AMD64 3000+ needs a friend

[thane]

My 9700 Pro is pushing up a flower now... darn. Whats a good video card to pair with this cpu, ie won't be cpu limited for half life 2 mods like dystopia and empires? I don't really need AA/AF, just solid frame rates in heavy action. Seems like there are good deals on x800gto and x850(rebate, eck), but this might be an overkill for my needs. AGP or PCI-e is fine.

Thanks for your time.

 

[Noni]

Hi there,

The 7600GT, 7800GT and 7900GT are some good options.

Although they seem overkill for what you want, you can get these for some good prices and when you turn the settings up you wont go back .

Check out the 7600GT mate.

 

[NoxTek]

Sounds like the 7600GT might be the card for you... it's definately a nice price per performance card.

 

[thane]

hmm tempting, tempting. Geez, you people are crack dealers...first one is free... now just buy a little bit more.. it won't hurt!


The 7600 GS has really nice prices, or is the GS <<GT? One has GDDR2, other has GDDR3 does that make a big difference? Oh and a 30 mhz core clock delta as well.

I want to kill these video card marketers.... no, that too good for them.

 

[Bleedblue12345]

the gt is pretty much better than the gs, i would suggest that if u want to use ure card for a little while, also i would not sugges tgetting anything below a 7600gt, as the performance sucks. Myabe u can pick up a used 7800gt, but thatl run u around 225$ ( if u do get 1 like that i suggest getting an xfx because of transferable warrenty)