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Spec me a PCI (not Express) graphics card for Windows Aero

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Putting together a secondhand PC for my mum. She only really uses it for email and web browsing any gaming she does will most likely be some Flash thing but since I'm doing this it'd be nice to do it properly with Aero on so it looks nice. The onboard Intel 845 "Extreme Graphics" chip just can't cut it. The next lowest score on the "Windows Experience Rating" is 2.8 to give you an idea.

Problem is, being an older Dell, no AGP slot, just two full-height PCI slots and one low profile PCI slot. It'd be nice if the card were low profile but not essential.

OcUK don't sell anything like this, but what card should I be looking for.

Current spec:

i845 chipset, P4 2.4GHz, 1GB PC3200 DDR memory, 160GB Maxtor 7200 RPM drive, Philips 8x DVD+-RW burner flashed to 16x Liteon firmware
 
Yes I know that. I also know that the ATI 9250 I have sat in front of me isn't suitable.

A quick google, for me, came up with lots of PCI-E cards, which are no good.
 
Think I may have found the same one. Competitors name starts with something that sounds a bit like "kicker"

Looks like a decent option. GeForce FX not so good due to too many bad memories.

Wonder if that thing can do cuda (and thus accelerated H264 playback via CoreAVC) too?
 
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