8X-X
Athlon XP 1800+
8.5 x 200MHz
1024MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7
Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB
WinME/WinXP Pro SP1

Right at this moment I cannot afford $70 i only have $18 to work with so im so im looking for something cheaper
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Is this card any better?
Graphics Controller:
NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5200
Bus Interface :
AGP8x
Memory Configuration:
64MB / 128MB DDR Memory
Product Overview:
Powered By nVIDIA GeForce PCX 5200 GPU
0.15 Micron Process Technology
CineFx Engline
128-bit studio precision compuation
Achitected for Cg
AGP 8X -2.1GB/s bandwidth to system
NVIDIA nVIEW multi-display Technology
Digital Vibrance Control (DVC) 3.0
350MHz RAMDACs support 2048x1536 resolution at 75MHz
4 Pixels/Clock Rendering Pipeline
Dual 350MHz RAMDACS support 2048 x 1536 resoultion at 75Hz
4 Pixels / Clock Rendering Pipeline
Pixel Shader and Vertex Shader 2.0
New 64-phase Video Scaler
Highest DVI output upto 1600x1200
Integrated TV encoder up to 1024x768 resolution
Integrated full hardware MPEG-2 decoder
nVIDIA Unified Driver Architecture (UDA)
Microsoft DirectX 9.0 Optimizations and Support
OpenGL 1.4 Optimizations and Support
I can get it for $10Sunset, expect
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You have no clue what your doing do you? That card you just listed is AGP.. Your looking for PCI yes? and getting it for 10 dollars?... that sounds EBayish..I would not shop from ebay.. Also.. do you even know what kind of card you need? PCI is extremely dated.. there is no decent cards for it anymore.. AGP is becoming dated over time. If you have a AGP slot you can give your system a longer run then getting a PCI video card.

"You have no clue what your doing do you?"
Yes I do.
"That card you just listed is AGP.. Your looking for PCI yes?"
I know that card is AGP and im looking for ether.
"and getting it for 10 dollars?... that sounds EBayish..I would not shop from ebay.. Also.. do you even know what kind of card you need?"
Yes it is an ebay item. yes im looking for a PCI for my Dell OR a AGP for my Custom.
"PCI is extremely dated.. there is no decent cards for it anymore.. AGP is becoming dated over time."
I already know that, thats why Dell didnt offer a Demention 3000 with AGP slots only PCI.
"If you have a AGP slot you can give your system a longer run then getting a PCI video card."
I already knew that to.
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Now Look!
Hey man, if you know that you don't have an AGP slot for an AGP card, why you bother looking for it?
Look, wait for a while get some cash and buy this card. I mean if you are going to buy an 18 dollar video card, then it is not going to be any better than your integrited onboard one.
So wait, and go get some decent card, even though PCI cards are already out of date.Anyways, I would suggest this card, so far it is about 70 dollars, not very expensive, but will at least will meet you minimum needs :)
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You dont get it my Dell does not have an AGP slot but my other computer DOES im looking for a card for my dell but i could not find one cheap enogh so i looked for and AGP for my other computer.
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I did.
"Yes it is an ebay item. yes im looking for a PCI for my Dell OR a AGP for my Custom."
Sunset, expect
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I didn't list the FX5500 PCI card because I think it's too expensive. Go with the FX5200, but the specs listed in response #5 leave out the most important info...the memory interface. Generally if it's not listed, it's a 64-bit card.
There are plenty of cheap 128MB/128-bit DX9 compatible AGP cards out there. My personal favorite in that low cost group is still the Radeon 9550
ASUS A7N8X-X
Athlon XP 1800+
8.5 x 200MHz
1024MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7
Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB
WinME/WinXP Pro SP1

Well i dont have the exact specs on my AGP card but its a ATI Radeon 7200 with 64Mb's of DDR VRAM
now would that card be better than the one i mentiond in responce 5?
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