KevanBates Posted April 1, 2002 Share Posted April 1, 2002 I just found out that my computer only has 2 pci slots! . So now i can't get a geforce 3. . Should I get a pci card? Or just forget about playing anymore computer games? . The only good pci card i could find was the mx400 GeForce2 64meg, even then it sux. HEEEELP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiles4 Posted April 1, 2002 Share Posted April 1, 2002 You have a two choices: 1. Buy the GeForce 2 MX400 and play with very low performance (depending on the rest of your system) 2. Invest in a new machine (or drastically upgrade your current one if it's NOT a proprietary system like a Dell, Compaq or Gateway) If you do go with the PCI card make sure the rest of your system meets the game's requirements. Upgrading your system yourself can be very affordable: an ECS K7S5A mainboard and a Duron 900 can be had for about $90. Sometimes less if you have a Fry's near you. This would open up many future upgrade paths for you. But as I said you must own a non-name-brand system and of course, be willing to do your own upgrade or find a friend who'll do it for you. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_BZA Posted April 1, 2002 Share Posted April 1, 2002 is it a Dell or Compaq or HP, or Gateway, or any store baught system? if it is...you are pretty much out of gas... if it is...my suggestion would be to buy a decent motherboard, and a decent CPU (you can get Athlon combos for less than 150) and a decent video card. (a geforce 3 Ti 200 should be like 140 these days) from there you can get a cheap case and power-supply for like 50 bucks. next step would be to rape your existing computer for drives etc. you can get your old HD out of there, your CD Rom, / burner, and even your 3.5 floppy drive. thats what i did with my old dell and i got a really nice system out of the deal. my motherboard is an ECS K7VZA. it has a slightly dated VIA chipset that isnt bleeding edge technology but i also have a 1 gig athlon CPU. 512 megs of PC 133 RAM and a GeForce 4 Ti video card. i rock 100 FPS on every game at almost every resolution. aside from the video card i spent less than 300 bucks. thats my reccomendation. evaluate what you have that can be used in a new computer (Drives, HD, RAM) and then fill in the missing parts on a site like http://www.mwave.com they have every part you could ever need at really competitive prices. check them out. post your current system (Brand whatever) and i will reccommend as i see fit. peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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