[K12OSN] inexpensive video card suggestion

Ray Garza rgarza28 at gmail.com
Tue Sep 12 03:53:01 UTC 2006


On Monday 11 September 2006 20:42, Calvin Dodge wrote:
> On 9/11/06, Ray Garza <rgarza28 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have 6 PC that have the Intel 82845G built-in video cards. After some
> > messing around with them I figure it would be easier to install a new
> > video card. So far I've found a card from CompUSA online that uses the
> > SIS 6326 chipset w/8 Mb of RAM for $35.00. Any other video cards that you
> > may suggest using?
>
> If you're willing to go with mail order, I think you'd be better off
> with an Nvidia (my choice) or ATI.
>
> For example, Newegg.com has Asus and Biostar Geforce MX4000 AGP cards
> for under $30 each (including shipping).
>
> If you need PCI cards, you're looking at about $40 each for an eVga
> (preferred) or Jaton.
>
> At any rate, I think you'll get better performance from one of those
> chipsets than you'll see from the SIS.
>
Ya, i forgot about newegg. I see there are a lot of cards floating around $21. 
We don't need anything fancy, just something that will work without a lot of 
configurating.




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