What PC card should i get?
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It depends...\n\nYour internet will only ever run at its maximum connection,\nFor instance you probably have DSl/Cable at home lets say it runs at 3MB download and 850KB Upload (extremely fast speeds, most DSL/CABLE is slower), your internet will never ever run faster than those numbers.\n\nMost ethernet "numbers" are for networking, It is for transfering files between computer over your network.\n\nIf you have a 25Mb game file that you want on another pc and they are networked with 54MBps ethernet then it will take aproximately 7 minutes to transfer...\n\nNow if you have 108MBps it will take half that time: about 3 mins.
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Eeeeesh.  You mean you are limited to a PCI slot.  Well, in that case it would be the Radeon 9600 BUT let's take a look at some other options.  Note that none of the PCI graphics cards are going to be powerhouses but if it's the best you can do... it's the best you can do...\n\nThe best you can do in a PCI graphics card is probably at Radeon X1300 for $115, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814129062\n\nAs I said, it's not powerhouse but is far superior to either the 9250 or 9600.  If you have really reserved yourself to the 9250 or 9600 keep in mind that not all Radeon 9250 cards support DirectX 9, most only support DirectX 8 (that's bad...) so go with the 9600 if those are really your only two choices.\n\nI was also unable to locate a PCI version of the Radeon 9600 from Newegg (though other stores may have it), I will only shop and buy from them.  The final word is, neither model you have picked is that great and if you really must go with PCI the the Radeon X1300 is the way to go.
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PCI Express if you have one.\nOtherwise AGP.\nPCI is like 16x slower than AGP and will give you horrible performance.\n\nKeep in mind the video card determins which slot you can put it in.  Only an AGP video card will go in an AGP slot, etc.\n\nAlso make sure the card you buy will work with your motherboard.   A motherboard will generally have PCI Express and PCI, or AGP and PCI.  I've never seen a motherboard with both AGP and PCI Express.
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The eVGA...\nUnless the PNY offers more overclocking options, as an increase in memory (especially in lower end cards) doesnt make a big difference
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get somthing from asus ... lok for the features you want ...plenty of pci expansion slots ...if you dont want to buy a new video card then you need an agp board but if u want to play the latest games you should move up to pci express and get a new video card like an nvidia 7950 ... a sli capable board is a bonus if you ever want to increase video performance even more by adding a second card ... raid is a good feature to have ...sata is better if you want to move up to faster harddrives  ...and get a board that supports ddr2 unless ur wanting to keep ur old memory ... it really depends on if ur wanting to run ur old components off of it or wanting to put together a new system ...
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If I understand the question, you should go with a pci-e. The pipelines are bigger and you get better results without tying up your CPU trying to process video commands. \nOf course you do know that PCI-E is a different type of socket in the computer, right? You will need a motherboard in your computer that has the PCI-E slot, or the card will not fit in your computer.
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tough one...\n\nIt is not so much the graphic cards memory size that you need to consider. One card with a memory of 128 may be a lot better than a card with a memory of 256, it is all down to the cards architecture/speed/pipelines etc.\n\nout of the above listed, they are both very similar cards, perhaps the geforce just edging it.\n\ngo to www.ebuyer.co.uk and see what cards have been commonly bought within your price range, may give you a clearer idea on what to get, read the reviews people have left on the cards too.
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check and compare specs and prices. know what you want your card to do. i picked up a nvidia geforce 6600gt for around your price and it works fine for me. i also understand if i want to play some of the newer games coming out i might need to get a better card. but for now this one does great for me. keeps up with multiplayer games and works great when i play games offline. \n\n   look at whatever games you have or are going to get and see what they recommend, and get a card a little better then what they recommend so it isn't obsolete to soon.\n \n   P.S. check out  www.newegg.com  there prices are good and ships fairly fast. also you can compare and read others views on the items you are looking at.
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Best place to look is Newegg.com ther are many. for the ATI side the 1600 series and up are very good and usually between 100 and 300 dollars but you can go as low as 1300 series, and for gforce the 6600 series and up are usually good and are usually priced from 100 to 500 dollars but once again at a minimun you'll want a 6200 series. And in today day and age i dont recomend below a 256 meg vid card for gaming.
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32mb? My 3 yr old PC came with a 128mb. You can get 128mb cards pretty cheap and even some 256mb cards for less than $100. I think you should get a friend that knows a bit more about computers. I'm wondering if you need a new one. Your friend should be able to help you decide plus someone will need to install the video card if you decide to get one.\n\n128MB DDR PCI Graphics Card \n$49.99 at Best Buy\nhttp://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7215364&type=product&productCategoryId=cat01151&id=1114614364423\n\n128MB $39.99 at Circuit City after rebate\nhttp://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/VisionTek-Xtasy-Radeon-X300SE-Video-Card-X300SEHPCIE-/sem/rpsm/oid/131928/catOid/-13043/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do
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Basically, if you have the cooling capabilities to handle it, I would suggest the 256MB card.  The more memory, the better it is capable of handling difficult graphics.
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definitely get more RAM - at least 1gb, and 2gb if you can. \n\nalso, a 250gb hard drive would be useful, and quite cheap.\n\nperhaps a new graphics card, 256mb....\n\nor get a mobo that supports pci-express and sata hard drive, with 3.4ghz P4...
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If you're looking for REAL performance for MODERN games both will be severely disappointing. If you want to look for a card for modern games (Like Call of Duty 2, Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion, Microsoft Flight Simulator X, Far Cry, Doom 3, F.E.A.R., ect) get something like:\nATI X800 or X850 series...\nATI X1800 or X1900 series...\nnVidia 7600 series...\nnVidia 7800 series...\nnVidia 7900 series...\nnVidia 8800 series.
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honetly try ebay they have great stuff, pci cards are so popular on there
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I am going to take a shot in the dark here and say the internet....\nhttp://www.rdrop.com/users/cary/html/pc_card_faq.html
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well done,another nvidia user,much the better card,anyway your current geforce 6600 is far better than anything you will get for £50 so i reckon you would be better investing in either a sound card or a memory upgrade\n          the 6600 is a good card.it has pixel and shader model 3.0 and has 256mb(not kb) which is more than enough for playing splinter cell,although you may need to turn down a few settings \n         if you still want another card,then a radeon x800gto would be a good upgrade but this retails at around £100 so you would need to add a few quid,also if you want to stay with nvidia a geforce 7800gt can be bought for around £100 again,this is a better card than the radeon and much better than the 6600\n        i personally would save your money for the moment and then shop on-line and check these websites for the best bargains on the web\n        dabs....http://www.dabs.com/\n        newegg....http://www.newegg.com/?CMP=KNC-overturesmx&ATT=hp\n         any problems or advice ,let me know
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try this one..\nXFX GeForce 6600GT 256 MB PCI-E SLI Ready Graphics Card