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singlegamer
09-04-2009, 04:43 PM
I have this old Pentium 4 HP Media Center PC 873n with a HORRIBLE nVidia Geforce4 MX 420. For it's time it was awesome. I can play all the Half-Life and Half-Life 2 games, and WoW, and Halo 1, and Call of Duty 1 through 2... an that's about it. All the old games that I've played over and over and over and over again. I need some new games. I have new games. I have Fallout 3, Portal Halo 2 and the list goes on. BUT I CAN'T PLAY THEM. I need a new graphics card. Money is not the issue I have saved up $200 for a new graphics card. So please just tell me what is the BEST graphics card I can put in this machine. The card I have in there now is the Geforce 4 MX 420 AGP4X graphics card from nVidia. I don't care if its nVidia or ATI as long as its fast. I want to max the power I can put in this machine... and I have except for the graphics card. Thank you.

123456
09-04-2009, 09:39 PM
If its a P4, forget it. Better off saving up for a new computer.

singlegamer
09-05-2009, 12:58 PM
I can't afford a new computer and it will take me a while to. I found this card and I think its good but I need someone's oppinion.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161153

mjc
09-05-2009, 03:54 PM
Seriously, if you are wanting to upgrade an AGP card then go all the way...get a new Power supply, because you'll need one, too for almost any video card upgrade...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010380048%201069609639%201305520549%20106792627 &name=Radeon%20HD%204000%20series