help me choose a video card[views:7574][posts:11]_____________________________________ [Jul 15,2008 11:36pm - John_Locke ""] I have an integrated card now and it's really busting my balls. I need suggestions. I'm looking to spend under $100 I got a free pci express 16x slot 2 gigs of ram (4 512mb ddr2 sticks at 667MHz and an AMD Athlon 64 2.1 x2 dual core 4000 cpu. halp. |
| ___________________________________________ [Jul 15,2008 11:42pm - DaveFromTheGrave ""] get some crayons and draw a picture |
| _____________________________________ [Jul 15,2008 11:42pm - John_Locke ""] No. |
| _____________________________________ [Jul 15,2008 11:44pm - John_Locke ""] system requirements lab is telling me that's the only reason team fortress 2 isn't running well on my computer, my graphics card. it's recomending me some cheap 256mb cards. Should I just do that? |
| _____________________________________ [Jul 15,2008 11:47pm - John_Locke ""] also, i'd like it to support dual 19" widescreen monitors. |
| _____________________________________ [Jul 15,2008 11:54pm - John_Locke ""] I was thinking this might work. opinions? http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...etails.asp?EdpNo=3128203&CatId=1558 |
| _____________________________________ [Jul 16,2008 1:19am - xanonymousx ""] $20? after rebate. just get it to get it and see if it helps if not its $20 right? you could go all out and buy the newest ATI or Nvidia card for a mere $500 to go with your fast cpu. |
| ______________________________________ [Jul 16,2008 5:00am - Phrozenspite ""] if you can find an 8800gt those can be had for about $120 right now... uhhh i'd say shell out $150 if you can and get an Ati Radeon 4850 nothing will beat that for the price range atm |
| _______________________________________ [Jul 16,2008 10:12am - the_reverend ""] I liked my radeon chipset. the only thing is that their all-in-wonder bridge is on card. sucks. but you don't want a tv anyhow. |
| _____________________________________ [Jul 16,2008 11:08am - John_Locke ""] I don't need an 8800gt or ati 4850. I don't play serious video games. I play tf2 once in a while and my integrated card works for that, but I want something that runs ever so slightly better. |
| _______________________________________ [Jul 16,2008 11:27am - the_reverend ""] then just blow 20 bones and be done with it? then when you go to get a better game, get a new computer. |
| ______________________________________ [Jul 17,2008 4:49pm - the_reverend ""] Newegg has Sapphire HD 4850 512MB PCI-Express Video Card for $180 - $15 (with code VGA71615) - $30 Rebate = $135. Shipping is $8.25. http://slickdeals.net/?pno=13211&lno=1&afsrc=1 |