also is 128MB ATI radeon x300 hypermeory video card a big improvement over integrated intel graphic 950 ?( 60 euro extra ) TIA
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I have the X300 don't get it. Get the Nvidia graphic card. Much better and more support in other OS's such as linux for Nvidia cards!
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If you're wanting to play games, then you should upgrade.  Since your motherboard has the ATI Express 200 graphics onboard, there's an extremely good chance that it has a PCI-E graphics slot.  For ~$100, you'd probably be happy with an X1600 Pro: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Category=38&N=2010380048+1069609641+1305520549+106790809+1067918889&Submit=ENE&SubCategory=48  an A1600XT: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Category=38&N=2010380048+1069609641+1305520549+106790809+1067918888&Submit=ENE&SubCategory=48 an X1650 Pro: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Category=38&N=2010380048+1069609641+1305520549+106790809+1067923258&Submit=ENE&SubCategory=48 or a 7600GS: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Category=38&N=2010380048+1069609641+1305520548+106790717+1067920619&Submit=ENE&SubCategory=48\n\nBTW, ATI video cards have had the best performance since the debut of their 9700 Pro, about 4 years ago.
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It's not the PCI-Express slot you need though.\n\nPCI express comes in x1 and x16. Your model is the x1 version. There's not a lot of video card that have that interferace. The wikipedia link has a picture of the size differences. \n\nThere's only one card that fits that interface on Newegg, and it's $399.00. \n\nThat more or less means you're looking for a PCI card. As Pillows has stated, the best you can upgrade to is a 5700 or a 9250, both of which aren't going to give you any significent improvements in performance. \n\nYou might have to wait until you get a new computer or a new motherboard.
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i highly recommend the asus version of the 1950pro it's at $164 and it'll blow the x850 out of the water! just relesed a couple of days ago. ill put a couple of links to reviews of the card below there arnt any reviews of the asus version that i can find but the sapphire and ATI one are basiclly the same thing only the cooler is different.\n\ncard:\nhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121031\n\nreviews\nhttp://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2858\nhttp://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=7016\n\nsorry for the fragmented spelling, had to write this in a hurry.
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It depends on what you will use it for. Games, business, etc. It also depends on on your motherboard. Does it have PCI, AGP, PCI-Express. If it has PCI-Express, get a video card for that particular slot. Me personally, I stick with NVidia. You can't go wrong with either a NVidia or ATI card. As for the best and cheapest, start buying Maximum PC. They do Vs. features which will help with taking the guesswork out of deciding which video card is best for you. Good luck!
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Sorry Sasho -- not correct. Matrox is outdated and their top tier cards are only good for some workstations. Look to any nVIDA based 7900-7900-8800 class card forthe best, or an ATI based card X1900. ATI has the best IQ (image quality) in my opinion, save the newest $650.00 behemouth nVIDA based 8800GTX -- but the 8800 is DX10 based and XP won't be able to see any DX10 benefits (only Vista will use DX10). So right now I would say a Sapphire X1900XTX or eVGA 7950GTX would be the best right now unless you can afford the 8800GTX and will use Vista very soon.
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i dont think there is anyway to increase your video memory without changing your video card and with your current mother board i dont think you can keep a video card of higher memory say a  128mb geforce 6600
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there are very good video card makers out there. i think you should concentrate more on the specs of the video cards to get the desired performance you want. for example getting a card with 256bit 512mb ddr2 at 16 pipelines is at the top of the line. asus, msi, and gigabyte make good video cards. but for the best price saphire is always the best buy. when buying a video card look for extra features the maker are offering with the vid card......good luck
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Mmm, don't really have enough information to tell you exactly how big of a difference. For example: some of the geforce 7900 cards are 256mb, some are 512mb. Either way, you're likely at least doubling your video memory, and going from agp to pci-ex, correct? It would make a huge difference, but Oblivion is a resource hog. It would be much smoother, but it wouldn't be perfect.
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I suggest 9600 PRO (Ati) if you can afford it, its a good value for money card if you want to save some money. However the next step up would be a GeForce Nvidia 6600gt.
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Yes, get the Geforce. \n\nToo bad your motherboard does not have a AGP 8X slot.  Then you could spend $200 that would actually get you awesome performance.  \n\nIf you do not have 2GB of RAM on your computer, that is where you should spend the money.   Check www.coastmemory.com
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The ATI Rage Pro was a good video card... back in the day. The reason a seller might put this in the specs is because it is an older computer, and there is not more to say about the computer. \nNothing worse than onboard video.
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nVidia is currently the video card leader with the past two generations of video cards, so recommend one of their cards instead of an ATI x1600. However, under 100$ for a x1600 pro is an awesome price for the performance. An x1600 pro will pull any game on the market at medium to high settings, so unless you simply need to max out all the graphical options on a modern game such as Oblivion, I think you would be getting a lot out of you $$.
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If the eVGA card will do what you want it to, then buy it. Your system sounds like it's a few years old, so I wouldn't spend too much to upgrade it. nVidia (geforce) cards are definitely a better choice performance wise than what ATI offers in your price range. Check online to see if you can find benchmarks for the three cards you are considering and see how they stack up.
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no, u r in dire need of up grading. no it is honestly less to buy a new 'puter than 2 upgrade. your video card is good, its what ive got but your total mem sux. plus get 512 ram and a 1 gig slave drive. ooh im still impressed with mine and it was only  $350 new. from wally-world, i mean wal- mar, u know.
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I had a 5200 and it was nice for limited gaming.  If you are into serious gaming like BF2 or FarCry or other graphics heavy applications.  You want to try to spend as much as possible on a great video card.  The nVidia 6800 with 256 Mb of memory is what I'm using now and I love it.  It's by no means a top of the line card only cost about $160, but it works for the games I mentioned great.  I have PCI-Express though and that may make a difference.  You can get great reviews on vid cards at www.tomshardware.com along with prices from tiger and zipzoomfly.
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that is a lot of stuff to describe...I've selected a site that helps describe each spec in "real world" english.. :)\n\nhttp://www.sarafco.com/Graphic-Card-Advisor.html