Re: Help me find a cheap video card
 

just get the 6800 Vanilla AGP that can be unlocked for $60 shipped in the classifieds, its a good card for the price jago. you'll DEFINATELY notice a diff from intel integrated craphix.

Make sure you have an extra HDD power plug for the card as well as a 350w power supply as MINIMUM.

Re: Help me find a cheap video card
 

word, it comes with the option of passive coling, air cooling, and watercooling. :S

Re: Help me find a cheap video card
 

I'm gonna go with the GeForce ti 4800, cuz it's free. Hope it works good or I may take one of you up on an upgrade :6

Re: Help me find a cheap video card
 

You're gong to be disappointed. You need something that supports Pixel Shader 3.0. That one doesn't and the hack to make it work sucks balls. The the primary reason I upgraded from a ti4200 to a 6600. This means you cannot play BF2 with it or nearly any game released in the last 6 months and expect anything short of nintendo graphics. You need something in the 6xxx or 7xxx series for Nvidia or X1300/X1600/X1800/X1900 for ATI to get Shader 3 support.

Re: Help me find a cheap video card
 

dont count on playing any modern games w/ that i'll tell you right now.

and 640 x 480 @ low quality does not count.

that 6800 unlocked could easily do 1024x768 @ highest quality, probably 1280 x 1024.

Re: Help me find a cheap video card
 

On a 2 ghz machine?

Re: Help me find a cheap video card
 

yup, its mostly about the video card, cpu does the AI and physics etc etc.

let me put it into terms you can understand.

you have 750cc injectors, 3" exhaust and a ACT Xtreme PP on a stock d15 HF motor.

d15 motor = video card
all the other = rest of the PC.

;)

Re: Help me find a cheap video card
 

what games do you plan to play jago?

Re: Help me find a cheap video card
 

Haha I understood that.

I'm gonna install the 4600ti and see how much of an improvement it makes first, it still has to be a ---- ton better than the integrated graphics that I had, and I was playing games alright with that too.

Yuri I may hit you up in the near future ;)

Re: Help me find a cheap video card
 

I plan to play HL2 ep1, Source, and maybe some army type game :P