Video Card???

[mattg0110]

I recently got roller coaster tycoon 3, and found out that i need 32mb video memory... i have 8... when it comes to internal hardware, i have no idea what im talking about, so if i were to say that i want to get a 128mb video card, but want to spend less than $150 would you say that i was crazy? does that sound right? could you make any recommendations? a friend of mine gave me this list, but i still dont kno what im looking at, so if someone could maybe make a suggestion off of this list it would be better than great! - (i dont know if any of these do what i said above, but thats what my friend showed me. all i want is to be able to play RCT3 and a few other games that require 32, and recommend 64, but still get decent picture on everything else, i have a regular old moniter, so i dont need digital output, just the old pinned one. i think i should get 128mb, but i want to spend no more then $150 absolute max...)

ATI Radeon(TM) series (7000 or better)
• VE series
• 7000, 7200, 7500
• 8500, All-In-Wonder 8500
• 9000, 9200, 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800
• X300, X600, X800
NVIDIA(R) Quadro(TM) series
• Quadro, Quadro2, Quadro4
NVIDIA GeForce series (GeForce2 and better)
• GeForce 2
• GeForce 3, 3 Ti
• GeForce 4, 4 Ti, MX 420, 440
• GeForce FX 5200, 5600, 5700, 5800, 5900, 5950
• GeForce 6600, 6800

[Ranger]

Get either a Radeon 9600/9800, or GeForce FX 5900. They should all be within that range nowadays.

[adrenalinerush]

i found at office max that a dang now i cant remember which one i think it was a geforce 2 62mg or an ati radeon 7000 i think for 50 dollars i have video card problems myself

[mattg0110]

thx for ur help, i think im gonna get the 9600

[Ranger]

Make sure that your computer has an AGP slot on your motherboard, otherwise you won't be able to use that kind of video card. It should be somewhere in your motherboard documentation, or the easiest way is to pop open the side panel and look at the board itself and see if there's a brown slot that's above the white PCI slots.