Getting a new videocard

TacoFood · 10-07-2005, 10:24 AM

hi, I have a sort of old pc.. Its a pentium 3 997Mhz. My videocard is getting ....bad and Im planning to buy a new one. Im on a budget tho. 210 $ (us).

so Id like to have your opinion on the best gaming card you could get with that. thx! ( My goal is sorta to run cs source with a nice fps. I can run it now but the fps is too low.)

douglascharlton · 10-07-2005, 11:35 AM

theres not alot of point in getting a good gprahics card without a new pc, as yours 997mhz is very slow compared to 3 + ghz today. I would save your money and plan on getting/building a new pc.

ice_glitch · 10-09-2005, 07:30 PM

There's not a video card you can get that will run CS: Source smoothly that will not cost less than $210, unless you get one from eBay.

P.S. I have CS: Source w/Half-Life 2, and Doom 3 and am currently having the same problem finding a card.

But can safely say you will only be able to get a good one under $210 on eBay, even though it's risky.

Uranium-235 · 10-10-2005, 12:08 AM

^^Bull

The 6600 GT can play CS: Source just fine, and you can get a nice EVga one off newegg.com...let me look..ah here:

Here are the AGP 6600GT from EVGA (good company - I know many people who love EVGA cards)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130220

the thing that worries me, is based on your current setup, you might not have the kinda of power supply needed to run this card, the 6600GT requires an extra 4-pin molex connector from the power supply (the same kind that goes to your hard drive)

the other thing is CS Source will not run well under a P3 933 mhz CPU

Andrew0987 · 10-11-2005, 06:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Uranium-235

^^Bull

The 6600 GT can play CS: Source just fine, and you can get a nice EVga one off newegg.com...let me look..ah here:

Here are the AGP 6600GT from EVGA (good company - I know many people who love EVGA cards)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130220

the thing that worries me, is based on your current setup, you might not have the kinda of power supply needed to run this card, the 6600GT requires an extra 4-pin molex connector from the power supply (the same kind that goes to your hard drive)

the other thing is CS Source will not run well under a P3 933 mhz CPU

Very true. But Id concentrate on saving your cash for a new comp because your cpu will probably bottleneck you new video card. If you plan on your next pc being agp based then get the video card now and switch it to your new pc once you get it. But I highly suggest you wait and buy an new pci-e based machine.

10-07-2005, 10:24 AM	#1 (permalink)
TacoFood Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 6 OS: xp	Getting a new videocard hi, I have a sort of old pc.. Its a pentium 3 997Mhz. My videocard is getting ....bad and Im planning to buy a new one. Im on a budget tho. 210 $ (us). so Id like to have your opinion on the best gaming card you could get with that. thx! ( My goal is sorta to run cs source with a nice fps. I can run it now but the fps is too low.)

10-09-2005, 07:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
ice_glitch Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 59 OS: XP SP2	There's not a video card you can get that will run CS: Source smoothly that will not cost less than $210, unless you get one from eBay. P.S. I have CS: Source w/Half-Life 2, and Doom 3 and am currently having the same problem finding a card. But can safely say you will only be able to get a good one under $210 on eBay, even though it's risky. __________________ Dell Dimension 4700, BIOS A10, Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2, Pentium IV Processor 3.0 Ghz, 2.5 GB RAM, 30GB Seagate Master, 100GB Seagate Slave, Pioneer DVD R/RW Drive,256 MB PNY GeForce 8600 GT, No Floppy Drive, 500watt modular PSU

10-10-2005, 12:08 AM	#4 (permalink)
Uranium-235 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Milky Way/Alpha Quadrant/Earth/US/Texas Posts: 189 OS: Windows 2000 Professional 2195	^^Bull The 6600 GT can play CS: Source just fine, and you can get a nice EVga one off newegg.com...let me look..ah here: Here are the AGP 6600GT from EVGA (good company - I know many people who love EVGA cards) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130220 the thing that worries me, is based on your current setup, you might not have the kinda of power supply needed to run this card, the 6600GT requires an extra 4-pin molex connector from the power supply (the same kind that goes to your hard drive) the other thing is CS Source will not run well under a P3 933 mhz CPU Last edited by Uranium-235; 10-10-2005 at 12:12 AM.

10-07-2005, 11:35 AM	#2 (permalink)
douglascharlton Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: England Posts: 37 OS: XP	theres not alot of point in getting a good gprahics card without a new pc, as yours 997mhz is very slow compared to 3 + ghz today. I would save your money and plan on getting/building a new pc.