What video card can fit in my emachines T5010? really need help...?

ok so yea i need help in finding a video card that can work with it and hold a pretty good frame rate for half life too....yea i dont have enough for a computer...seriously if you can help that would be awesome...|||An eMachines T5010 has 2 open PCI slots and one PCI E x1 slot. You can't put a PCI Express x16 card in it. Your pretty much limited to an Nvidia 6 series card. They're not bad, but that's about all the higher you can go. I don't use ATI cards, so I can't help you there. Just remember: YOU HAVE NO PCI EXPRESS x16 SLOTS........AND YOU ALSO HAVE NO AGP SLOTS. So, don't buy those kinds of cards.|||You're welcome.

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|||ALL FOR ONE 9600|||According to what I could find out about your computer's specs, an "eVGA 256-P2-N554-AX Geforce 7600GT KO 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card" might be up your alley.



This is a good midrange card that can be purchased for $160 at Newegg.com.



Please be sure you have a PCI express slot, which according to what I could find online, you should.



Additionally, more RAM would help you out.|||You need to find out what kind of graphics slot your computer has. Typically computers will have an AGP, PCI Express or simple PCI slot for additional cards and upgrades. I couldn't find any information on what kind of slots the T5010 has. Check you system documentation or the eMachines support site.



http://www.emachines.com/support/product…



Once you know what kind of video card your computer can accept then it's a matter of finding one within your budget. Keep in mind that super high-end graphics cards like the nVidia 7800 and 7900 series cards require additional power from a special PCI-E power adapter from your power supply, however you can get away with the entry-level and mid-level cards like a 7600GT without additional power.