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Offline jay1988

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« on: June 04, 2004, 08:52:35 AM »
I am building a new computer and i only want to spend $100 on a new vid card. my computer will have a 8x Agp slot. I am spending more on the proccesor for a fast computer.
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« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2004, 10:30:34 AM »
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Offline jay1988

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« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2004, 10:56:13 AM »
I know about the site will someone recommend me a card that they have and like????
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« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2004, 11:29:05 AM »
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I know about the site will someone recommend me a card that they have and like????


Like I just posted best card for under $100 is a Radeon 9600
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« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2004, 01:21:20 PM »
May I ask how much you are spending on a CPU?
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« Reply #5 on: June 04, 2004, 05:23:25 PM »
You can get away for under $500

$75 XP 2500
$90-130 for 512MB memory
$70-100 nforce2 mobo
$99 graphics card
$60 case with 350W PS
Use your floppy,cd-rom,keyboard/mouse, monitor from the current computer
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« Reply #6 on: June 04, 2004, 05:24:14 PM »
You are asking a lot to get a gaming vid card for $100. I would suggest shaving a little off your CPU budget and putting in the vid card. Also make sure you have at leat 512mb RAM.
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« Reply #7 on: June 04, 2004, 05:28:51 PM »
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You are asking a lot to get a gaming vid card for $100. I would suggest shaving a little off your CPU budget and putting in the vid card. Also make sure you have at leat 512mb RAM.


9600 is about the same as a Ti4200 but is DX9 compatible and also excels at AA and AF.....While dated it will still run any game currently on the market albeit at lower resolutions.  It will easily run AH2.  The cost difference in AMD XP's is very slight.  Where as the cost difference of graphics cards is a good bit more.
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« Reply #8 on: June 04, 2004, 05:36:36 PM »
2 sticks of 256MB PC3200 Crucial Memory  $96

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-146-542&depa=0

Abit NF7 Motherboard $67

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-127-144&depa=0

XP2500+ Barton Retail with heatsink/fan  $80

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-379&depa=0

Gigabyte/ATI 9600XT $154

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-125-124&depa=0

Total=$397 including shipping



If your case has at least a 300W power supply you could get away with it, if not a case with a 350W PS will run at most $60, if you want new cdrw drives add another $40 or so for a very nice under $500 system
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« Reply #9 on: June 07, 2004, 05:24:51 PM »
If ya got about 400 bucks I'd recommend the Radeon X800. Just ordered a system myself with it installed, looks to be an awesome card! Make sure you have a processor speed of 3.2 or higher or you wont get full capabilities out of it. GL on your search.

Accessmirco.com is a good place to start
Newegg.com is very good site too

tomshardware.com is a good place to learn about different products, and has reviews on them, very good source of info.
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« Reply #10 on: June 09, 2004, 01:04:20 AM »
I'm going to post this video card because I believe the all-in-wonder features make the card a great deal.

http://www.provantage.com/buy-7atit41j-wonder-9600-128-agp-ati-technologies-100-714116-shopping.htm
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« Reply #11 on: June 10, 2004, 12:38:50 PM »
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If ya got about 400 bucks I'd recommend the Radeon X800. Just ordered a system myself with it installed, looks to be an awesome card! Make sure you have a processor speed of 3.2 or higher or you wont get full capabilities out of it. GL on your search.

Accessmirco.com is a good place to start
Newegg.com is very good site too

tomshardware.com is a good place to learn about different products, and has reviews on them, very good source of info.


Heh.I just ordered the X800 XT,but it won't ship for about (no pun intended...really) two weeks.The X800 Pro is available now.
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« Reply #12 on: June 10, 2004, 02:15:50 PM »
Jay1988,

Got a viddy card I'll sell to ya.  Nothin premo, but it'll work.  Less than $75.  Sent ya an email at your yahoo account.

righty
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