Video card

[illiquid]

Need a replacement video card for an old backup computer (uses Win98) -- anyone recommend a decent, inexpensive card for 2d work?

 

[waggie945]

Any Nvidia-based "GeForce MX440" 64mb chipset card with AGP 8X will work fine. And sometimes you can even get a nice $20 - $30.00 rebate on them.

http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=298832&pfp=BROWSE

 

[gnome]

You can probably buy an ATI Rage or ATI XPert card on EBay for about $5.

 

[prox]

Yeah, go with the MX440 card for about 30 bucks, as it's still modern and useable. It's really not sensible to save 10-15 bucks and try to pick up a used obselete card off ebay.


If you do need a PCI card for some reason, I suppose try and find an old Matrox Millennium 2.

 

[illiquid]

thanks all

 

[gnome]

Quote from prox:

It's really not sensible to save 10-15 bucks and try to pick up a used obselete card off ebay.

Correctomundo.... But if you are thinking ATI Rage and Xpert are "obsolete", you are mistaken.

 

[MarketMafia]

I'm running and Radeon 7500 and a 9100 PCI version on 2 213T. the picture quality is alrite but the 2D is slow (slow cursor reponse...)