Fastest PCI graphics card?

[Corpun]

A not terribly computer savvy friend of mine bought a pre-built piece of crap with "onboard agp graphics" and no actual agp slot. She isnt to happy with the speed of the OB graphics in games (duh) but its too late for her to return the comp. Only thing faster than a fx5200/ATI9200 I have been able to find is this. But, that doesnt seem to actually be for sale anywhere I can find. There something else out there a lil speedier I'm missing?

 

[Arcanedeath]

They make PCI Raedon 9100's (ie renamed 8500LE's) that's the fastest PCI card made to my knowledge. Hope this helps...

 

[Ryoga]

Well, there are quite a few high-end Quadro PCI cards for multi-head workstation use.

 

[Corpun]

nod, thats a bit outta the range for a personal comp though.

 

[KoolHonda]

Seems like I saw a 5700LE PCI card somewhere, but I doubt it's much better than a 5500.

 

[Corpun]

The 5500 would be ok. . .if I could actually track down one for sale anywhere, lol.

 

[KoolHonda]

The 5500s are fairly new. Maybe you'll find one soon:clock:

 

[chameleon239]

try evga.com for pci cards

 

[dmw16]

there are tons of 5500s on Ebay...alright, not tons, but i have seen them

 

[Silkwormsgnr]

I would recommend against buying any PCI card. You can get a $26 motherboard from newegg (PCChips M811LU), assuming it's an AMD system with a 266MHz FSB or slower processor.

 

[mb2]

its pre-built so chances are its intel.. and i'd guess a dell?

how much do they care about gaming?
if its a significant amount then they'd want to get a new mobo and AGP card.

 

[Pollock]

Originally posted by: mb2
its pre-built so chances are its intel.. and i'd guess a dell?

how much do they care about gaming?
if its a significant amount then they'd want to get a new mobo and AGP card.

I second that, because there are plenty of pretty cheap motherboards out there. And that makes the most sense, because if a PCI 5200/9200 isn't good enough, you might as well get a new motherboard with AGP slot.