[Help] Video Card

[NabilEsmail]

kk. i have 150$ to buy a video card and battlefield 2, so 100 for the vidoe card. Problem is i got a dell dimesion 3000, and they dont come with any pci-e or agp slots =[

so my only option is a pci video card.

ive only been able to find 2 video cards that r pci that r atleast 128 mb.

the radeon 9250 pvi (which i think is uncompattible)
and the geforce fx5700.

what should i do? should i go ahead and buy the geforce fx5700?!

or... should i try and sell my computer get a barebone and get another 1 more suited for gaming. heress my specs




Dimension 3000
Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor w/ HT Technology (3GHz, 800 FSB), Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition

512 meg ram
integrated video card extreme 2
40GB Ultra ATA/100 7200RPM Hard Drive
48x CD-RW / DVD-ROM Combo Drive
Integrated Audio

i bought my computer for 600 about 5 months ago, im planning on keeping the monitor though, how much do you think i could get for the computer?

[lil_jimmy_norton]

Re: [Help] Video Card

Sell your comp and start over.

[Sir. MatDef]

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Sell your comp and start over.

Agreed, let us know what your bugdet is so that we can help you configure a new computer.

[NabilEsmail]

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k i have 200 $ total and my computer, im planning on keeping the monitor.

[NabilEsmail]

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how much do you think i'll get for it?

[Sir. MatDef]

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400? Not sure, there's only one way to find out though.

[NabilEsmail]

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yea i was thinking 400 to =]
anyways there are alot of barebone sets on ebay. with really nice cases pentium 4 3 gighrtz with all the slots i need. so if all goes well i will have like 250-300 to get ram/bf2/hard drive/video card/cd drive

[NabilEsmail]

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cus most of the barebones im looking at are like 300 or 280

[HckyDlsstrs]

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if u plan on gaming for awhile plan on getting a basic copmuter and then gettin like a 6800 or something depending on what u can get for your copmuter... 680 is good rightnow for the price but if u wanna go big which if your budget allows u too go for a 7800 or maybe a X850XT, now i konw they cost a lot but im in the same situation rightnow. but for $100 i dont think u can find something good for bf2.

[lil_jimmy_norton]

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Don't go intel, you will get better performance for your money with AMD. Also I wouldn't trust hardware off e-bay.

[NabilEsmail]

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kk, i was thinking bout just getting barebone of ebay and hardware off newegg, but whats another cheap barebone selling site?

[lil_jimmy_norton]

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Why are you insistant on a barebone set? www.newegg.com for all your needs.

[NabilEsmail]

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because ive never assempled a computer before =[ and i would no how to do anything except plug in stuff into slots lol

[lil_jimmy_norton]

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because ive never assempled a computer before =[ and i would no how to do anything except plug in stuff into slots lol

Search around the web for some tutorials, it's really not that hard at all.

[NabilEsmail]

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k so whats some advice, say i get an amd, shud i get amd 3200 or wut?