What Nvidia Video Card would be best?

darlz04 · 06-05-2008, 03:01 AM

First of all, I'm a newbie from this website. I've been a silent reader for a long time. I find this site very helpful to me because this is were I try to seek some help when I have tech problems.

I just want to know, what Nvidia Video card would be best for my PC. A video card which will enable me to have high performance in gaming and graphics?

SYSTEM
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600)
BIOS: Award Modulous BIOS v6.0
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.00GHz
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Page File: 568MB used, 681MB available
DirectX version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.09040)

DISPLAY
Name: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip Type: GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X
DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC
Approx. Total Memory: 64.0 MB
Current Display Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: SyncMaster 501s/551s/551v/501v, SyncMaster

Yeormom · 06-05-2008, 08:20 AM

What's your budget? On a system like that, you're better off looking at upgrading to a new system entirely. You would also see better performance by slapping a $10 strip of RAM in your system.

dai · 06-05-2008, 09:40 AM

these will give you an idea as to whats available
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...+cards&x=0&y=0
just depends on what is available locally and the price

**emosun** · 06-06-2008, 02:40 AM

You would be better off buying a new computer. That pentium 4 is pretty low down there and will limit any kind of high performance gaming. I have a pentium 4 2ghz on my secondary machine and I know for a fact that its not fast enough for todays games.

darlz04 · 06-06-2008, 03:18 AM

Just enough to play games such as sims 2 or 3, hitman blood money etc... coz my video card now really sucks. I just need a higher system of video card because it's really important for my studies especially that we're into animation.

**emosun** · 06-06-2008, 03:25 AM

You would still benefit from a better system all together.

But if you still want to upgrade this then add at least a gig of ram and maybe one of these.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...691&CatId=2234

And since your system is agp you should go with ati as they do better with agp cards. You can also try the newer 2000 series.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...057&CatId=2234

There considerably faster , but note , They have a 65 to 70% chance of being compatible with your system. There mostly for newer agp systems but some people have gotten them to work on older ones.

06-05-2008, 03:01 AM	#1 (permalink)
darlz04 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Philippines Posts: 3 OS: Microsoft Windows XP	What Nvidia Video Card would be best? First of all, I'm a newbie from this website. I've been a silent reader for a long time. I find this site very helpful to me because this is were I try to seek some help when I have tech problems. I just want to know, what Nvidia Video card would be best for my PC. A video card which will enable me to have high performance in gaming and graphics? SYSTEM Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) BIOS: Award Modulous BIOS v6.0 Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.00GHz Memory: 512 MB RAM Page File: 568MB used, 681MB available DirectX version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.09040) DISPLAY Name: NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X Manufacturer: NVIDIA Chip Type: GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC Approx. Total Memory: 64.0 MB Current Display Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz) Monitor: SyncMaster 501s/551s/551v/501v, SyncMaster

06-05-2008, 08:20 AM	#2 (permalink)
Yeormom Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: 127.0.0.1 Posts: 16 OS: RedHawk Realtime Linux	Re: What Nvidia Video Card would be best? What's your budget? On a system like that, you're better off looking at upgrading to a new system entirely. You would also see better performance by slapping a $10 strip of RAM in your system.

06-05-2008, 09:40 AM	#3 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,555 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: What Nvidia Video Card would be best? these will give you an idea as to whats available http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...+cards&x=0&y=0 just depends on what is available locally and the price __________________

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emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 6,921 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: What Nvidia Video Card would be best? You would be better off buying a new computer. That pentium 4 is pretty low down there and will limit any kind of high performance gaming. I have a pentium 4 2ghz on my secondary machine and I know for a fact that its not fast enough for todays games. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list

06-06-2008, 03:18 AM	#5 (permalink)
darlz04 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Philippines Posts: 3 OS: Microsoft Windows XP	Re: What Nvidia Video Card would be best? Just enough to play games such as sims 2 or 3, hitman blood money etc... coz my video card now really sucks. I just need a higher system of video card because it's really important for my studies especially that we're into animation.

06-06-2008, 03:25 AM	#6 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 6,921 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: What Nvidia Video Card would be best? You would still benefit from a better system all together. But if you still want to upgrade this then add at least a gig of ram and maybe one of these. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...691&CatId=2234 And since your system is agp you should go with ati as they do better with agp cards. You can also try the newer 2000 series. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...057&CatId=2234 There considerably faster , but note , They have a 65 to 70% chance of being compatible with your system. There mostly for newer agp systems but some people have gotten them to work on older ones. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list