Help looking for card

defscarlett · 09-29-2007, 01:30 AM

The component I know the least about in a PC is the video card and go figure I need a new one. What I'm looking for is a good graphics card under the $50 mark and is Vista Certified for the following PC:

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+(65W) Windsor 2.4GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache
MoBo: ASUS M2N-E AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 Ultra MCP
1 GB of RAM
400W PSU

Can be in the PCI, PCI-e x1 or x16 form, I have all 3 slots.

It will be used to play one game, Sims 2, the specs for that are below:

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If you have a T&L capable video card with at least 32 MB of video RAM then you need at least: 
800 MHz processor or better 
256 MB RAM if Windows Vista, XP, Windows ME, Windows 98 or Windows 2000 
At least 3.5 GB of hard drive space
If you have a non-T&L capable video card (an Intel Extreme Graphics or a Radeon 7000/VE Series) then you need at least: 
2.0 GHz processor or better 
256 MB RAM if Windows Vista, XP, Windows ME, Windows 98, or Windows 2000 
At least 3.5 GB of hard drive space
Get the most current driver for your video card. The manufacturers usually have the video drivers on their sites for you to download. Visit the nVidia site, the ATI site or the support site for your computer's manufacturer for the latest drivers for those video cards.

Supported video cards (and the more video memory the better): 

ATI RadeonTM series (7000 or better) 
Radeon 7000/VE series (non-T&L; requires 2.0 GHz processor) 
7200, 7500 
8500, All-In-Wonder 8500 
9000, 9200, 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800 
X300, X600, X800


Nvidia� QuadroTM series 
Quadro, Quadro2, Quadro4


Nvidia� Geforce series (GeForce2 and better) 
GeForce2 
GeForce3, 3 Ti 
GeForce4, 4Ti, MX 420, 440 
GeForce FX 5200, 5600, 5700, 5800, 5900, 5950 
GeForce 6600, 6800


Intel� Extreme Graphics (non-T&L; requires 2.0 GHz processor) 
82845, 82865, 82915

Thank you very much for your time. If you need any more information feel free to ask.

**Deleted090308** · 09-29-2007, 01:51 AM

Hi,

Have a look at this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130098

09-29-2007, 01:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: Help looking for card Hi, Have a look at this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130098