graphics card recomendation

I'm going to upgrade my motherboard-I currently have a PcChips M810
with an AMD Athlon 1.4Gig processor.

I'm going to put in an
Asus K8V SE Deluxe Socket 754
with an AMD Athlon 64 2900 (2.08 Gig)

this mobo does not come with onboard graphics I'm wondering what
recomendations y'all have as far as video cards
I'm going to go with an ASUS card
I don't do any heavy gaming so i don't need anything high tech
i'm thinking of getting a 128mb / 8x card
which would be better between GeForce or Radeon?
and which chipset?

I also have a Dell Dimesion computer which my wife uses for some gaming
we need to udpgrade the graphics in this PC also as the onboad graphics just
isn't quite cutting it for some of her games.

I'm thinking of going with about the same specs as the one discussed above
would that work well in Dell?

I don't want to spend more than about $50 apiece for these cards
I just don't have the need for the big buck graphics just something that will
work well for normall use
any advise/help will be much appreciated

 

oops I goofed
the processor I'm getting is an AMD Athlon64 3400
here's the link:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=876384&Sku=MBM-K8V-3400

 

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any of the top three in the first link for yours, I own the 9200 and it is a good basic card good clean picture will play some older games.

For the dell you will have to see if it has an agp slot if not you will have to get a pci card I have an 2400 series dell an i bought a mx 4000 pci card for it. It will play older games but nothing too intensive overall a good card. Both are in the price range you specify.

 

If the Dell doesn't have an AGP slot then there is not much point in a PCI graphics card.

Either leave it if it doesn't, or get another motherboard.

The difference between a PCI card, if you can even find a decent one, and the current onboard graphics would be negligible at best.

As far as the ASUS motherboard you linked, I wouldn't buy any board with a VIA chipset.

The best chipsets by far for an AMD platform are the nForce, with an nForce 3 Ultra or nForce 4 being preferable.

As far as the graphics card, there really isn't much difference between ATI and nVidia.

Basically one of their cheaper cards that supports DirectX 9 would be fine if you don't do a lot of gaming, or even a motherboard with onboard graphics.

 

If your spending 50$ for a video card don't even bother in upgrading; 50$ video card are for word an excell and games that are pre year 2000~