Request for Video Card Recommendation

[Timoteo]

I want to upgrade the video card in my nephews' computer. They play some 3D games but are not hard core gamers. My budget is $150 to $180. The specs for their computer is:

Motherboard: ASUS A8N-VM CSM
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice
Memory: Kingston 512MB 333MHz DDR
Harddrive: Western Digital Caviar SE 80GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150
Case/Power Supply: ASPIRE X-Navigator ATX Mid Tower with 500w PSU
OS: Windows XP 64bit Edition

Right now they are using the on board video so anything will be an improvement. But, I want to besure that I do not bottleneck the system with too much video card.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Timoteo

[liam858]

A nice 7600GT/X1650 Pro would be good, he's pretty brave running XP x64 though.


Liam

[Timoteo]

Thanks for the advice.

...he's pretty brave running XP x64 though.


Have you heard about problems with XP x64? They seem to do O.K. with it. Some websites don't seem to work.

[liam858]

You're Welcome :)

Problems? .....Mainly software and drivers not being readily available. The website problems won't be down to the OS i don't think.


Liam