A good graphics ( 3D ) card ?

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I know nothing about graphics cards.

Answer1 ( Asking again ) : What is the difference Between the two ? OR these are the two types of cards compatible with two different kind of mother boards.. I mean the one type of card will not work on another type of motherboard ( just thought ) ?

Pci express and agp (acelerated graphics port)are the interfaces the computer uses to comunicate with the graphics card. they are not compatable with each other so pci express graphics cards are for pci express motherboards and vise versa.


Pci express was introduced about a year and a half ago.

Agp has been around for a few years now but its being replaced by pci express.

The best way to tell would be looking at the motherboard or looking in its manule

Answer2 ( again asking ): What is the difference between the two ? There should be some difference... price different... quality difference.. etc.

Readeon card are made by ati they are noramly better at direct x games (half-life2)

Geforce cards are made by nvidia they are noramlyy better at open gl games (doom 3)

imo most people would never notice the difference between them.

Answer3: My budget is $100-$120, actually I want to start with a lower quality of card.

I had a little look on new egg (im in the uk so dont use them) and here are some choices for you

for agp http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...SubCategory=48

for pci express
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...SubCategory=48

It told it for 75-100 $ so theres 20 left over for shipping.

Another Question : I have heard that the already existed memory of RAM can be used for graphics card memory.. is it true ? if yes how is it possible ?

Intergerted graphics (when you have a graphics card on your motherboard) do this.

There are also the geforce 6200 pci express versions have turbo chache, and this works the smae way taking some of your pc ram to use for graphics.



So to some it all up your really need to find out if you have agp or pci express[/quote]