Buying new card and need advice.

[Laurie05]

Hi i am looking to buy a new card but am on a pretty tight budget. i have posted on many other forums and got no reply .

I have been contenplating buying one of these cards

ATI X700 (PCI-e)
XFX GF 6600LE (PCI-e)

Also should i get the PCI-e version or the AGP version.

Thanks for your help and i hope to recive a reply shortly

[Atomic Rooster]

They are both decent cards. Personally, I prefer the GeForce cards. The deciding factor on whether to get an AGP or PCI-e card is solely dependent on which interface your motherboard uses.

[Laurie05]

Hi thanks for the reply and sorry i forgot to mention that my motherboard has pci-e and agp sockets.

[Atomic Rooster]

It has both? What motherboard do you have? I wasn't aware of any that have both.

[EXreaction]

Yours has PCI-E, and an AGP slot? Are you sure, because there are only a handful of boards made with both...

Well, what is your budget, and do you live in the US(you can order from newegg then).


EDIT: also, you are buying these for games right?

[#43 fan]

You should buy the PCI-E version.
I'd go for the x700.
Some motherboards have both PCI-E and AGP, though not many.
AsRock makes one.

[Laurie05]

ECS - RS400A - INTEL MOTHERBOARD That is my board and it said it had both but it beats me if it actually does

err my budget is £100 give or take £10 and i live in the Uk.

Yes i am buying it for games i would idealy like to play battlefield 2.

[Atomic Rooster]

Well I'll be darned that thing does have both. In that case, I belive that a PCI-e card would be your best bet.

[EXreaction]

Get the PCI-E versions...usually the AGP's on those type of motherboards are 2 pci slots joined together...which makes it much slower...

Between those two, I would get the x700, but if you could get a 6600 GT for a little bit more, I would get that.

[Laurie05]

Ok thanks for your help,
will the x700 run battlefield 2 using these sytem specs:

Processor: Intel celeron 2.66gz
Ram:768mb (333mhz)
PSU:420w

Oh and would the 128mb 6600GT be better than the ATI X700 256MB Card?
Thanks.