Recommend a good card to play half life 2/Far Cry

flop

Hi all,

I'm looking for a decent enough card to play Half life 2 and Far Cry. Any recommendations? I'd like to keep costs around €200 if possible and i don't mind if its ATI or Nvidia.

Cheers
Flop

Yook

This is good for the price:

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=307193&cks=PRL

Its not the bees knees but its a nice mid range card.

unkel

AGP or PCI-E?

The Real B-man

as yook said said the 6600GT is the best mid range card around tbh try get a xfx branded one

AGP --> http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=305051&cks=PRL
PCI-E --> http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=306714&cks=PRL

K.O.Kiki

6600GT? No-no-NO!!

Get an ATi X800-based card; it'll run HL2 way faster than the nVidia. And it'll trounce it at Far Cry. And any other game you care to throw at it. And --- it's cheaper!!
Check it here and here, though I'm not sure if prices include shipping...

WizZard

K.O.Kiki wrote:

6600GT? No-no-NO!!

Get an ATi X800-based card; it'll run HL2 way faster than the nVidia. And it'll trounce it at Far Cry. And any other game you care to throw at it.

Except Doom3.

mp3guy

Well to PLAY halflife 2 and far cry, they're playable on a GeForce 4 MX440, but if you want a res higher than 640x480 in half life 2, you'd need a better card...

K.O.Kiki

WizZard wrote:

Except Doom3.

I'm pretty sure the X800 can beat the 6600GT at Doom3 too, or give it a very close-run 2nd.

K.O.Kiki

On a second note, if you're buying AGP, it's probably better to try to find a 256mb nVidia GeForce 6800, rather than a 128mb 6600GT; but not in PCI-Express. That's where you stick to the X800. More on that here.

heffo9

this is from the bargain alerts section
http://shop.ati.com/product.asp?sku=2700726

gline

if u want to keep costs down, pick up a 2nd hand 9800pro or XT, still preform really well on all new games, i run GTA:SA @ 1024x768 with setail at max and AA=1 and draw distance max

flop

Thanks for the replies guys, i should of mentioned that i'm looking for an AGP card rather than PCI Express.

Cheers
Flop

gline

flop wrote:

Thanks for the replies guys, i should of mentioned that i'm looking for an AGP card rather than PCI Express.

Cheers
Flop

well if you wana keep costs down and get good preformance for less money a 9800 series card is the way to go

heffo9

i have a 9800, it has no trouble playing all the top end games at medium to high resolution. peats are selling the sapphire 9800 pro 128mb, 256bit for about €150, also this card's bios can be flashed to an xt, i've doin it to mine, with an artic silencer 1 cooler fitted. it overclocks well also

Venom

Well now the hte 7800 series is out you should be able to pick up a cheep 6800GT cheep.

Ry

299 for a 6800GT now brand new

Ry

heffo9

checkout here
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/BGrade_Graphics_Cards.html
i know it's b grade, but you still get a warranty