Suggestions for a videocard

[jerryheavyarms]

Hello guys!
Just wanna ask you out for suggestions.
Recently,  4 computers in our office broke down. As they troubleshoot it, they found out that its the videocard that have died on us. It was 4 years old. Now, I just wanna ask if you guys could recommend to me an alternate for that card. or Ill just replace it with the same specs.
Our company is a GIS company with CAD and photo editing programs.

Videocard: WinFast 256Mb PX6600TD

Computer:
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum Mobo
AMD Athlon64 3000 processor
1Gb memory
80Gb HDD
Windows XP Pro SP2 OS

Hope you could help me with this one.

Thanks in advance!

[Calum]

What's your budget?
Do you just want a replacement for that card, i.e. one about the same performance, or do you want an upgrade?

[Aegis]

Our company is a GIS company

What is a GIS company?

It would seem that, unless there are budgetary constraints, it's a good opportunity for at least a modest upgrade.

[jerryheavyarms]

Thanks guys for the immediate responses there!

Im from the Philippines so I dont know if prices there is the same here.

Im thinking of an upgrade since that card has been 4 years since purchased and, also considering new technologies.

According to Wiki >> GIS

Our company is the branch of PASCO in our country.

Thanks!

[Calum]

OK, well can you give us a rough budget in pesos?
Do you know any Philippines component shops?  I don't know of any so I don't know if whatever Google turns up is trustworthy or not.

[jerryheavyarms]

Ive tried Google and there had been many results but Im not sure if it will be compatible to the board we have. We want to buy a videocard that could serve our needs. We want it to be used either in a CAD program or Summit.

Here's what I found in google. >> PCExpress

Have to go for now but will come back tomorrow.

Thank you for your replies! God Bless!

[fpsmitch]

then again if you know anyone in the us that you trust they can send the vid cards to you, just a thought

[jerryheavyarms]

Hey guys!
Sorry for the super late post..
Apparently, one of my officemate suggested this to the Boss: Inno3D Geforce 8500 GT
Don't know if this would be a great replacement to the card..
Anyways, thanks a lot!!

[Calum]

That's not a very good card but will be slightly better than the PX6600TD.
If you give us a budget we can probably work out something better for you.

[jerryheavyarms]

Yeah, I think so too..
Budget, I think would be around 7000-8000 pesos...
But I think Ill just wait for my Boss' decision..
Hey Calum, thanks!

[Calum]

For that price, get a 9600GT 512Mb.
Great value, high performance.
It may be bottlenecked by your CPU but you can always upgrade that later, if you get this card now it will last a few years in terms of performance.