Please can someone help me!

[cpthammond]

Hey, thanks for looking. I installed flight sim on my old pc the other day and the graphics are horrid. I need some help which graphics card to choose. Here is some information though about my motherboard. Its name is "D915GAG" which  has 2 PCI slots, AGP slot and PCI Express x1 Connector. I have a 2.93ghz processer (pentium 4 515 socket 775). A pretty dissapointing 512mb's ram. It currently runs onboard graphics (915g).

Please can someone recommend me a cheap suitable card (preferbly 512mb) for this PC which will run FSX well, I recently got a new PC with an 8800GTS 640mb which is quite fun.

Thanks, any help appreciated

Laurence

[jimcooper1]

What is you budget?...I'd split the budget between RAM and Card. Better to have 1GB RAM and 256MB Card rather than 512MB on each. Especially if you're only running a single monitor.
Ideally go for 1GB + 512GB.

Also I think that board has a PCIe x16 graphics slot not an AGP??? in which case you're spoilt for choice with Graphics cards

http://www.intel.com/products/motherboard/d915gag/index.htm

Tell us your budget.....

Regards

Jim

PS:

Work your way down this list until you hit the one you can afford:

nVidia 7950GT
ATI

[cpthammond]

Oh, my budget would be around

[jimcooper1]

[quote]Oh, my budget would be around

[cpthammond]

[quote][quote]Oh, my budget would be around

[jimcooper1]

The PCI are the 2 white ones top right. The PCIe are black above and below the PCI slots.
(PCIe x1 at the top)

Jim

[cpthammond]

Thanks Jim, now thats easy to understand. I would have thought that black 1 would have been AGP because its not a very good motherboard. You've really helped me out alot on this one and i sincerly thank you.

Laurence,

[cpthammond]

So if i was to install an ATI radeon x1950 pro in, I would be alright for power and it wont burn?

Regards,
Laurence

[jimcooper1]

So if i was to install an ATI radeon x1950 pro in, I would be alright for power and it wont burn?

Regards,
Laurence

Good Point!!... What is the power output on your PSU  and what spare connectors does it have??

Jim

[cpthammond]

So if i was to install an ATI radeon x1950 pro in, I would be alright for power and it wont burn?

Regards,
Laurence

Good Point!!... What is the power output on your PSU

[jimcooper1]

http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/ ... 094-04.jpg

You'll need a 6-pin PCIe power connector but you can get

[cpthammond]

[quote]http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/14-102-094-04.jpg

You'll need a 6-pin PCIe power connector but you can get

[Ivan]

Thanks Jim, now thats easy to understand. I would have thought that black 1 would have been AGP because its not a very good motherboard. You've really helped me out alot on this one and i sincerly thank you.

Laurence,

AFAIK PC'99 says that AGP should be brown, not black.

PCI-E has sloped connector edges (most have)

And some help... get a look at the card before you buy it... from what i can see there is very little space between the top of the card (thats the BACKSIDE of the board) and the memory retainer clips. Anything with a large cooler on  that side will not fit