On Jul 14, 7:28 am, Ross Brunton
wrote:
Afternoon Everyone,

Ive tried posting here before without much success but I hope someone will
take the time to help me out here. Im trying to find a recommdended, good
valuegraphicscard for my PC.

Im Running WindowsVistaUltimate and my currentgraphicsrating according
to the advisor inVistais 2.1 for mygraphicscard.

I have 2GB of RAM
250GB HDD
An Asus M2N32-SLI Delux Motherboard
With an AMD Athlon 64X2 5000+ processor (2.6GHz)

I mainly use the PC forgraphicsand web design, I dont play games.

I dont know where to start or which cards to choose, if someone could help
me out I would appreciate it.

If you need moreinfo, please ask.

Hi: Have an older pc p4 with ht with agp & no PCIe slot. Upped memory
to 1.7 gb and bought GeForce 7600 gs oc 512 mb. Works real nice now
with many directx9 games & dreamweaver. Wasn't too expensive
considering not in market for Vista- right now (under $200) Saw good
site with basic graphics info for Vista www.vista-graphics.info ATB

Ross, your best bet is to choose a graphics card that is Directx 10 capable,
and thus preserve your investment.

Hi Ross:

My system is the same as yours for CPU and mother board, there is 4 gig of
DDR2 memory. My video card is an NVIDIA GForce 7300 GT [PCI Express]. I
bought it because it has 512 mbytes of DDR and NO FAN, just a nice big heat
sync and a reasonable price. Vista Home Premium runs very well with this
card. I recently decided to try Flight Simulator X and after some setup
problems, FSX now runs very well. I also run AutoCad 2000 with no problems.


George

i use vista Home premium and the nVidia 8600 video card. no problems with the
card at all It also has support for DX10 games. Very happy with it. I have 4
GB Ram only 3 of which shows as being used because i's running the 32 bit
version of Vista.
The nVidea 9600 is a much better card of course but it costs quite a lot
more. Value for money , go for the 8600
KY

"Drew" wrote:

I gotta go with Charlie here and run the Nvidia Geforce 7900...I have had no
problems with the drivers and graphically it does well....IT DOES NOT
SUPPORT DX10 THOUGH....excuse the caps just wanted you to remember
this...Just my 3 cents...
"Ross Brunton" wrote in message
...
Hi Guys,

Thanks so much for the help so far. In asnwer to the question why change
it,
Its a low score and according tot he VIsta diagnositics, its slowing the
performance of the PC down.

Im not in an urgent hurry for a new card but this one is a few years old.
I
think its an ATI Radeo X300. I got it when I built my old PC a couple of
years ago, its the only thing, along with my optical drives which I didnt
replace when I built this PC.

Keep the info coming and Ill let you know if I get a new one or not.

Ross

"Ross Brunton" wrote:

Afternoon Everyone,

Ive tried posting here before without much success but I hope someone
will
take the time to help me out here. Im trying to find a recommdended, good
value graphics card for my PC.

Im Running Windows Vista Ultimate and my current graphics rating
according
to the advisor in Vista is 2.1 for my graphics card.

I have 2GB of RAM
250GB HDD
An Asus M2N32-SLI Delux Motherboard
With an AMD Athlon 64X2 5000+ processor (2.6GHz)

I mainly use the PC for graphics and web design, I dont play games.

I dont know where to start or which cards to choose, if someone could
help
me out I would appreciate it.

If you need more info, please ask.

Ross - I have just completed a Vista Home Premium Build and spent alot of
time with Graphics cards issues - this was a problem with my own desktop and
may not translate (as windy george had more success below) but after
experimenting with three different nVidia 7500GT and GS series cards
(including the card with 512 mb and no fan) - all of which were seriously
short on performance I have settled on a ATI 1650 model with 256 on board
that has raised my windows experience subscore from 3.1 to 4.8. No other card
that i tested (my budget was $100) got me past 4.1 in my configuration.

I am operating a 32 bit OS on a 64X2 500+ cpu and 4 gb RAM.

"Ross Brunton" wrote:

Afternoon Everyone,

Ive tried posting here before without much success but I hope someone will
take the time to help me out here. Im trying to find a recommdended, good
value graphics card for my PC.

Im Running Windows Vista Ultimate and my current graphics rating according
to the advisor in Vista is 2.1 for my graphics card.

I have 2GB of RAM
250GB HDD
An Asus M2N32-SLI Delux Motherboard
With an AMD Athlon 64X2 5000+ processor (2.6GHz)

I mainly use the PC for graphics and web design, I dont play games.

I dont know where to start or which cards to choose, if someone could help
me out I would appreciate it.

If you need more info, please ask.

Hey Ross:

If your looking for top quality at an affordable price, backed up by a
company that I regard as the best in the business for graphics software and
support, then the ATI X1650 graphics card is your answer. I'm getting a
rating of 5.9 for graphics and 5.3 for gaming graphics. And, if you trade-in
your old graphics card, you will get a $50.00 rebate as well, provided you
follow the instructions at their site. www.ati.com or www.amdati.com. Or just
type "ati" in a search engine, you'll find it.

