Some help on choosing a new Video Card....

TroyjinmanTroyjinman New
edited November 2004 in Hardware
Ok well i have a small budget (around $150 or so) and I figured i need a new gfx card...seeing as how mine sucks (I got an Nvidia TNT2...I can't even play halo! lol) Any suggestions on good, yet cheap video cards which can play Halo or even World of Warcraft (one of the main reasons im upgrading)??

Comments

  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited November 2004
    if the TNT is the card that came with the system, you're going to have bigger problems playing games than a video card alone will solve... what are the rest of the system specs?
  • TroyjinmanTroyjinman New
    edited November 2004
    lol you're prolly gunna laugh...I havn't upgraded anything on this computer yet:
    Windows XP Home edition
    Pentium 4 1.5Ghz
    256Mb RAM
    40 GB HD
    CD-RW/DVD-rom
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    Does your motherboard have an AGP slot?
  • TroyjinmanTroyjinman New
    edited November 2004
    Yup...The GFX Card has to be able to play World of Warcraft... (i know nothing about gfx cards if you havn't already guessed. lol)
  • Rogue-ARogue-A
    edited November 2004
    i would say get some more ram, another stick of 256 would help out with performance, as for a new card.. look into an ati 9600xt or 9600pro.. the pros run around $100-110 and the xt runs for about $130-150

    here is a link to the xt.

    http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-102-338&depa=1

    to really see an improvement, upgrade your entire system. if you are not hardcore about gaming, these two video cards will be decently fine to play those games. you wont have the best fps but it will be completely playable. my friend has about the same specs but with a lesser video card and plays halo fine, and eq2 (hes using a 9600se which is much worse than the pro/xt).. so ya, i would suggest ram and 9600pro/xt if you are not hardcore and just want it to play these games at a decent rate or get an entire new system...
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