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No._j5689_ wrote:
Are there any good PCI cards then?
I dont mean to be harsh, but if you dont know the difference between the two, you shouldn't be helping your friend._j5689_ wrote:
Dude, I don't study PCI.
The major video cards fit into one of two slots PCI-E, or AGP. Most mobo's will have either a single AGP slot, a single PCI-E slot, or the mobo will be setup to use two PCI-E slots in SLI mode (dual gfx cards). Now the gfx cards themselves are either PCI-E like the one you posted a link to, or AGP and the gfx card has to fit into the matching motherboard slot. PCI expansion slots (not to be confused with PCI-E) can be found in high numbers and they are connectors for things like sound cards, wireless router cards, etc... If you can find the type (a link would be nice) of mobo your friend has I can tell you exactly what cards will work for you, if not you simply need to find out if his mobo has PCI-E slot, or AGP and pick your card accordingly._j5689_ wrote:
Just wondering because I want to help my friend play this game but there is no AGP slot on his mobo so I want to see if this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 814129043R can work in one of his PCI slots.
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2.9 GHZ, 1 512MB stick of RAM out of two RAM slots, and only PCI busses.-=raska=- wrote:
the best pci card is the radeon 9250. You can play bf2 with that but everything on low. but as Chitlin said, if your friend hasn't an agp slot on his mobo, its because his computer is pretty old or cheap and the cpu, ram, etc must suck.
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In the nVidia line, the top of the line PCI cards out there are produced by BFG ... either the FX5500OC with 256MB or the GeForce 6200OC with 256MB._j5689_ wrote:
Are there any good PCI cards then?
Nvidias are a bit pricy for a 14-year old and I have better experience with ATi so i'd recommend that to him.Maj.Do wrote:
dude thats gonna get you some -'s there, anyways tell your friend to at least try to geta agp MB.
edit:also if he does get a agp mb, dont get the agp ati cards, there old tech compared to nvidia (not biased, you know hdr runs better with sm3
Well, he needs a card to work with until he saves up enough to buy a new rig. If he feels the need to buy more RAM I guess he can do that along the way.OrangeHound wrote:
In the nVidia line, the top of the line PCI cards out there are produced by BFG ... either the FX5500OC with 256MB or the GeForce 6200OC with 256MB._j5689_ wrote:
Are there any good PCI cards then?
To play BF2, these cards will still only work OK on mostly low settings, and you will experience some lag in encounters plus major jerks in some indoor situations where there are lots of complex geometries. But, you can play and have a lot of fun.
But, thinking toward the future, money might be better spent upgrading your MB and getting PCI-E.
