Recommendation on video card

[ahsia]

My friend has a PIII machine he wants to play Counter-Strike on. He doesn't want to spend a lot of money. What is a good budget video card he can buy that will good enough for Counter-Strike?

 

[Corporate Thug]

ti4200/ radeon 8500

 

[DarkKnight]

Originally posted by: shady06
ti4200/ radeon 8500

both those will rock CS

 

[ponyo]

Pretty much any videocard will be great for CounterStrike. TNT Ultra will work fine. Any Geforce card is overkill for CS.

 

[Rogodin2]

can find geforce 2 gts cards for dirt cheap

rogo

 

[VIAN]

I would get GeforceDDR or Geforce2 GTS. A regular RadeonDDR is good too. Get 64MB versions.

edit to 32meg versions.

 

[Pete]

$40-50 will get you a used GF3, $50-60 a new 9100. Though I suppose $20-30 will net you a used GF2/GF4MX, and those should also do fine.

 

[McArra]

Originally posted by: Pete
$40-50 will get you a used GF3, $50-60 a new 9100. Though I suppose $20-30 will net you a used GF2/GF4MX, and those should also do fine.

 

[modedepe]

Originally posted by: Pete
$40-50 will get you a used GF3, $50-60 a new 9100. Though I suppose $20-30 will net you a used GF2/GF4MX, and those should also do fine.

Yep, any of those should be fine. Just depends how cheap he wants to go.

 

[g4m3r]

If your friend doesnt end up getting it : There is a special guide for changing models/settings to something that even PII can run. Its called something like "xxxx's high FPS guide" or something. if anyone knows about it, please share

 

[VIAN]

Here you go, a Geforce2 GTS 32MB AGP for $33 should fit you gaming and price needs. This is more than enough power for Counter-Strike.

 

[edmundoab]

agree, a GeForce 2 GTS will be a great card for that game,
and really cheap now,

I got mine when it was US$ 150..retail NIB
sold it sometime ago coz it lagged on Multiplayer WC3 at high details/...