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[samusx]

OK, so I am going shopping today and I want a videocard for my PC.

I have an ASUS motherboard model M2NPV-VM, it has an onboard NVIDIA graphics chip. Now can I use an ATI videocard on this board even if I wanted to?

So the question is, what card should I get. I am looking to spend ￥8000 ($80). So what is the best card I could get from either company?

OK my system looks like this.

CPU - AMD Athlon X2 4200+
RAM - 1GB (yes I will upgrade soon)
HDD - SATA 250GB
DVD burners - 4xLG, 16x BENQ
Motherboard - ASUS M2NPV-VM
sound - Creative Audigy2 ZS platinum



Help please, it is hard to have my question answered by searching google, I tried.

 

[trancejeremy]

While I have owned motherboards that claimed to only work with nvidia video cards, I don't think it having a nvidia onbard video chip means that is the case (check the manual).

Anyway, for $80, you aren't going to get much of a card. I would recommend a 7600GS, which isn't a great card by any means, for is pretty good bang for the buck. (I have one myself)

 

[Buggy Loop]

I've been satisfied with both companies, i've owned the original radeon for years, recently switch to nvidia 7800 for my laptop.

I guess, since AMD bought ATI, both are bound to have driver optimization between them in the future, so if i were to own an AMD cpu, i think its a safe bet that ATI GPUs will sooner or later work faster with AMD setups than nvidia cards do.

 

[Mefisutoferesu]

For 80 bucks, nVidia 7300GT (make sure it's got DDR3 RAM). 7600s are over 100, and any one you can find under will be beaten by the 7300 I mentioned.

 

[Pimpbaa]

OK, so I am going shopping today and I want a videocard for my PC.

I have an ASUS motherboard model M2NPV-VM, it has an onboard NVIDIA graphics chip. Now can I use an ATI videocard on this board even if I wanted to?

So the question is, what card should I get. I am looking to spend ￥8000 ($80). So what is the best card I could get from either company?

OK my system looks like this.

CPU - AMD Athlon X2 4200+
RAM - 1GB (yes I will upgrade soon)
HDD - SATA 250GB
DVD burners - 4xLG, 16x BENQ
Motherboard - ASUS M2NPV-VM
sound - Creative Audigy2 ZS platinum



Help please, it is hard to have my question answered by searching google, I tried.

Yes you can use an ati card if you want to. As for what to get for only 80 bucks, that's a tough question. I personally would go with the geforce 7600GS (there are a few in newegg.com around that price, I dunno how much it will be for you where you live).

 

[mug]

I'd go NVidia since you have an NVidia chipset.

 

[MirageDwarf]

Just so that you can get more answers I'm suggesting you this forum:

http://www.hardforum.com/

 

[knitoe]

Use the onboard video and save up money for decent - good video card ($200+)

 

[samusx]

Thanks a lot for the help guys, really. I will check this out today. Thanks again. ^_^



P.S. - I am not a hardcore PC gamer, so it doesnt have to be the best. I just want it to play HalfLife 2 and maybe when Farcry 2 comes out I want it to play that. It doesn't have to play it on maxed out full detail, but just play it reasonably nice.