Seriously,
M.McGuire

"Ross Brunton" wrote:

Afternoon Everyone,

Ive tried posting here before without much success but I hope someone will
take the time to help me out here. Im trying to find a recommdended, good
value graphics card for my PC.

Im Running Windows Vista Ultimate and my current graphics rating according
to the advisor in Vista is 2.1 for my graphics card.

I have 2GB of RAM
250GB HDD
An Asus M2N32-SLI Delux Motherboard
With an AMD Athlon 64X2 5000+ processor (2.6GHz)

I mainly use the PC for graphics and web design, I dont play games.

I dont know where to start or which cards to choose, if someone could help
me out I would appreciate it.

If you need more info, please ask.

--
Brian K. Reed


"Ross Brunton" wrote:

Afternoon Everyone,

Ive tried posting here before without much success but I hope someone will
take the time to help me out here. Im trying to find a recommdended, good
value graphics card for my PC.

Im Running Windows Vista Ultimate and my current graphics rating according
to the advisor in Vista is 2.1 for my graphics card.

I have 2GB of RAM
250GB HDD
An Asus M2N32-SLI Delux Motherboard
With an AMD Athlon 64X2 5000+ processor (2.6GHz)

I mainly use the PC for graphics and web design, I dont play games.

I dont know where to start or which cards to choose, if someone could help
me out I would appreciate it.

If you need more info, please ask.

Hi Ross, I am NOT an Expert but I have built my own computers. and what ever
anyone says stay away from ATI cards. I have always had a problem with ATI.
NVIDIA is the way to go. What ever card you want go Nvidia. it doen't
matter. I had a few of them and NEVER had a problem.
But I have had 3 ATI and all of them caused me a head ache. Stay away.
Joe
go to nvidia.com and you can read about what you need there. I am not a
sales man just a guy who likes computers.

"Ross Brunton" wrote:

Afternoon Everyone,

Ive tried posting here before without much success but I hope someone will
take the time to help me out here. Im trying to find a recommdended, good
value graphics card for my PC.

Im Running Windows Vista Ultimate and my current graphics rating according
to the advisor in Vista is 2.1 for my graphics card.

I have 2GB of RAM
250GB HDD
An Asus M2N32-SLI Delux Motherboard
With an AMD Athlon 64X2 5000+ processor (2.6GHz)

I mainly use the PC for graphics and web design, I dont play games.

I dont know where to start or which cards to choose, if someone could help
me out I would appreciate it.

If you need more info, please ask.

I have had a ATI Radion 1950 Pro graphics card from day one with Vista and
have never ever had a problem with it.

"Joe" wrote in message
...
Hi Ross, I am NOT an Expert but I have built my own computers. and what
ever
anyone says stay away from ATI cards. I have always had a problem with
ATI.
NVIDIA is the way to go. What ever card you want go Nvidia. it doen't
matter. I had a few of them and NEVER had a problem.
But I have had 3 ATI and all of them caused me a head ache. Stay away.
Joe
go to nvidia.com and you can read about what you need there. I am not a
sales man just a guy who likes computers.

"Ross Brunton" wrote:

Afternoon Everyone,

Ive tried posting here before without much success but I hope someone
will
take the time to help me out here. Im trying to find a recommdended, good
value graphics card for my PC.

Im Running Windows Vista Ultimate and my current graphics rating
according
to the advisor in Vista is 2.1 for my graphics card.

I have 2GB of RAM
250GB HDD
An Asus M2N32-SLI Delux Motherboard
With an AMD Athlon 64X2 5000+ processor (2.6GHz)

I mainly use the PC for graphics and web design, I dont play games.

I dont know where to start or which cards to choose, if someone could
help
me out I would appreciate it.

If you need more info, please ask.

"Ross Brunton" wrote:

Afternoon Everyone,

Ive tried posting here before without much success but I hope someone will
take the time to help me out here. Im trying to find a recommdended, good
value graphics card for my PC.

Im Running Windows Vista Ultimate and my current graphics rating according
to the advisor in Vista is 2.1 for my graphics card.

I have 2GB of RAM
250GB HDD
An Asus M2N32-SLI Delux Motherboard
With an AMD Athlon 64X2 5000+ processor (2.6GHz)

I mainly use the PC for graphics and web design, I dont play games.

I dont know where to start or which cards to choose, if someone could help
me out I would appreciate it.

If you need more info, please ask. "

You should actually pick nVidia(R) GeFORCE 8800 GTX with 768MB DDR3 VRAM it
actually has alot of features and it's the best graphics card.It's the only
one that has 768MB of VRAM and is better than HD it's XD(Xtreme-Definition)
but it cost alot of- money and I think it's around $300 to $400