Video Card for older machine

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by zeno312, Feb 3, 2009.

  1. zeno312

    zeno312 Private E-2

    I have a Sony PCV-RX850 I want to upgrade my video card I bought a new monitor and want to use the DVI cable instead of the VGA one. My System specs are below. Can someone recommend a video Card I can use I don't do any Gaming at all.

    Intel Pentium 4 2.4 ghz
    Cache memory 512kb
    Front side Bus Speed 533mhz
    Hard drive 80 GB
    Video Card Intergrated Graphics with real 256 2d/3d Graphics Accelerator 32MD Shared graphics memory (64MB Max)

    1 4x AGP slot open
    2 PCI slots open
     
  2. zeno312

    zeno312 Private E-2

    I was thinking about these cards but not sure if they will work with my system

    ATI RADEON 9800 PRO 128MB AGP VIDEO CARD
    GeForce4 Ti4200 64MB DDR 4X AGP
     
  3. zeno312

    zeno312 Private E-2

    I forgot to add that I also have 1.5ghz ram installed if that matters
     
  4. PapaDuke

    PapaDuke Master Sergeant

  5. usafveteran

    usafveteran MajorGeek

    Nice PCI card there but he has an AGP slot, so he really ought to go with an AGP card. Go here for newegg.com's AGP cards.
     
  6. usafveteran

    usafveteran MajorGeek

    Yes, they would work. See the link in my previous post for more.
     

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