Most powerful PCI GPU (non express)

[Noobpc]

I know PCI cards nowadays are very low end and not very powerful for gaming. But i play a VERY old game called Team Fortress Classic (made 1999).

It is intensely fun and addicting and i was looking to see if i can gain a little bit of boost to my experience as well as gain a little bit of hardware experience.

My mobo is stock from a Dell Dimension 2400 and it only has PCI slots (no PCIe) so the current video card i have for it is an nvidia geforce 6200.

What is the most powerful PCI gpu i could get?

I have been looking at the nvidia GT 520, as that looks like it's better than my current geforce.

Thanks guys

 

[LegendsXXX]

^ ...except that means that you're going to be throwing away as much money as you might spend for a brand new computer that can also run NEW games... and getting less than a tenth of the performance. Sure, it can run that one specific game that brings you nostalgia from your childhood, but it will be a horrible waste of money for ANYTHING ELSE.

I didn't pay anything for my Pentium D system & just recently got a free Pentium 4 system for my legacy computer. People don't use old parts and will basically just give them away if you mention you like old hardware. Oh, and ebay is a good place to find cheap working old pci & agp video cards. So I can build a legacy system right now for less than the price of a new game such as BF4

 

[LegendsXXX]

You can get old GPUs on ebay. Vodoo rush card for like 5 bucks...

Why not just get an old HDD plug it into your new system and install dos. switch 1 sata cable betweent the dos hdd and the modern windows 1 and Now you have best of both worlds.

I might just try that out actually, although I've heard that old dos games may run too quickly on a newer system with over 1 ghz clock speeds. I haven't tried it myself though so I can't verify it. Just read it up on forums in the past. When I get some free time I might just try it out.

 

[NickM]

I know PCI cards nowadays are very low end and not very powerful for gaming. But i play a VERY old game called Team Fortress Classic (made 1999).
. . .
What is the most powerful PCI gpu i could get?

I have been looking at the nvidia GT 520, as that looks like it's better than my current geforce.

The same idea with possible PCI video card upgrades for old gaming machines visited me, and the idea had been bothered me for long time.
After several tests and comparisons I have found that my idea with obsolete video cards is just waste of money.

So, finally my major upgrade for my granddaughter's Pentium 4 Dell became a brand new ASRock AM1B-ITX motherboard (1xPCIe2.0x16, 4xSATA 6Gbps, 4xUSB 3.0, HDMI, mITX).
The processor is the AMD Athlon 5150 4-core APU with Radeon R3 HD 8400 integrated graphics.
After the discounts and rebate I got both for less than $100.
Despite the DDR3 is expensive now, my upgrade worth it because I got a good performance gain.

The ASRock AM1B-ITX mobo fits good enough into the awkward proprietary old computer case. Even the old 20-pin connector power supply works.
I was able to connect and boot the old PATA-IDE hard drive by using my old cheap VIA controller card. That was just an experiment. Later the Win XP was mirrored on a cheap refurbished SATA hard drive.
The important thing, - the manufacturer supplies the new motherboard with drivers for obsolete Win XP, and we can play year 1995-200x games.

By the way, - another story: - I also make it possible to run Win XP along with year 1995-200x games on my another PC with Gigabyte G1.Sniper M3 c/w Core i7-3770K.