can you suggest me a video card?

[kostisr]

first of all i realy dont know a thing about video cards. I decided to change my MX420 to a new one becouse of my realy bad fps i had in World of Warcraft game. I things the card is the proplem cos its kind of old...
anyway can you recomend me a card to buy? not too expensive but a good one.

[Scott]

Well can you give us a price range and then we can recommend a card!!

[kostisr]

i have been searching around and found a few cards look at these sites
http://www1.shopping.com/xPF-Evga_VGA_EVGA_GF_6600_256_A8_N340_TX
http://www1.shopping.com/xSBS-graphics_cards-Graphic_Boards-more_than_256_mb~P-1~V-~PRDLT-22798791-22128720-25666052-22140491~PG-1
http://www1.shopping.com/xSBS-graphics_cards-~P-1~V-~PRDLT-22128720-22798791-23363125-22140491-23578654~PG-1
http://www1.shopping.com/xPF-Power_Color_POWERCOLOR_ATI_RADEON_9600_PRO_256MB_D DR_DVI_CRT_TV_8X_AGP

[kostisr]

Well can you give us a price range and then we can recommend a card!!

cheaper the better not more than $160 but i prefer around $130 or something

[Scott]

http://bjorn3d.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=6974734/search=xfx

Not really that much out there in your price range.

[Kougar]

I agree with Scott... the card he linked would outperform the ones you've linked to. :)

Part of the problem is that your computer uses AGP type graphics cards, and those are more expensive nowadays because they are being phased out. PCI-Express type cards are what you'll find on new computers now, and those are in many cases faster than what you'll find still out there for AGP.

[XJnine]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102680

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814170082

Either of these would be a big boost over what you have.

[Kougar]

Whoa, that x1600 Pro has 512mb on it. :eek: Really anything over 256mb for that level of performing wouldn't make much of a difference though...

I looked up some game charts and the 256mb x1600 Pro was able to top a 6600GT in most of the game tests to my surprise. I change my suggestion to XJNine's first link, and the price is still lower than the 6600GT. ;) Nice find there, btw!

[kostisr]

ye nice card and thx guys for your suport but i only have a proplem
can i buy this card (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102680) from europe? i thing its only for us there

[Johnie]

Hi! Newegg only ships to US...so sorry about that...:rolleyes: ..but...you can always try emailing and asking them if would be able to make an exeption to that?;) Otherwise just look around...I believe there are many other sites who sell the card you would like and who ship internationally too...Good luck! ;)

[Kougar]

Go to http://www.sapphiretech.com/en/products/wheretobuy.php (http://www.sapphiretech.com/en/products/wheretobuy.php) and select your country... you'll be presented with a list of local/online retailers :)

[werty316]

Here are some online dealers:

http://www.scan.co.uk/
http://www.komplett.co.uk/
http://www.meshcomputers.com/

[kostisr]

guys nvm about that card i found a store rear my house and found some cards there take a look and tell my which one is the better and if they worth
http://www.pointofview-online.com/GF5500.html
http://www.pointofview-online.com/GF6600LEagp.html
http://www.pointofview-online.com/GF5200.html

btw it sells this one also but i dont thing i can afort it
http://www.pointofview-online.com/GF6800XT512agp.html

anyway can you tell me what i should do? which one from the first 3? remember i need a card for games and especialy for world of warcraft

[werty316]

Since you are only playing WoW the 6600 is probably your best bet.

http://www.pointofview-online.com/GF6600LEagp.html

[Kougar]

I would see if they carry a 6600GT there. The "LE" model is the stripped down part with half the pipelines, lower clocks, and less shaders.

[werty316]

It would be good if you can tell us the prices. If the 6600GT is a bit more go with that. Pretty much all of those cards are slowbut should be fine for WoW.

[kostisr]

ok guys i took my decition after spending my hole afternoon searching i found this card which i already orderer i thing its a good one and its worth the $215 or something (with delivery and stuff)
http://www.hisdigital.com/html/product_ov.php?id=209

[Kougar]

I hope you are not saying you didn't order this EXACT card, did you???

That is a PCIe card. "PCI Express® x16 lane native support" It is not compatible with your computer, unless you happen to be using a PCI-Express motherboard.

When you said you had been using a MX420 card, I assumed you have a AGP motherboard. You need to check this, and call them up to see if you can instead have them ship you a AGP model of that card, or cancel that order!

My apologies, I should have made sure you had known there was a difference. Older computers use AGP, which is being phased out in place for PCIe capable machines. If you type either of those into google you can get all kinds of pictures of both slots to check your motherboard with.

[kostisr]

chill i didnt :cool:
thats the link of the exact card that i bought. the ather link was just the official site.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814161003
anyway what you thing of it?

[Kougar]

Ahh, good!

And honestly, I think the cooler on that card is just silly... but at least it should be able to run nearly silent. ;) The 256mb x1600 Pro is a good match for the 6600GT performance-wise.

[werty316]

Ahh, good!

And honestly, I think the cooler on that card is just silly... but at least it should be able to run nearly silent. ;) The 256mb x1600 Pro is a good match for the 6600GT performance-wise.

Silly? You are joking right? lol have you heard of Arctic Cooling's Silencer VGA coolers? They do kickass as they are silent and great performance VGA HSF.

Its actually better that alot of HIS cards come with this style of cooler as it saves people the trouble of getting an aftermarket cooler like the Arctic Cooling Silencer since it alreasdy has one.

[Kougar]

Silly? You are joking right? lol have you heard of Arctic Cooling's Silencer VGA coolers? They do kickass as they are silent and great performance VGA HSF.

Its actually better that alot of HIS cards come with this style of cooler as it saves people the trouble of getting an aftermarket cooler like the Arctic Cooling Silencer since it alreasdy has one.

Well all of that is true and I'd agree completely... Except that something about that specific cooler, that size and shape keeps reminding me of x1900XT card. It's the exact same thing as seeing huge oversized offroad tires on those small Tacoma/S10/Ranger "trucklets". It's just funny. :D

[werty316]

Single slot coolers are sufficient but nothing is wrong with a 2-slot cooler.