New graphics card

[Jon H]

I am thinging of upgrading my graphics card (NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX400) as it is 4 years old now and doesn't support DX9.
Can anyone suggest a good one for less than about

[Woodlouse2002]

Whats the rest of the system like? The nVidia 6 series is very good but if your previous card was a geforce2 then it's likely the rest of your system won't keep up and so much of it would be wasted. I would recommend something in the geforce 4 or 5 range. It would return a huge improvement and wouldn't outstrip the rest of your system by too much (assuming it's the same age as the previous card).

[Jon H]

Pentium 4 1.60GHz CPU
768MB of RAM

...what else do you need to know?

[Woodlouse2002]

That'll do. With those specs no harm would come of buying a geforce 6 if you can get one within your price range. Though before you do, make sure your motherboard has PCIe otherwise you could be dissapointed when it comes to actually installing it.

[kipman725]

Pentium 4 1.60GHz CPU
768MB of RAM

...what else do you need to know?

something like a 6600gt would improve your flight simming no end  

and with that cpu your motherboard will have PCI and AGP slots but no PCI-E slots.  you need to get an AGP card such as this 6600gt:
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products ... _uid=82038

[Jon H]

How 'bout this one...

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=18043174741&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X3Jldmlld3M=&product_uid=101737

It's a bit more wallet friendly!

[ctjoyce]

Grr both of you stop. For about $180 (70GBP) you can get a 7300 from nVidia, or you could get a 6800 Ultra.

Cheers
Cameron

[Delta_]

Does the 7300 come in AGP?

With that CPU a 6600GT would be good.  A 6600LE is at best half as fast as a 6600GT.

[Woodlouse2002]

Grr both of you stop. For about $180 (70GBP) you can get a 7300 from nVidia, or you could get a 6800 Ultra.

Cheers
Cameron

$180 should be over

[Delta_]

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$180 should be over

[Jon H]

What do you think of the Nvidia GeForce 6200A?

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=99557

[Jon H]

Or this one...

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=105116

[Woodlouse2002]

Try one of these.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/ ... eries.html

[Delta_]

Try one of these.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/ ... eries.html

He has an AGP slot so the 7x00's are not viable or any of the 6x00 PCE-express series.  A 6800 will be bottle necked as well.

[Woodlouse2002]

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He has an AGP slot so the 7x00's are not viable or any of the 6x00 PCE-express series.