PCI graphics card

[Progress City]

I recently bought a Pentium 4 system (used), brought it home and
discovered that it doesn't have an AGP slot.

I'm stuck with it, at least until I get next years tax refund. So,
until then, what's the best PCI graphics card that I can get? Maya
won't work with the onnboard Intel graphics chip set, and I need
something that will support Maya 7.

 

[Paul]

I recently bought a Pentium 4 system (used), brought it home and
discovered that it doesn't have an AGP slot.

I'm stuck with it, at least until I get next years tax refund. So,
until then, what's the best PCI graphics card that I can get? Maya
won't work with the onnboard Intel graphics chip set, and I need
something that will support Maya 7.

An FX5200 is "almost DX9" hardware accelerated. It is missing
a couple of items for full DX9 hardware support (I knew this
before I bought a couple of them). I also see an FX5500 there,
which is probably at the same level.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=ENE&N=2000380048+1069609642&Subcategory=48

You can get some info on feature set here:

http://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/

I noticed this one mentioned recently, and it is a few bucks
more than the FX series ($119). But perhaps a more up to date
feature set (later programmable shader support).

http://www.visiontek.com/products/cards/retail/x1300_256pci.html
http://www.buy.com/prod/Visiontek_Radeon_X1300_256MB_DDR2_PCI_Video_Card/q/loc/101/202859899.html

You'll have to check the Maya web site, wherever that is, to
see exactly how sensitive they are to the level of hardware
support, because I don't have a clue how important that would
be.

Paul

 

[DaveW]

ALL PCI type video cards are by their very design slow. You are in
something of a pickle. The PCI bus is the limiting factor.