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What would be a good temporary video card in this situation?

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madara

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A friend whats to try WoW but is getting only 7fps with his Geforce 3 Ti 500. He is saving to upgrade in late fall 2006. I told him he should get a temporary video card but is limited by an older motherboard that is AGPX4. He has 2.35ghz and 1 gig 1066 RDRAM so its not ungodly slow.
You think a GeForce FX 5200 256MB AGP or Radeon 9250GE 256MB AGP for $50 would be the best bet? Only ones I can remember that would not be overkill or too much $ for just one year usage. I figure with holidays coming up if these are still stocked they might even be loss leaders for CC or BB, etc.
 
All that is jumping to mind is somthing like a basic 9600. That should be in the right price range with a little shopping around.
 
tell him to drop some of the settings.. he should run it fine with a ti 500..

Drop the resolution and all the graphic effects.
 
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