What is the best graphics card that I can buy for a Dell Dimension 4300s?

Question

(yes i know it's old)

would this be the correct card? http://cgi.ebay.com/BFG-NVIDIA-GEFORCE-6600-GT-128MB-OC-AGP-8X-DUAL-DVI-NR_W0QQitemZ220161907205QQihZ012QQcategoryZ40161QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Answer 1

Hi. That GPU runs at an AGP 4X/2X, so I think any AGP card with 4X should work. Specifics? You have to research.

Answer 2

Looks like it will support an AGP 4X graphics card. I think your best bet would probably be a 6600GT AGP if you can pick one up in good cheap second-hand condition. However don't expect this computer to play much beyond half-life2 (if it can even handle that!) - by the looks of things it uses old SD-RAM paired with a Pentium 4 processor, but if you can get a hold of as much RAM as you can find (up to 1GB if possible) things might turn out ok.

A new budget home-built system will give you a much better experience though - something like an AMD Athlon X2 4600 with 1GB DDR2 RAM on an nforce based motherboard and an 8600GTS won't cost you too much and will be 1000x better than your old machine (approximately, approximately!)