cheap AGP please?

[Punce]

Hi, I've just had a phonecall from a mate, his sister (13yo) has just bought a game, but can't run it as the game needs a graphics card with vertex/pixel shader support.

She's asking what her cheapest option is to get the game running. Could anyone help out please? tia

Punce

 

[Tetras]

What is the rest of the system (CPU/RAM/PSU) and what is the game?

 

[Teal]

£60 will get her an Nvidia 6200 in a local store I expect.

Warn her to avoid other cheap Nvidia MX cards though as that is probaby what she has already.

Better options if more money available and no need to buy locally, but I imagine that a 13yo with an unplayable game may be putting a little time pressure on

 

[Indy500]

Get a second hand Radeon 9500 or if that isnt available, a Geforce 4 Ti.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

7600gs agp? they cost £80 all in but offer best performance for the cash on agp/.

 

[Indy500]

7600gs agp? they cost £80 all in but offer best performance for the cash on agp/.

Cheapest half-decent card with pixel and vertex shaders is a Geforce 4 Ti, or maybe Geforce 3\Radeon 8500 if it has to be *really* cheap. The latter are <£20.

 

[2bullish]

9800 pro cant be beat for price

 

[Punce]

thanks for all the replies.

I should have checked her PC out before starting a thread here, sorry
It doesn't have an AGP slot to begin with!!!! I'll just get me coat!

It's a Dell Dimension DE051 2.8GHz Celeron with 512Mb RAM, and she's using the onboard graphics (Intel 82865G) The main board only has 3 standard PCI slots

The game she really wants to play is called 'Wildlife Park II', wow finally a young person who doesn't play blood-fest games... mind you, I haven't seen the carnivores in this game hahaha

So sorry about that, but what's her *cheapest* option now?

 

[Indy500]

You might be able to get a PCI Radeon 9200 or similar for about £20. Possibly a Geforce 6200 for about £30.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

You can get a 9250se new for £30 that might do the job, http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/ATI_PCI_Series.html

 

[Teal]

Apparently the game only needs DX8.1 capability so either of those should be fine.

 

[Hamoodii]

Try looking on a very famous auction site for a 9800 pro or 9800xt, can be bought for under 50-60 and support DX9

 

[Punce]

Apparently the game only needs DX8.1 capability so either of those should be fine.

Yes but the support site for the Wildlife game says that the graphics card needs "pixel and vertex shaders in at least version 1.1" (link)

and according to the Intel website, although the 82865G does have the required vertex shaders, it does not have the pixel shaders (link)

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Try looking on a very famous auction site for a 9800 pro or 9800xt, can be bought for under 50-60 and support DX9

Not in PCI form.

Surely that 9250se would be capable.