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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: sling322 on October 24, 2001, 01:26:00 AM

Title: Vid card advice needed please....
Post by: sling322 on October 24, 2001, 01:26:00 AM
Ok...my roommate needs a vid card so that he can run AH in acceptable resolutions with a decent framerate.  I was going to donate my old Voodoo5 5500 to him, but the only problem is that he doesnt have a AGP slot.  His system is not that great, but even with what he has now he is getting framerates from 5 to 10 fps.  His machine is an Emachines PIII 500mhz with 256 megs of ram.  It has 4 meg onboard video now and he gets 5-10 fps in AH at the lowest resolution setting.  

What PCI card recommendations would you guys make keeping in mind that we are trying to keep the cost fairly low?  I looked in pricewatch.com but I dont know that much about the different PCI cards in order to recommend one to him.  

Any advice?!?!
Title: Vid card advice needed please....
Post by: bloom25 on October 24, 2001, 02:10:00 AM
They made PCI versions of the voodoo 5.  I'll bet they are REALLY cheap right now.
Title: Vid card advice needed please....
Post by: sling322 on October 24, 2001, 02:45:00 AM
They may be really cheap Bloom...but are they going to work well?
Title: Vid card advice needed please....
Post by: Wilbus on October 24, 2001, 03:55:00 AM
Try and find a Geforce 2 PSI version, not sure they actually exist but I think they do. Otherwise, buy a TNT2 PSI version, really cheap now.
Title: Vid card advice needed please....
Post by: Kieran on October 24, 2001, 07:05:00 AM
I just saw some GF2 PCI cards at the local Best Buy. They exist.
Title: Vid card advice needed please....
Post by: sling322 on October 24, 2001, 09:25:00 PM
thanks fellas
Title: Vid card advice needed please....
Post by: SOB on October 25, 2001, 12:24:00 AM
Hey Sling...I have a cheap friend who needs to get himself a good video card.  If you ain't using that V5, gimme a post on the squad bb and let me know what you want for the card!  Thanks  :)


SOB