Video card advice

[jv316]

Right now I am running a Voodoo3 2000 card on an Epox 8KHA+ with 256mb Crucial DDR. I do very little gaming but have been playing Max Payne a little recently as well as Rollercoaster Tycoon. The games play okay but Max Payne does get a little sluggish at some points. Does anyone have any advice on a good low cost video card for my needs? Maybe even with a TV out? Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[jv316]

I am also running an Athlon 1.2ghz processor. Just in case that helps.

 

[jfunk]

<< Right now I am running a Voodoo3 2000 card on an Epox 8KHA+ with 256mb Crucial DDR. I do very little gaming but have been playing Max Payne a little recently as well as Rollercoaster Tycoon. The games play okay but Max Payne does get a little sluggish at some points. Does anyone have any advice on a good low cost video card for my needs? Maybe even with a TV out? Thanks in advance for any help. >>



Well, I would get the fastest card in your budget.

You can get a Radeon LE or GF2 MX400 for like $70 or so.

If you can spend $150 you can look for deals on a Radeon 8500LE or go with a GF3 Ti200.

Top of the line would be Radeon 8500 retail or GF3 Ti500.

 

[CStroman]

Newegg carries a Geforce2 GTS-V for $71 shipped, last I checked. If you don't already know what that is, it's just an underclocked geforce2 GTS that can be easily overclocked up to the speed of the normal one. No TV out, though.

 

[Egrimm]

My Palit Daytona GeForce3 Ti200 cost about the same as a Radeon7500 do where I live, don't know what it cost other places though but I'm sure it's very cheap. The nice thing about the card is that it oc's to around the speed of a Ti500 (230/530 to be exact) with stock cooling easily. I still can't believe it has 5ns ram.

 

[NewCompGeek]

i think the radeon le is down to 65 shipped at newegg.com

btw i have the card and its great grapihics for the price

 

[Powervr]

why not hercules 4500 the same price has any radeon le but much much better..
I played max payne at 1024x768x32 with everything on with no problems (athlon xp 1700+ 1466 mhz)