display problem with geforce fx 5200

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Thanks for the help , any recommendations of which graphics card i should get. im looking for one with s video out and would like 128mb but if i have to go to 64mb i will.

[ssmokee]

Are you going to be running some opengl or directx based games on this computer?

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Im going to be playing mainly nfs porsche and gta3 on it maybe some others like that but its not really a gaming pc and playing videos on my tv through s-video.

[puntoMX]

Im going to be playing mainly nfs porsche and gta3 on it maybe some others like that but its not really a gaming pc and playing videos on my tv through s-video.

GTA III on a 433MHz CPU with only SSE1? It works with 10 frames a second or so , you need a 800MHz or higher to play it well.

Time for an update?

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Sorry i forgot to add that i will be upgrading the cpu to about 1ghz pentium 3

[ssmokee]

Sorry i forgot to add that i will be upgrading the cpu to about 1ghz pentium 3

That would be a lot better, but the main problem is going to be finding a modern dx8.1 class PCI video card that will actually work in a board that old. It wont be impossible, but it will be a major PITA.

I recommend looking around for a used P3 board w/ AGP slot (I see these sell regularily for $10-30 Cdn). If you get a new enough one that will do AGP 2x @3.3V and 4x @1.5V then you will have a much wider range of choices when it comes to video cards. And come to think of it, if you bought both the motherboard and AGP card used, it would probably still cost less than buying just a new low end gaming PCI card.