which video card?

[fatbaby]

i have a sub $160 budget and is looking for a decent video card:

possibly radeon 7500, gts-v, gts-pro, gf2 ti or aiw radeon...or cheap gf3 (lmk if u know where i can get this under $160 thx)

which would provide a good fps rate in hl? (right now i get 30 average)

tv-out is a must...

i ahve a p3 600mhz, 256 mb ram...

will more expensive cards make any difference on my machine?

~fat

 

[notfred]

Damn, what vid card are you using? I got better than 30fps in half-life - When it came out!

 

Get a GeForce2 MX 400. I think they are around $100 now. Your machine is pretty slow, so anything else would not make much more of a difference. If you were going to upgrade sometime soon, I would suggest a GeForce3 Ti200. You can probably snag one for $160 OEM.

 

[Burnt]

get a Geforce3 Ti-200 and overclock it to ti-500 speeds. You can get one OEM for about 160-170. By the way...this should be in video, or general hardware.

 

[fatbaby]

<< Damn, what vid card are you using? I got better than 30fps in half-life - When it came out! >>



geforce256, my bad, my average is 40 or so (if i'm lucky i get 72)

~fat

 

[yakko]

Start saving and just buy a whole new system.

 

[fatbaby]

<< Start saving and just buy a whole new system. >>



that is out of the question, that might take decades! even centuries!

~fat

 

[gotsmack]

Maybe you'll get more for your money if you upgrade your cpu.

or you could buy this

http://avlogic.com/product.cgi?code=11028802

it's $155 before shipping does that count? I'd spend the extra couple bux for a brand name board though, but that's just me.

 

[Ne0]

Depending on your mobo, I would get a Tualitan processor w/ a decent video card (Radeon LE or Geforce 2 GTS-V). If that's not possible, maybe save up for the powerleap tualitan conversion.

 

[Shming]

Look at www.newegg.com.
They have so many selections, so there has got to be one that fits you.

 

[NetworkDad]

Radeon LE

 

[Joony]

radeon 7500