Computer Hope
Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: wfelam on January 19, 2007, 07:39:09 PM
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Hey, I hope I'm doing this right, because I(actually my 5 year old daughter) could sure use some help finding an AGP(or PCI) card for our computer as well!
1st. We are not gamers and don't intend to become ones
2nd. This computer was given to us free(so we're on a budget)
Problem: My daughter got the "Let's Ride Silver Buckle Stables" game for Christmas and it say that it requires the following: Win98/Me/2000/Xp, Pentium III 700mhz or 100% compatible, 256MB RAM, 32MB DirectX 8.1 compliant video card.
We have: Compaq Presario, Windows 98SE, AMD Athlon 700 mhz K7, 256 RAM (Max of 384 if we add another 128 chip), 250W PSU, 4 - PCI Slots(1open), 1 - AGP (1.0, 1X 2X, 3.3V)Slot currently with a 3dfx Vodoo3 16 MB card.
Question: Will our machine support a DirectX8.1 compliant card off of a 250W power supply and only a AGP 1.0 3.3V slot?
Thank You!
William
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ATI Radeon 9200se in PCI. I had one and it was very reliable and would play most anything, expect to pay 65 to 75 dollars.
I do not think that you can put newer AGP cards (1.1v) in the old 3.3v slots but I am sure the 9200se in PCI would work.
(http://images.tigerdirect.com/SKUimages/medium/D10-2005.jpg)
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=84766&Tab=0&NoMapp=0
Almost forgot- I ran this card off my old 250watt power supply for over a year.
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If you're going to spend what the card stones mentioned costs, here's a better card for a little less if you take advantage of the rebate offer:
Diamond Stealth Radeon 9250 / 256MB DDR / PCI / DVI / TV-Out / Video Card (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1524186&Tab=11&NoMapp=0)
If you want to spend less: take a look here: Video / Graphics Cards PCI Video Cards (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?Recs=10&Nav=|c:28||c:319|&Sort=4)