Tony W Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 I know almost all of you are laughing at me but i'm looking for a PCI graphics card. Unfortunately, my crappy VAIO doesn't have a AGP slot and there is no way a 5 year old computer has a PCI-E slot. I'm a student so I really don't want to buy a new computer or replace the whole motherboard AND get a AGP graphics card which would cost way to much. Here are my specs: Windows xp SP2 AMD 1.56ghz (not exactly sure what model CPU, possibly athlon +1800) 768 mb ram Integrated 32mb graphics SIS 641(hence the reason i want a new graphics card) Integrated sound Any advice on which would be the best PCI graphics card? I attempted to search Google for top recent pci graphics card reviews but only PCIe reviews seem to pop up. I found one but it was back in 2003. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34666-best-pci-graphics-card/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrupted Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 I would recommend some sort of older Nvidia GeForce, perhaps a 5200 or somewhere around there, since the newer ones are PCIE. Why Nvidia? Natit. Natit lets you get full graphics accel with no hassles. ATI PCI cards, as far as I know, will have tearing and such. Nvidia has no such problems. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34666-best-pci-graphics-card/#findComment-245907 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwer Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 I would recommend some sort of older Nvidia GeForce, perhaps a 5200 or somewhere around there, since the newer ones are PCIE. Why Nvidia? Natit. Natit lets you get full graphics accel with no hassles. ATI PCI cards, as far as I know, will have tearing and such. Nvidia has no such problems. I second that. Ebay is your friend there - plenty of PCI 5200's on there. I have one in my G3 B&W (a flashed PC one) and it works a treat. But its a moot point, isn't it? You aren't going to be able to run os x on that CPU anyway.... //R Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34666-best-pci-graphics-card/#findComment-245993 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac-mini Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 try a geforce 5500 its the latest PCI geforce Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34666-best-pci-graphics-card/#findComment-246041 Share on other sites More sharing options...
user2 Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 I have a PNY PCI fx5200 it works with Titan straight out of the box. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34666-best-pci-graphics-card/#findComment-246072 Share on other sites More sharing options...
supernovafan Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 I'm have a GeForce 7900 GS which is working with Natit. I haven't tried dual monitors since I only have one. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34666-best-pci-graphics-card/#findComment-246308 Share on other sites More sharing options...
user2 Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 I'm have a GeForce 7900 GS which is working with Natit. I haven't tried dual monitors since I only have one. that is not a pci card Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34666-best-pci-graphics-card/#findComment-246873 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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