What is the best card for a normal pci slot

because i do not have 16x slot (grrr,well i think i dont but i dont really know what a 16x looks like and i doubt that,that brown thing is a 16x)

and with that video card will i be able to run crysis at good settings?

any replies will be appreciated thank you

I'm sorry if I sound curt, but it's probably time for an upgrade. I'm assuming your running Intel "extreme" graphics?

Maybe a simple upgrade to at least an nforce 5 would do. They should be under $100 nowadays.

because i do not have 16x slot (grrr,well i think i dont but i dont really know what a 16x looks like and i doubt that,that brown thing is a 16x)

and with that video card will i be able to run crysis at good settings?

any replies will be appreciated thank you

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....i don't think you gonna find a pci video card capable of rendering crysis.

also did the error of notputting an e beside that,its a pci express slot but not 16x or am i just simply confused?biggerbig

It's quite possible that it's an 8x slot which doesn't transfer data as fast as a 16x, there is only a minor impact on performance. Do you know what motherboard you have so we can check?

Only AsRock makes any MBs with real AGP + real PCIe(16) slots on the same mainboard, and if you owned one of those gems, you'd be aware of it. The good ones are for AMD processors, but there is also one for s775 (intel). Most AGP slots are between a tan and a greyish brown color, while plain PCI slots are white. I'll add a URL for a graphic showing all three.

http://www.diamondmm.com

AGP is still good enough for modern games if it's AGP3, and the card is an ATI.

But AGP cards cost from $10 to $20 more than the same card with a PCIe interface.

Plain PCI is so slow, and so old, it's worthless for gaming purposes.

(I had to edit this to attempt to add the URL that had been promised, but something in the forum's software wants to censor it, it seems. So when you get to Diamond's site, about halfway down, under "Advisor" click on "How to buy the right graphic card".)

well if this helps i have 3 white slots and 1 black one wich is a bit thinner and with a little thing sticking out of it at thefront theres no locking mechanism on that little thing (i would take a picture but i dont have a camera) also i have checked pictures and the slots are so similar of that of an agpslot thati cant tell!