Motherboard + Video card compatibility

[Plutoburn]

Helping my dad upgrade his computer, this is his motherboard.

Award BIOS Type Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Award BIOS Message AK79D-400 Max R1.04 Aug.18.2003 AOpen Inc.

His current video card is Geforce 5200fx
I'd like to know if I can use Geforce 9500 GT on this motherboard and if the performance gain is worth it.

He just got a new 22" monitor and the video card is struggling to be used at the monitor's native resolution, that is what prompted this upgrade.

 

[Arcanedeath]

The AOpen AK79D-400 Max R1.04 is an Nforce 2 Athlon XP board and it only has an AGP slot, You will need an AGP card not a PCI-E one to work in this board. If they make an AGP 9500GT it should work fine, any AGP 8x card should work fine.

 

[mpilchfamily]

Think the best AGP still availible is an ATI 3850.

Here are you AGP options.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...639&name=AGP%204X%2f8X

 

[Majic 7]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814187057 There is also this available. Should run desktop stuff. Kind of expensive for what you get.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...639&name=AGP%204X%2f8X The 6200s here should work also for 22 " res.