HW T&L - Video Card Question

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bmcdonald07

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I have a Dell E510 with Windows XP Media Edition and a Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelator 950 video card. My problem is that I want to be able to play Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising but my video card does not support HW T&L. I know absolutely nothing about video cards. But I need to find out what type would be compatable with my computer and which will be able to play this game. I only have about $100 too spend.

Here is a few I have been looking at but Im not sure if they are good or if they would work on my computer.

XFX GeForce 6600LE / 256MB DDR / PCI Express / SLI / DVI / VGA / TV-Out / Video Card

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1546290&Sku=P450-7274


Powercolor Radeon X550 / 256MB DDR2 / PCI Express / DVI / VGA / TV-Out / Video Card

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1699653&CatId=0

Thanks
 
VIDEO CARD:
These are the requirements to play the game.

DirectX 9.0 AGP video card with 32MB & HW-T&L required. 128MB or greater recommended.
Compatible 3D cards include: nVidia GeForce 2, 3, 4, 59xx, 6xxx and ATI Radeon 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800, X800.
We do not support the following video cards: ATI Rage, FireGL, NVIDIA Quadro, TNT/TNT2 and Vanta chipsets,Kyro,Kyro II, Intel 810 and 815, SiS, Xabre, Matrox chipsets. Video cards without pixel shaders or with less than 128MB ram will not support all graphics features.
OPERATING SYSTEM:

Windows® 98, ME, 2000, XP
CPU TYPE & SPEED:

Minimum: Pentium® III 1.2 GHZ equivalent
Recommended: Pentium 4 2.4 GHZ equivalent
MOTHERBOARD:

Minimum: AGP 2X
Recommended: AGP 4X
HARD DRIVE SPACE:

1.5 GB available
SYSTEM MEMORY:

Minimum: 256MB
Recommended: 512MB
MEMORY SPEED:
 
well first off we are going to need more info on your PC. like is it AGP or PCI-E?
also i think newegg has some 6600gt's and X800's that are about $100 and they are better than the 2 you picked out.
 
go to "control panel "then "system". and to find if you have AGP or PCI-E you have to look at what type of slot you have
ill see if i can find you a pick to help you find it.

edit: here are the pics
AGP its the brown slot
PCI-E its the long whit one on top.
 
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here are some good ones, thier a little over your $100 budget but not by much.
6600gt$140-$20(MIR)=$120
X800GTO$115
the 6600GT is better b/c of the clock speeds but the X800GTO can be easily OC'ed and has more Pipelines.
 
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