Looking For Graphics Card

[bennyzballaz]

Looking For Graphics Card So I Can Install Windows Home Premium Or Vista Ultimate (Preferably Home Premium) Im Not After A Costly Card Just Something Below £30 New Or Used That Will Support Vista & Be Compatble With My Motherboard & Will Run The Basics.

I Currently Have No Graphics Card Onboard So My Computer Running With 896MB DDR SDRAM With 128MB Shared.

Processor:AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.21GHZ
Graphic Interface:AGP Version 3.0 8x
Chipset:SiS 760 rev 2
Manufacturer:Compaq Presario 061
Motherboard:PY097AA-ABU SR1421UK GB520
OS:Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3.0
Maximum Memory:2048MB (Not Looking To Upgrade If Can Help It!)
Installed Memory:1024MB
Memory Config:Slot1:512 Slot2:512

Im Only A Rookie At Computers But If Anymore Information Is Needed Feel Free To Ask & Il Try My Hardest To Find Out.

Thanks In Advance!
Ben

[Nifty]

If your Operating System is XP at the moment I would stick with it, Vista isn't that great.

[wonderlust]

Vista is not that bad, with good hardware...

i wouldn't suggest your will get good performance with only 1 Gb of ram, but it is usable.

I have Vista Ultimate running on a PC3 in my signature and it runs fine, the Vista Score is 2.2 which is down to the x300 but it runs Aero ok. (the x300 cost me £8 all in on Fleabay)

[bennyzballaz]

Thanks For That, Im Not Sure If Im After Using The Aeros Feature At The Minute. Is There Any Chance That If I Get A Budget Graphics Card It Will Be Stable? Im Not Looking To Play Games On The Computer.

Could Anyone Tell Me If This Would Be Worth Buying?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NIVIDIA-256MB-...QQcmdZViewItem

[Mul.]

What I'm worried about it SiS chipset support with Vista. I'm not sure the 760 has Vista support. I'll give it a quick google though.

Other than that, my vote would go towards something like a Radeon HD 2400 or 3450 if available on AGP. Otherwise something like a 7300GT AGP or X1600/X1650 AGP

[Nifty]

If your not going to use Aero then why do you want Vista?

[bennyzballaz]

If The Aeros Feature Will Work Fine With A Graphics Card For Under £30 The Il Use The Feature But For The Moment Im After Jus A Basic Graphics Card If Anyone Can Recoomend One For Under £30 Or Tell Me If This Is Any Good?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NIVIDIA-256MB-...QQcmdZViewItem

[wonderlust]

If you are buying 2nd hand look for something like a 6800GT these can be picked up for about £30, will run most games (but not at the highest settings) and will run AERO without issue. (will give a Vista score of around 5, 5.9 is the highest score any card can get at this time)

[wonderlust]

here's a few

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/INO-3D-GeForce...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Galaxy-GeForce...QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gainward-GeFor...QQcmdZViewItem

If it were me I would choose the middle one as it has the better cooler.

[bennyzballaz]

Dont Suppose You Know Of Any Other Under £30 Budget Cards That Will Run Aeros Smoothly, Its Basically Just For Aeros & Not For Gaming. Im Kinda Looking To Spend Total Of £30 (Inc Del If Poss) New Or Ideally Used.

How About Any Of The Lower Spec Nvidia Cards?

Sorry For Been A Pain.

Also Thanks For Looking Wonderlust.

[marsey99]

i would go with an 8400/2400 as it can take the strain off your cpu if you watch hd movies but anything older wont.

[bennyzballaz]

& would the 8400/2400 cope with windows aero ok?

[wonderlust]

Yes it would. my old X300SE does...

[bennyzballaz]

what about this one wonderlust
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ATI-SAPPHIRE-R...2em118Q2el1247

so basically if i get that it will run ok without me having to buy extra ram etc.

[wonderlust]

Looks ok, are you planning on running this as an HTPC?