Re: Need Help in purchasing new Graphic Card

Technophobe wrote:
I need a new graphics card which has 1.3 pixel shader. I am in the UK and do not wish to spend more that about £120.00. Any suggestions. My PC spec is:-
Dell Dimension 4600 AGP 1X 2X 4X 8X Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz Processor 2.60 GHz
512 MB Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 128 MB DDR SDRAM 4GB
Name NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0172&SUBSYS_015A10DE&REV_A3\4&1246FE7B&0&0008
Adapter Type GeForce4 MX 420, NVIDIA compatible
Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
Adapter RAM 64.00 MB (67,108,864 bytes)
Installed Drivers nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.8421
INF File oem16.inf (nv4 section)
Color Planes 1
Color Table Entries 4294967296
Resolution 1024 x 768 x 60 hertz
Bits/Pixel 32
Memory Address 0xFD000000-0xFEAFFFFF
Memory Address 0xF8000000-0xFC0FFFFF
Memory Address 0xFC000000-0xFC07FFFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 16
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF
Driver c:\copy\system32\drivers\nv4_mini.sys (6.14.10.8421, 3.48 MB (3,650,368 bytes), 06/10/2003 3:16 PM)



There is some info here, in the Features column. You
may want to do a final verification, with the manufacturer's
data to be absolutely sure, before making a purchase.

http://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/

How much you need to spend, really depends on whether you are
a gamer or not.

This is the fanciest one I can find for less than £120.

http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=4DP2&CategorySelectedId=11137&PageMode=1&NavigationKey=11137,377090000

The box isn't quite the same as this one, but the part number
seems to be the same PVT73AUDE3.

XFX PVT73AUDE3 GeForce 7600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 AGP 4X/8X Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150210

It appears to use a Molex disk drive connector, on the end of the
card, for more power. It comes with one DVI-I to VGA
dongle, to convert the faceplate connector to work with an older
VGA display. If you want to drive two VGA displays, you'd need to
buy a second dongle.

http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/14-150-210-03.jpg
http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/productimage/14-150-210-06.JPG

And if you are sensitive to noise, or expect a noiseless card,
read the reviews before buying. Some cards are better than others,
due to cheap cooler designs. Video cards compete on price, so you
cannot always expect the best coolers possible.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/CustratingReview.asp?item=N82E16814150210

Paul
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: MCE - HDTV Connection S-Video vs Component
    ... Well your 6600 card apparently has 128MB of memory which is what is needed ... Is your desktop resoluton also set to 1280x720 or to some other resolution? ... that the driver supports all versions of the 6600 card. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter)
  • Re: AMD Dual Core Core # 2 Maxing out at 100%
    ... Available Physical Memory 1.98 GB ... Adapter driver: 8.493.0.0 5/12/2008 ... Graphics Card: Diamond Radeon HD 3650 1GB/GO DDR2 ... You'll have much better luck getting useful answers in a Windows Vista group. ...
    (microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vc)
  • Re: AGP vs PCI-E - how big is the difference?
    ... The first card was a Radeon X1650Pro (512MB of DDR2 memory). ... I set out to update every driver I could. ...
    (alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt)
  • [PATCH 1/3] vga: implements VGA arbitration on Linux
    ... * Implements the VGA arbitration. ... * to go back to the system default card ... * The driver keeps track of which user has what locks on which card. ... bit mask of resources to acquire and lock ...
    (Linux-Kernel)
  • Re: Device Driver loading error on 2nd PCI card, WinXP SP1
    ... > We have a PCI memory card that is requesting 64MB of Memory Resource ... Driver verifier shows no abnormalities with the driver ...
    (microsoft.public.development.device.drivers)
Loading