Stuck in PCI Hell

[kevin2003]

Dear Fellow Simmers,
I only have a PCI interface on my PC so all those delicious,top of the range ASP and PCI Express cards are just a distant fantasy.Can anyone recommend an excellent PCI graphics card for me?My budget is up to

[4_Series_Scania]

For your budget, you'd be able to buy a new CPU, Motherboard, RAM and AGP Graphics card!

Dont throw good money away on an obsolete pc, upgrade it!  ;)

[MattNW]

[quote]For your budget, you'd be able to buy a new CPU, Motherboard, RAM and AGP Graphics card!

Dont throw good money away on an obsolete pc, upgrade it!

[Iroquois]

The fastest card currently available for PCI is the nVidia Geforce 5700. I found one at NewEgg that has 128mb or Ram with DVI and TV out ports. It's selling for $87 US.

The problem with PCI is it that it's much slower than AGP. I have the same card as you but I'm willing to bet it preforms much better on my the AGP 4x bus.

You can put together a decent system in your budget. Especially if you like DIY jobs. Depending on what you have, you may even be able to keep the CPU and memory and just get a new mobo. Don't forget that you have to reinstall the OS when installing a new mobo.  

[congo]

I've never actually seen or heard of evidence of good graphics on a PCI bus.

I would just build a new system, you can practice by tearing your current one to pieces, and sell the remains to some unsuspecting old pensioner, who just wants to send emails and chat to their grandkids.

Maybe you could even sucker someone into buying your PCI card.

Desperate times call for desperate measures, and if anyone asks, blame me!  

[kevin2003]

Thanks Guys....

looks like I'm looking at a mobo upgrade at the very least,assuming there are no compatibility issues.Sound advice as usual.Thanks again.

kevin