Video Card replacement help
 

Hey guys, I'm trying to replace a fried graphics card for a friend of mine, it's a GF 7600GT 590M 256MB DDR3 according to the sticker on the bottom and it says XFX down the side. From what I can find they don't make this card anymore, so what would you recommend as a decent replacement? The computer doesn't get used for gaming anymore so it doesn't need to be anything spectacular.

TIA

GT 430 = $70ish
GTS 450 = $120ish

It's an XFX card. Send it in for RMA?

If he doesn't use it for gaming, I would just pick up the cheapest PCI-E card you can.

7600... that was a time of AGP and PCI-E wasnt it...
OP can you give us your motherboard model or if you can tell us if its AGP or PCI-E?

I remember the 7800GT's and 6600GT's being available in PCI-E... so we may or may not find a PCI-E slot on that motherboard.

I picked up an ATI Radeon HD 4650 GDDR3 1GB for $50 from NCIX ($40 after MIR) about a month ago ... Solid card for less than a red spot ...

exactly

If it is indeed AGP... options just got a whole lot smaller.

http://ncix.com/products/index.php?m...bminorcatid=49

it's PCI-E for sure, as I stuck my spare PCI-E card in to test it and be sure it was the card that was fried. I'm trying to find something as closeish to the original card while keeping the price dece.

that one's listed for $200 online? unless I'm looking at the wrong one?

Just pick this up for your friend, since he/she does not really need anything special or even remotely powerful: http://ncix.com/products/index.php?s...E&promoid=1275

Nice and cheap.

yeah he wants to keep this under $100, it'll be either the GT 430 or HD 4350. As far as brand names (I see there are several GT 430's which would be best to go with? MSI, ASUS, Gigabyte, EVGA, or Zotac?

I like eVGA. Great customer service.

evga u paid the extra 10 bucks per card for the powerswap up (does it still exist?)
but ugh yeah evga/bfg/xfx > gigabyte/msi/asus > zotac

Ended up ordering an EVGA GeForce GT 430, thanks guys!