Card choice

[Yuriman]

I need a card thats under $60 and uses the least power. I know the 5200 is considered crap, but this is an email machine. Its going to be a shuttle minibox with an athlon64, NF3 and 2gb of ram. But I need a card that wont sap its wimpy 240w psu. Since the 5200 is .13 micron I thought it used very little power.

 

[dumpa]

You are using Athlon64 for your email box ?



Man that's wrong!

 

[Yuriman]

Err, its not me. My mother is a perfectionist, and she screams at my because I have a better machine than her. It will also run word and perhaps dreamweaver for her website building. Anyway, nothing 3d. Think the 64bit ram version uses less power? Or should I go ahead and get the 128?

 

[Yuriman]

I just noticed, IS THE 5200 NOT .13M?!?! It seems the 9600se could be the cheapest .13.

 

[Yuriman]

I suppose I'll splurge and get a 9600. The full 9600 is only $5 more than the SE anyway, and it has DVI. The total comes to $1750. Thats everything but the desk. Im giving up my christmas for my mother. Good upgrade from a 233mhz i'd say.

 

[dumpa]

My system runs on 200 W PS.

See sig

 

[Overclocker550]

why dont you just buy her a real psu? 240w is just asking for problems, a cpu of that caliber needs 350w minimum! and some people buy cpus overkill for the tasks at hand. that said, she should get a matrox g400 for its best 2d

 

[Yuriman]

I had a G400 for a while, but I gave it to my grandparents. I wasnt that impressed. Also, shuttle cases use micro psu's, they are onky about 1/3 the size of a normal one.

 

[Overclocker550]

I see. another option is a $15 geforce2mx for its 2d

 

[dguy6789]

just get a cheap duron system and tell her the duron is the next step up from the athlon xp. She wouldnt know the difference. 9600s use less power then anycard i know, if you get a 9600, replace your 9500 non pro with it.

 

[Anotsu Kagehisa]

I cannot believe that an A64 is being used for such b**ch work as an email machine. Just like dguy6789 said give her a duron or an xp and tell her it is good. Or you could just send me that and i'll give you my system.