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BlackMage	Date: January 8, 2006 @ 1:53 PM Mostly for gaming. Any suggestions? I need to get some HDR goodness on Half Life 2 and my buggy piece of shit, 9600 isn't helping me.
K3VIN	Date: January 8, 2006 @ 2:02 PM i need one too comon people
mental-torture	Date: January 8, 2006 @ 2:49 PM i want the wildcat card... http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000E392CU/002-6620683-4294411?n=284507 only a couple thousand dollars. my type of card...
BlackMage	Date: January 8, 2006 @ 2:58 PM "i want the wildcat card..." We all want something. "only a couple thousand dollars." Something affordable. Something, what would suit me playing Half Life 2 with HDR.
mental-torture	Date: January 8, 2006 @ 3:05 PM get the wildcat card, u could play half life 2 faster than anyone you know.
BlackMage	Date: January 8, 2006 @ 3:07 PM "Something affordable."
K3VIN	Date: January 8, 2006 @ 3:12 PM lol^^^ that shit costs more then my comp
azhazhellfire	Date: January 8, 2006 @ 3:18 PM The 9600 should be able to play half life 2 on low settings. Your problem is more likely to be lack of memory. Really you need 512mb absolute minimum. 1gig is recommended. I compromise at 768 and play half life 2 perfectly at top settings with a video card only slightly better than yours.
mental-torture	Date: January 8, 2006 @ 3:29 PM yea, most peoples problems is that they have a really nice video card but a pc that just cant get the full potential with it. RAM is usually a big issue, sometimes people have lots of RAM, but its crappy RAM and performs at low speeds, sometimes people have really fast RAM but not alot of it so its useless. Also its good to have at least 1.6 GHZ pc, if its slower, its not going to take too much advantage of that card.
TameasDust	Date: January 8, 2006 @ 7:16 PM first what kind of computer do you have ... Next how much are you willing to spend on the card do you have agp pci or pci express card slot for desktops http://www.nvidia.com/page/desktop.html 6 or 7 series for notebooks http://www.nvidia.com/page/mobile.html these cards range in price from about $200 to about $1000 ... so it depends on what yah wanna spend personally I run a nvidia 5200FX and I can run FABLE ... just need to turn off the shaders ...
TameasDust	Date: January 9, 2006 @ 2:35 AM or you could go this route ... http://www.cyberpowersystem.com/ -AMD Athlon 64 3500+ CPU -2048MB PC3200 DDR400 RAM -250GB Serial ATA 150 HD -Dual NVIDIA PCI-E 7800GT 256MB Video -16X DVD±RW & 16X DVD -Asus Vento 3600 Case 500W -802.11g 54mps Wireless NIC $1809
jack	Date: January 9, 2006 @ 7:21 AM Tameas, I still have my Nvidia FX5200 and it rules! Only cost me about £40 too. =D
BlackMage	Date: January 9, 2006 @ 10:43 AM "The 9600 should be able to play half life 2 on low settings." I know. I have settings on medium, but no HDR and I want that. And that card I'm using now is a buggy piece of shit (up-to-date drivers not helping, for example. So I think the one I have is just not working right on the hardware side) That's what I'm asking. A card that supports HDR. Memory's not an issue or the processor. Those I'll handle myself (provided, if someone wants to suggest something that goes with the card then please do. Just that the price doesn't go over 600€. Too much) Current setup (processor, graphcard, memory and motherboard) : AMD Sempron 2600+ S.A 1,83 GHZ CLUB 3d R9600 XT 128MB 64 BIT DIMM, 512 MB DDR PC-2700 Specte ABIT KT600 Price is from 100 - 400€, which is about the same in dollars (give or take 100$) to you yanks. Something what fits in to that motherboard. I have no idea what would fit in to that motherboard, but if someone is helpful enough s/he can check it out. If you have cyberstore links, spare them. None of you are finnish (that leads to the conclusion that all of you will give me foreign links, which I don't need) Thank you in advance.
BlackMage	Date: January 9, 2006 @ 10:52 AM "provided, if someone wants to suggest something that goes with the card then please do." Since I have feeling that the one's I have now just don't cut it. Here are some (Club 3D) cards I checked out. All go in to the category of 100-250€. What say you? Club 3D Radeon 9800 PRO 128MB (AGP) Club 3D GeForce 6600GT AGP8X 128MB DDR3 (AGP) Club 3D ATI RADEON X800RX 256MB (PCI-E) Club 3D GeForce 6600 PCI-E 256MB DDR (PCI-E)

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