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What do you guys recommend i get for a new video card for my machine - preferably 128mb
thanks
all input is welcome
-SImo

At this point, ATI has the higher performing video cards, and they also have better AA algorithms.

The NVidias have a slight performance edge on the ATI's, but ATI has better image quality.

It's hard to give recommendations of we don't know what your price range is.

under 500 is what im looking for - but the cheapest possible is what im lookin for sixate

ATI Radeon 9800 or 9800 PRO. If you can get a quality 9800 non pro you can overclock it a lot and its $100 cheaper than a pro.

I have a 9800pro and it's... ok lol, i have trouble with my fps in CS, which is the game that takes up most of my gaming time, so I don't know how highly I can recommend it

WHAT??? What are the specs on the rest of your computer? I can run UT2K3 with everything full, at 1600x1200 resulotion and get around 75-90 frames a second no problem and i have a 9800 non pro. Sure sounds like the rest of your computer is completely bottlenecking your 9800. You can run CS just fine with a Geforce 2 MX and a 500 MHz processor for crying out loud.

YaWhateva is right - CS shouldnt kill your PC - unless ur running with like 32mbs or memory

Make sure you agp drivers are loaded and you have truform turned off.

get an ATi card. and i dont know what youre doing to make a 9800 pro run cs badly...

I dont know what they sell for in the US, but I just put a Asus FX5900 Ultra in my mates PC. OMG, what a awesome card. And It runs on the same driver as my GeForce DDR. Way cool, and only way to go....

PCI? (do they even still make those?)

I just bought a Radeon 7500 128mb card from Pricewatch and I like it. I had a Matrox 32mb G400 and it beats the living hell out of it. I think I did ok for under $100.

My NVidia GeForce 4 MX440 is amazing, good price to quality ratio. Unless you're a hardcore gamer I would recommend it.

ATI Radeon 9500 Pro. Best card I've ever had. 9600 Pro is good, too, but a little slower.

get a radeon 9800pro 128mb...

I am loving my Radeon 9800 NP 128 mb that I got for $248.

i went out and got a 9600 128 for 169$ - it was worth the money - thanks guys for your input!
-SImo

thats a great card. try overclocking it. i hear it oc's like mad.

I have an ATI Radeon 9500 pro, everything works great with it.

how do i overclock?

goto www.rage3d.com and get the rage 3d program. there is an overcloking setting in it. be carefull increase the memory and core very slowly.

thanks man - dont think ill overclock it just yet - not until i need it and not until i can get some more cooling for my pc