Video Card Recommendation?

[Seik]

Hey [H]ard guys, I have a question, and am looking for a little guidance.

Right now, I have a GeForce FX 5900XT video card (aftermarket cooling installed, overclocked with Rivatuner), AMD Athlon 64 Processor 2800+ (1.80 GHz), and a 2x512 sticks of DDR PC3600 RAM and one empty slot.

Yeah, yeah, I built it summer 2004, give me a break. It's old, so it deserves to be slow.

I'm curious if you guys knew of a relatively cheap video card I could purchase that would give me a good bang/buck performance increase on the Source engine games - it currently runs them pretty well at 1280x1024, but drops to about 20 fps in some firefights and exhibits the stuttering bug. I'm going to build an entirely new system next Christmas, but I'm looking for something that will keep my head above water until then.

Or would a cheap video card even help that much, or would an additional memory stick give a better combo?

Thanks a LOT in advance.

 

[Pkirk618]

nvr mind

edited, u said next xmas.

ATI cards do well for source so a 1950 version would be a good choice. They're pretty cheap but they are and will always be dx9. Hope u can wait till next year because alot is going to happen between now and then.

If u meant next christmas as this one coming up--you're better off not buying anything now. Save and buy then.

btw, without specs of the rest of ur system, making suggestions isn't going to help u very much.

....but more ram never hurt anything