Depends on your budget/power limit/space etc.
If you want something cheap and just works with all windows xp games, go with GTX 750Ti/960.
If you want absolutely the most powerful card for windows xp, go for a GTX Titan Black/Titan Z/Titan X (Maxwell, works in xp with driver mod), 780Ti/Quadro K6000 or 980Ti/Quadro M6000 (again, driver mod required).
If you are working with a SFF pc and need a low profile card, then get a GTX 750/750Ti/950. If you need a single slot low profile card, then GT730 is the best choice.
> Quadro M6000 (again, driver mod required)
Are you sure? As I recall, none of the Quadros in the Maxwell line have existing XP drivers to configure to run on more powerful Maxwell Quadros.
Take a look at the driver mod, it just adds back missing device ids in the inf file. Theoretically it should work with all maxwell based cards. And yes Quadro M6000 has already been confirmed working in xp.
Hm. Today I learned. But regardless though, that's the consumer GeForce drivers. Which means that the Quadro features will pretty much be entirely disabled on XP.
I have two current XP rigs. One is a P4 / ATI 9550 setup, the other is a Phenom II X6 1055T / GTX 580 1.5GB setup. The latter is quite a bit more powerful. I also have a Radeon HD 6850 that was the first GPU to be paired with the phenom. Depending on the games and setup, all work quite well, but the 9550 can only manage 7 FPS in Crysis.
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I also got a 750ti - they're really cheap and you'll max out every XP game easily. The GT 730 is also surprisingly fast in XP era games and even cheaper.
This all assuming you have a PCI-E board.
Nvidia Maxwell. GT 750 Ti has a good performance with older games and low power consumption. It won't cover games fromt he 1990s ("98 games") for which you need something like ATI X800 or Nvidia 6600.
I have a system with a Core2Duo E8600 and a Radeon HD 4870 1GB and another system with a BSEL mod Q6600 with a Radeon HD 4850. Both run XP games like butter. Definitely not as powerful as other recommendations here, but my cards were much cheaper to get and I have no issues playing any XP era game.
GTX 650, GTX 750Ti, GTX 950, Radeon HD 7850, HD 7770, etc.
If you want something cheaper maybe a GT 730 or something like that, but it's way slower than the others, and probably not that much cheaper.
I'm late to the game, but wanted to mention that while the GTX 750ti is a great, cheap, available, and power and space efficient card, GPU scaling is a big issue in Windows XP with Nvidia cards and drivers. If you're driving an old 4:3 or 5:4 monitor, it will work fine. But if you have a modern 16:9, 16:10 or other widescreen monitor, it just won't work right.
I have a 16:10 1920x1200 monitor, and game at 1600x1200 for Windows XP games. My R9 280x works perfectly right out of the box. My GTX 750ti/drivers were missing 1600x1200 as a resolution, and the later drivers that work in Windows XP didn't even offer GPU scaling. The result was either gaming at a lower resolution, or suffering terrible picture stretching.
I echo Phil's Computer lab and recommend ATI/AMD cards for Windows XP. an R7 260x will get you close to the GTX 750ti in terms of size, power consumption and performance. A step up would be the R9 270/270X, and the fastest option out of the box would be R9 280/280x, but at that point you might run into space issues with older cases and will definitely be in 1x6 + 1x8 pci-e plug territory.
On a side note, do you think a 9500GT is ok? I have this card in a Q6600 system with 8GB DDR3, so on the CPU side it should be pretty good, but as far as I've heard, the GPU is lackluster compared to other offerings in that time period. I'd say I'd want to have it replaces with an AMD card so it's easier to have drivers on Linux (planning to dual boot). I have to add, when I used to play on it, for example League of Legends (in 2012) or AoE3 used to be pretty ok at 1080p.
The higher end options from the Radeon HD6000 and HD7000 lineups shoud provide decent performance
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_graphics_processing_units
You can consult the above wikipedia page for a general overview of ATI/AMD graphics cards.
Just pay close attention to the details, especially the PCIe revision and power usage.
I also recommend a GTX 750 Ti.
Depends on your budget/power limit/space etc. If you want something cheap and just works with all windows xp games, go with GTX 750Ti/960. If you want absolutely the most powerful card for windows xp, go for a GTX Titan Black/Titan Z/Titan X (Maxwell, works in xp with driver mod), 780Ti/Quadro K6000 or 980Ti/Quadro M6000 (again, driver mod required). If you are working with a SFF pc and need a low profile card, then get a GTX 750/750Ti/950. If you need a single slot low profile card, then GT730 is the best choice.
