PCI vid card for gateway 5310s

[intelboi]

whats the best PCI vid card i can get for my gateway? something better than my onboard intel chipset. ill alos be upgradeing to 4 gig of ram if that helps in the selection

 

[Fanatic4Christ]

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2802675&CatId=1603 whats your price range

 

[Atomic Rooster]

I would think either of these would work well:

BFG 3D Fuzion 3DFR55256P GeForce FX 5500 256MB

DIAMOND X1550PRO256PSB Radeon X1550 256MB

 

[intelboi]

witch card of these 2 are better the FX5500 or the Radeon X1300

 

[CompMan]

I'd go with the Radeon of those choices.

 

[Atomic Rooster]

The Radeon X1550 is slightly better than a X1300. It's basically an updated X1300. Plus it's cheaper too.

 

[intelboi]

yes atomic ur choice is better but id have to upgrade my psu according to reviews ive read. id like to be able to just throw a vid card in and go into the bios and turn off the on the on board. you see its my grampas/ my compiuter and he dont really want me to upgrade it so i kinda have to do it secretly lol

 

[Atomic Rooster]

Yea, then the X1300 would be the way to go then. Seems kinda funny that they are virtually the same card and yet their power requirements vary so greatly.

 

[ohnoes]

i am no big fan of ati(im a nvidia lover)
but id go with the ati because its probably one of the best PCI cards out there
it has better peformance than the fx 5500