Video Card Opinion/Help

**Biggus Dickus** · 12-09-06, 09:01 AM

We know, but we didn't find the Evil hack yet.

**beef flaps** · 12-09-06, 09:03 AM

Originally Posted by AzH

It will now only fetch one item every 12 hours.

Nice, thanks.

**Rage!** · 06-20-07, 01:09 PM

Hey guys just want to get an opinion on a video card.

I am runnin a 4 year old pc specs:

2400+ AMD Athalon
1 GB Hard Drive
ATI 9600XT 128 MB

I want to do a economical upgrade for my pc so I can play CS:S without too much lag and possibly BF2. Right now I keep gettin fps drops and its not my internet. I was wanting to know your opinion about the following graphics card I want to purchase:

Video Card:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102073 : $94.99

I probably need to buy a bigger power supply and I think this should be sufficient:

Power supply

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817709011 : $19.99

Please post your "useful" opinions on this hardware, thanks in advance.

**Mcstrange** · 06-20-07, 01:18 PM

I am going to tell you honestly that you should save your money.

buying a new AGP card for that system is going to be like putting a turbo on a 20 year old yugo.
Sure it might go a little faster, but your really just wasting money...

Save the 120 dollars towards a newer set of bits. We can design you a system for 500 or less.
Check out this Toms article: 525$ on a complete system (minus display) that would run circles around what you currently have.
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/05/...lder_marathon/

**Rage!** · 06-20-07, 01:34 PM

thx for the quick response. the thing is i am just lookin for a quick fix, i dont think it is worth the money for me to spend an extra $400 bucks (difference) for a new pc when all I use the pc for is playin CS:S and BF2. This is literally all I do on this pc, all the important work is done on a spiffy lil laptop

. I just want to make sure this will be compatible, and will give me the high # of fps i am seekin in cs:s and bf2?

**Mcstrange** · 06-20-07, 01:52 PM

the card you linked will improve your fps - and you probably wont need to get a power supply - i would wait on that

BUT your not going to get a huge increase, your probably CPU limited to a great degree. Your fps increase may not end up putting you into the realm of what you consider 'high'