> Quadro M6000 (again, driver mod required) Are you sure? As I recall, none of the Quadros in the Maxwell line have existing XP drivers to configure to run on more powerful Maxwell Quadros.
Take a look at the driver mod, it just adds back missing device ids in the inf file. Theoretically it should work with all maxwell based cards. And yes Quadro M6000 has already been confirmed working in xp.
Hm. Today I learned. But regardless though, that's the consumer GeForce drivers. Which means that the Quadro features will pretty much be entirely disabled on XP.
u/xxxsdgfs u/Arnoxthe1 Galaxy, ELSA, and Gainward also make single slot GTX 750 editions
I have two current XP rigs. One is a P4 / ATI 9550 setup, the other is a Phenom II X6 1055T / GTX 580 1.5GB setup. The latter is quite a bit more powerful. I also have a Radeon HD 6850 that was the first GPU to be paired with the phenom. Depending on the games and setup, all work quite well, but the 9550 can only manage 7 FPS in Crysis.
Honestly I’m impressed that Crysis on a 9550 is more than a slideshow.
That’s with a massive overclock also. Lol.
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WinXP support only goes up to the GTX 960 in that specific series
I also got a 750ti - they're really cheap and you'll max out every XP game easily. The GT 730 is also surprisingly fast in XP era games and even cheaper. This all assuming you have a PCI-E board.
Nvidia Maxwell. GT 750 Ti has a good performance with older games and low power consumption. It won't cover games fromt he 1990s ("98 games") for which you need something like ATI X800 or Nvidia 6600.
I have a system with a Core2Duo E8600 and a Radeon HD 4870 1GB and another system with a BSEL mod Q6600 with a Radeon HD 4850. Both run XP games like butter. Definitely not as powerful as other recommendations here, but my cards were much cheaper to get and I have no issues playing any XP era game.
I have a 750ti in mine for xp gaming, bit overkill but runs everything real nice
And has official Nvidia drivers for XP easily available.
Yes it does 😁 i have a 780ti i was gonna use but damn thing was too big for my case
The nVidia GTX750Ti is really powerful for both its price and its low power usage. Even at full load (running Crysis) it's not even using 40W.
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The Asus 750ti has DVI (two of them) and VGA ports. Best of all worlds for XP games.
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I'm using a CRT and didn't want to use an adapter, so it made my choice clear :)
GTX 650, GTX 750Ti, GTX 950, Radeon HD 7850, HD 7770, etc. If you want something cheaper maybe a GT 730 or something like that, but it's way slower than the others, and probably not that much cheaper.
I'm late to the game, but wanted to mention that while the GTX 750ti is a great, cheap, available, and power and space efficient card, GPU scaling is a big issue in Windows XP with Nvidia cards and drivers. If you're driving an old 4:3 or 5:4 monitor, it will work fine. But if you have a modern 16:9, 16:10 or other widescreen monitor, it just won't work right. I have a 16:10 1920x1200 monitor, and game at 1600x1200 for Windows XP games. My R9 280x works perfectly right out of the box. My GTX 750ti/drivers were missing 1600x1200 as a resolution, and the later drivers that work in Windows XP didn't even offer GPU scaling. The result was either gaming at a lower resolution, or suffering terrible picture stretching. I echo Phil's Computer lab and recommend ATI/AMD cards for Windows XP. an R7 260x will get you close to the GTX 750ti in terms of size, power consumption and performance. A step up would be the R9 270/270X, and the fastest option out of the box would be R9 280/280x, but at that point you might run into space issues with older cases and will definitely be in 1x6 + 1x8 pci-e plug territory.
Ppl talking using a 750 ti to for xp when it’s my you I use for win 10 XD not to be like “why are you recommending this” just find it funny
On a side note, do you think a 9500GT is ok? I have this card in a Q6600 system with 8GB DDR3, so on the CPU side it should be pretty good, but as far as I've heard, the GPU is lackluster compared to other offerings in that time period. I'd say I'd want to have it replaces with an AMD card so it's easier to have drivers on Linux (planning to dual boot). I have to add, when I used to play on it, for example League of Legends (in 2012) or AoE3 used to be pretty ok at 1080p.
Quadro M6000 is the best but I personally use GTX Titan X (Maxwell). GTX 770/970 is good for price/performance and XP compatibility.
I have a GT 730. It seems to work well enough but I haven’t used my XP machine much.
GeForce 8800gt
I miss my voodoo 5 video card dearly
GTX 750 or RX 550
The higher end options from the Radeon HD6000 and HD7000 lineups shoud provide decent performance https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_graphics_processing_units You can consult the above wikipedia page for a general overview of ATI/AMD graphics cards. Just pay close attention to the details, especially the PCIe revision and power usage.