Posted May 29, 200816 yr Administrator I'm pretty sure a few people around here have been in need of a new graphics card. Well, you can get one free (after rebate) from Frys. EVGA- GF 6200 256MB AGP Graphics Card
May 29, 200816 yr That is a super deal. I'm sure alot of people during this bleak economy will grab it for sure. great post Tarun
May 29, 200816 yr Author Administrator It's not the best card, but for those they need one, even as an upgrade, it should do nicely.
May 29, 200816 yr Wow, for free. Nice! It's a good card for an older computer... Considering its an AGP card, you probably don't get a much better card for an old computer, since all new cards are PCI Express. I don't understand how it can get free after a rebate though... then they don't make any money... then why would they do that? Doesn't make any sense... unless it was cheaper to give them away than to recycle them...
May 30, 200816 yr I just took a look...it says "sold out". Not surprised, free is a very good price...
May 31, 200816 yr Oh, well... I don't think this computer has the power supply to run that card, anyway. It was a nice dream, though (however brief).
May 31, 200816 yr Author Administrator According to the details it needs a 200W PSU. The computer I bought in 2000 that had Windows Me on it had a 200W PSU.
June 1, 200816 yr My sister built this computer from a bare-bones kit, it's the cheapest system she could get that would be XP-capable (though the booklet that came with it talks about installing Win98). Though more RAM has been added, and the HDD has been upgraded, the power supply hasn't been. Pretty sure it's less than 200W. It would definitely handle more video card than it has now, though - it's AGP 4X capable, the card it's got is an 8MB AGP 2X (did I mention cheap?). Universal AGP slot, apparently, so any AGP card would fit - whether it would have the power to run properly is the question.
June 1, 200816 yr People often buy power supplies that can provide far much more power than they need. I think many computers would do very fine with 200-300 W power supply. I think your computer would probably run this card even if it has only a 200 W power supply.
August 22, 200915 yr We are intresting to get out this Card?...Wow! is it really free It was free 15 months ago - click the link ;)
August 25, 200915 yr Check out my post #5 above - they were gone in one day. You find most free / vrey cheap offers like this go in one or two days - Pity I'm in Aust - They usually don't send these offers out to us - Local U.S.A. only most times -
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