Graphic card help reqiured

Hi

Whilst new to this forum i have played football manager / championship manager since the mid 90's and enjoyed everyone.

However as with alot of people i have downloaded the demo before looking at the spec required.

I need to upgrade my graphics card and was after some advice at what would be the best card to get with a limited budget, as i have just brought some extra RAM (2gb)already to play FM09, and RAM + Graphic card + Game is starting to get pricey close to xmas.

MS-6719 Motherboard if that helps.

Thanks in advance.

Jamie:)

Any help?

Thanks

whats your price range?

30 - 40 pound max

Thanks

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-151-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=708&name=Asus%20ATI%20Radeon%20EAH3650/HTDI/256M%20HD%203650%20256MB%20GDDR3%20TV-Out/Dual%20DVI/HDMI%20(PCI-Express)%20-%20Retail

That's a pretty good one there, probably the best in that price range, though 3 pounds over but you might be able to find it cheaper at another site. It will blow away most other cards around that price.

Have i got a agp or pci express slot how can i tell ? Will this work on my motherboard (MS-6719)

Thanks:confused:

Also I don't know what your motherboard is but all you really need to know is if your motherboard has a PCI-e slot, if you have around 2GHZ CPU and if you have a 300+ watt power supply and it will work.

Have i got a agp or pci express slot how can i tell ? Will this work on my motherboard (MS-6719)

Thanks:confused:

I don't know, tried googling MS-6719 and doesn't come up with much, looks like its a microstar board. Can open your case up and see.

I don't know, tried googling MS-6719 and doesn't come up with much, looks like its a microstar board. Can open your case up and see.

Yes micro star

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Hope this helps:)

I think your board is AGP/PCI only, no PCI-e. Best bet for finding an AGP card cheap for it would be ebay unfortunately. I don't know if I would invest in an AGP card though, if your able to I would send the ram back you got, get a new motherboard, new ram (probably cheaper than the ram you got actually), and then a decent pci-e card until your able to get better one.

I think your board is AGP/PCI only, no PCI-e. Best bet for finding an AGP card cheap for it would be ebay unfortunately. I don't know if I would invest in an AGP card though, if your able to I would send the ram back you got, get a new motherboard, new ram (probably cheaper than the ram you got actually), and then a decent pci-e card until your able to get better one.

can't afford new motherboard as well as RAM and graphic card and game. What graphics card would you recomend for what i have?

Cheers

Whatevers the best you can get in ebay, most companies don't carry AGP anymore. Overclockers has this one:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-161-AS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=403&name=Asus%20ATI%20Radeon%20HD%203650%20Vcool%20Silent%20512MB%20DDR2%20TV-Out/Dual%20DVI/HDMI%20(AGP)%20-%20Retail

You can use this chart, although from 2005, to get an idea of where a card lies if you find one on ebay.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/vga-charts-vii,1070-4.html

Also here is FM09's requirements:

PC System Requirements

OS - Windows Vista or XP

Processor Speed - Vista - 2.0GHz, XP - 1.4GHz Memory - Vista - 1GB, XP - 512MB Videocard - 128MB Nvidia FX 5900 Ultra, ATI Radeon 9800, Intel 82915G/82910GL or greater.

So you can look on that chart and your going to want something above the 5900 or 9800. The card I linked above from overclockers is better than anything on this chart though, this benchmark is from back when AGP was the norm.

thanks for your help:thup: