The ATI 9250

[Walmart Security]

Hey, does anyone know of any good PCI graphics cards? It has to be PCI because thats all that my computer can take (no AGP slots, duh.), the best one i found is the ATI 9250 PCI card (www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1081946&CatId=1603)for around $100 and it has 256 mb of ram ( i think its a really good deal). If anyone has that card, please tell me how you like it and if anyone found a card for a lower price and at least 256mb of onboard ram please tell me the site and everything or just hyperlink it.

[Tassadar]

It would be a lot more cost effective to grab a cheap AMD board with AGP 8x for 50 bucks, then grab a 2500+ for 80, then you can just eventually get an AGP card when you have the money.

And, go with newegg.com, Tiger is washed up.

[Walmart Security]

Yeah but I just got my computer in November (2004) and its still under warranty until Febuary 2006 and i dont want to get rid of my motherboard and my processor which would void my warranty. Besides i dont know how to do half that stuff.

[Tassadar]

99 times out of 100, if you open your computer using a Dell, Gateway, or any of those kinds of home brands, you automaticly void your warrenty.

[Smith|]

PCI is going to have you limited in so many ways it's not funny. When I first put together my computer, I was worrying because I was getting such crap fps in doom 3 and pretty much all my other games. It was because my GFX card was running in PCI mode from lack of drivers. When I installed the drivers, I literally saw a 2-3x times improvement across the board. Go AGP/PCI-E.