New Graphics Card time!

[CashMoney54]

hey everyone,

Alright, I have a quick question regarding graphics cards. I'm looking to upgrade my graphics card as I have an old ATI X300... the rest of my specs are fine: 3.4 GHz, 1 gig of ram, 120 gig hard drive.

So I have been doing some research, mostly on ATI cards and I thought that the ATI X1300 looks nice and has a good price point. If anyone has some suggestions on other cards, I'm cool with that. The only thing is that I definatly want a PCI-E card and not an AGP, and I don't want t spend tons of money.

thank you!

[glc]

I don't think a x1300 will perform significantly better than a x300. What is your max budget in $CDN?

[USAdidas22]

also do you have a PCI-E slot already?

[CashMoney54]

I have a PCI-E slot already, I'll spend 300 CDN.

why would the X1300 not perform better?

[USAdidas22]

I would say buy this....
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1786748&Sku=B52-7812

[CashMoney54]

thats an AGP...

[blue60007]

I have a PCI-E slot already, I'll spend 300 CDN.

why would the X1300 not perform better?

They both are both budget cards that aren't meant for gaming...

Here's a good card form the money:

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=17624&vpn=256-P2-N391&manufacture=eVGA

It's $260 CDN

[glc]

USAdidas, I'd say don't provide links to US sites with prices in US dollars when the request is from a Canadian.

I concur with that 6800GS if your reason for upgrading is to improve game performance. There would be NO other reason to upgrade from a X300 otherwise, that cheap card can do everything else just fine. You WILL need a proper power supply to power that 6800GS, it eats considerably more juice than a X300.