Help buying a Graphics card

Mr_Mister

I'm looking to buy a graphics card for my PC but not sure on what to get.
I wont be playing games. Mainly will be using the internet, watching movies and photos.

My PC specs are as follows:
Dell Dimension 3000, Celeron D 340, 1GB Ram
A quick scan on my PC reveals:
LPC Bus - Yes
PCI Bus - Yes
AGP Bus - Yes

Any suggestions? Thanks

planemad

Hi you would only be looking at a basic sort of card then to take the burden from you onboard one and the memory that is uses.

I would recomend these from th ATI brand:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131192

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/132542

and these from Nvidia:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/129086

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/129804

GoofyGAT

planemad, they need to be AGP!

Mr_Mister, any one of these would be fine:

ATi

nVidia

If your order is £30 or more (excl VAT & delivery) you can get £10 off with Google Checkout (GC) - expires 5/11 (tomorrow).

You could pick up a real bargain from eBay (I'd say don't go for anything less than 64Mb): a search (sorted by Time: ending soonest) / another (sorted by buy-it-now & Price: Lowest first). G

banger9365

this looks like a good one http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?product_id=17830&category_id=125&manufacturer_id=0&tid=11114-00-20r it will also run DX10 in vista too put a little pricey at £40

Mr_Mister

Sorry to sound dumb but is AGP like a slot? I def know I have spare PCI slot

GoofyGAT

Mr_Mister wrote: »

Sorry to sound dumb but is AGP like a slot? I def know I have spare PCI slot

Yes, AGP is a graphics card slot.

You probably have a spare PCI slot, but you need a PCI-E slot for the ones planemad suggested. There are PCI graphics cards too, but not worth it as you have AGP anyway. G

Mr_Mister

GoofyGAT wrote: »

Yes, AGP is a graphics card slot.

You probably have a spare PCI slot, but you need a PCI-E slot for the ones planemad suggested. There are PCI graphics cards too, but not worth it as you have AGP anyway. G

Is there any way to check if my AGP slot is free? What does it look like?
Thanks

planemad

GoofyGAT wrote: »

Yes, AGP is a graphics card slot.

You probably have a spare PCI slot, but you need a PCI-E slot for the ones planemad suggested. There are PCI graphics cards too, but not worth it as you have AGP anyway. G

Completly dumb of me, I saw PCI in th original and instantly thought PCI-E.

Sorry

philnicandamy

Mr_Mister wrote: »

Is there any way to check if my AGP slot is free? What does it look like?
Thanks

Have a look here

http://www.buildeasypc.com/hw/howto/instgraphics.htm

shows you various boards with AGP & what to look for

superscaper

Mr_Mister wrote: »

Is there any way to check if my AGP slot is free?
Thanks

It doesn't matter. Your pc can only use one graphics card anyway, so if you already have a card then you'll be directly replacing it. Either you have card already or you're using onboard graphics but a new card will still end up going in that slot anyway and an existing card must be taken out.

Mr_Mister

Cool. One last question.
Will I be able to connect to a TV with these cards?