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Looking for budget video card

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suklee

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As title says... rig is Athlon XP2500+, Nforce2 w/ 1GIG ram.

Will play mostly BF2 and CS:S/DOD

Must be AGP. Gaming at 1024x768 90% of the time but the rare occassion 1280x1024...

What's the best choice? 6600GT AGP?

budget card - 9800Pro?
are there some cheaper/newer alternatives?
 
What settings. If you're going to be playing BF2 on High settings with those resolutions I'd recommend something much more powerful like a 6800 gt or something. If you're playing on medium then that 6600 gt would probably run it ok.
 
Originally posted by: thegimp03
What settings. If you're going to be playing BF2 on High settings with those resolutions I'd recommend something much more powerful like a 6800 gt or something. If you're playing on medium then that 6600 gt would probably run it ok.
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medium or low, since I only got 1 gig of RAM. would be nice, but not absolutely necessary, if I could turn up some AA or AF without performance hit (in frames and/or stuttering).
 
Originally posted by: Soccerman06
Whats your price range?
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Good question. I guess preferably around $100.

Here are some local prices: (probably not as cheap as the US)

9600Pro 128MB $90
9600XT 128MB $115

9800Pro 128MB $115
9800XT 128MB $125

X700 128MB $100
X700Pro 128MB $135

6600 128MB $110
6600GT 128MB $150

What other choices are there BELOW $100? GeForce 6200?
 
6800 > 6600GT > 9800P, in terms of performance. Not sure I'd recommend less than a 9800P for modern games, and you can find them for pretty cheap now: ~$125 new and probably $100 or less, used.
 
I can't complain about my 9800 Pro. Many now have 9800 XT cores (mine included) which can be fairly easily flashed to the slightly faster card.
 
Get a used 6800GT for around ~220(nice brands too)
Wait until September, I predict prices will drop ~200

The 9800pro is still strong... but I don't think BF2 and other games will run that well anymore longer
 
I'm playing BF2 1280x960 everything medium but no aa/af on a 2700+ stock and a 9500 Pro @ 340/380... no problems. 🙂

I don't feel like plunking $100+ on an AGP card anymore.
 
Update: Bought the 6600GT 🙂

Came with 5 free games... Rally Trophy, Max Payne, Serious Sam 2, Tropico, and Age of Wonders 2. Pretty nice combo...

Installing BF2 as we speak and going to do some LAN action! :beer:

Thanks to all who responded.
 
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