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23rd Apr 02, 10:47 PM
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K I live in Canada and I was wondering what graphic card I can upgrade to...
My computer has an onboard agp card so I am forced to buy a pci card. But which one can I buy for the best price and best quality? I am running a Compaq Presario 4860 Pentium 2 333 Mhz.
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24th Apr 02, 12:37 AM
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What do you use your PC for?
e.g. games - desktop pub - etc.
TV-Out necessary?
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24th Apr 02, 02:10 AM
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well, I would like to play games on the computer such as warcraft 3 or maybe psx emulated games... Also it i need a tvout for projects so yes i need that.. High ram and speed would be nice too... and above all high compatibility and support for drivers (now and in the future)
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25th Apr 02, 03:09 PM
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I would go for older version of ATI All In Wonder. The price is very reasonable.
[quote:9d0d573ab6][i:9d0d573ab6]Originally posted by Thantos [/i:9d0d573ab6]
[b]well, I would like to play games on the computer such as warcraft 3 or maybe psx emulated games... Also it i need a tvout for projects so yes i need that.. High ram and speed would be nice too... and above all high compatibility and support for drivers (now and in the future) [/quote:9d0d573ab6]
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25th Apr 02, 04:41 PM
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60 bucks on pricewatch.....have 2 that run flawlessly (my main is a ATI AIW 8500)
Voodoo 3 3500,16MB,PCI,MPEG2,350MHz RAMDAC,TV-Out,1-year dealer warranty
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6th May 02, 11:31 PM
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Hmmm persoanlly I'd stay away from ATI, there are Geforce cards out there that are PCI.
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7th May 02, 12:39 AM
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Personaly I would stay away from nvidia based chipsets, the ATI all in wonder will probably do more for your all around that you are looking for. But before you go and waste the money you need to make sure that you can disable your onboard because of proprietary systems.. like compaq who don't want you messin with it
and the voodoo card is very good, but 3dfx is no more, so no driver support
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29th May 02, 05:44 PM
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Honestly, I would hold off buying a new card for your current system, as even with a new card it's barely going to be able to run current and upcoming games (such as Warcraft 3). For under $1000, you could find a budget system that, while it would not be able to run these new games and the blazing fast framerates of $2000 plus machines, it would be able to actually run them.
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