Uptodate PCI Graphics card

[WeedVender]

I have 4 PCs...

2 (which are mine) are at work and they are monsters (SMP Xeon/Athlon MP) and they act as servers. I get extra pay

the 3rd one is a shuttle barebones system and its for my T.V.

my fourth is a concern. I want to use this one as a gamming PC but I dont want to buy another motherboard. This PC has no AGP slot. Now I know how PCI and AGP works but is there ANY graphics card that is uptodate that will play most current and some future games and RUNS ON A PCI?

[D_Knife]

Off the top of my head I don't know of any video chip manufacturers eg Nvidia, ATi, Matrox, etc. that are producing chips for anything other than AGP - and now AGP 4x and 8x as well.

I think your best shot would be a TnT M64 or something that is PCI compatible......

maybe someone else could suggest something better

[ZippyP.]

I think ATI makes (made?) a Radeon 7000 or 7500 PCI.
Also, Nvidia made some PCI, either Geforce 256 or Geforce2 (better).
Neither will keep up with really demanding games.

[3dcandy]

I don't know of ANY card that will run games that well and is PCI based.....surely a new motherboard isn't that expensive!

[WeedVender]

I know it isnt that expensive but this is a compaq. and it has a nice Quick Restore function that fixes the PC back to factory state. So i dont want to throw this away if this PC ever expirences a devastating virus or problem.

[3dcandy]

well there goes your chance for a decent gaming pc then doesn't it!?

The best you can hope for is a newish Radeon based card.....which is fine if you want to run lowish resolutions.

Don't think I'm being harsh, but I think it is a waste of time personally to bother getting a PCI card. You will get a better performance from an NForce2 with integrated graphics than you will probably get from a PCI card.

[Treebeard]

Geforce4 MX 420 or ATI 7500 are the best PCI video card you can get.

I have the same situation and went with the geforce card.

[WelshRarebit]

Hercules makes a Radeon 9000 PCI card.

http://europe.hercules.com/showpage.php?p=53&b=0&f=1&PHPSESSID=633d7c293babe79a36f982cd28cddd38

Daniel

[WeedVender]

Does Anyone make a version of the AIW PCI? The 9000 seems tempting but i want AIW

[WelshRarebit]

The Radeon All-In-Wonder VE is the most recent PCI version.

Daniel

[Treebeard]

Here is the PCI AIW VE W/ 64MB OF DDR

http://www.allstarshop.com/shop/product.asp?pid=6182&sid=0QX399C39L6C9J1GRCFUT31HG7ES7D6C#

[WeedVender]

Any other card with video capture/gaming/tv out?

[Faustus]

Goto newegg and then their video cards section, you should be able t run a search for PCI vid cards that are in the store.

[LanEvo7]

Don't get PCI, you'll be kicking yourself later when you want to run newer games and its blocky and stuff. Spend the extra money and get a new motherboard and a TI4200 or a 9500Pro.