For 150.00 U.S. Dollars, what video card is best to buy?....

[Guerilla]

I am currently on a:

Pentium II 233 mhz with MMX

96mbram (100mhz-ram)

24x max cdrom drive

6.0 GB Hard drive with NO dma

Voodoo 3 300 PCI overclocked at 182mhz with newest drivers



and im asking, with my 150$ what is the best video card to buy for maximum performance and maximum framerate?


and also, will my bad pc effect the greatness of a video card such as a geforce 3 ti 500 or a geforce 2 ultra?


and also, the video card that would be best to buy with 150$, would it improve my framerate dramatically over my voodoo 3? in half-life i get terrible framerates, even with wickedgl and low details and low resolutions, my framerate in big maps is like 4-20 fps and my fps in small areas is like 30-50

 

[koblano]

Get a new processor!!!

 

[Guerilla]

well, in a few weeks to a month, im getting a:

1.7 ghz pentium 4

512 mbram

gefroce 2 ultra

80 gig hd with dma

10x dvd drive

soundblaster live



but i wont get it until maybe mid to late january, and im sooooo anxious to get it and i cnt wait any longer! lol im SICK AND TIRED OF MY SLOW FRAMERATE!!!!!!

 

[koblano]

Then save $150 and wait!!!

 

[Guerilla]

I CANT WAIT! IVE HAD THIS 233 MHZ AND TERRIBLE FRAMERATE FOR 5 LOOONG YEARS!! IVE BEEN WAITING 5 FRICKIN YEARS FOR THIS NEW PC!!!!!!!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRRR

 

[koblano]

$150 bucks for one month of still slow and crappy gameplay. Buddy just wait. Save us all some time. If it's that important, go buy like an ATI card. Or maybe any card with Nvidia chipset.

 

[Guerilla]

WELL CAN SOMEONE ATLEAST TELL ME HOW TO BOOST MY FRAMERATE TO THE MAX IN HALF-LIFE??????? I HATE 14 FPS!!!

 

[Ten]

Save your money for the new pc. your p2 mobo can't support video cards that powerful(or if it can its trivial). And for gods sake buy a CD-ROM or cd-rw dvd-roms suck for reading info r copying discs.


Raid isnt all its cracked up to be anyways.

Stick with nVida cards they are "supposdly" perfect for p4's

If I were you though AMD sounds better...cheaper and more functional in most cases.

 

[Guerilla]

ehhh, i dont like amd, lol intel sound better, : ) lol

 

[Ten]

Best bet....

Gack a v3 with a 233? lol Sorry can't help there thats so old it isn't funny. Nothing in my mind could yeild a better FR bsides going software mode and in a LOW res

 

[koblano]

AMD is your best bet for Gaming. Intel doesn't have as good memory and is a little slower. Tests have proven a 1.3 can match a 1.7 Intel. So in other words, save your cash. AMD is cheaper too

 

[Guerilla]

does compaq model 7000 presarios have amd then?

 

[Ten]

...compaq...now that's something to laugh about. Do yourself a favour get talk your parents instead of buying something prefabbed and loaded. get them to use that money towards a custom built pc. More options (can be cheaper) and you have the software always with you. Plus customs are cooler.

Just go to any pc shop and ask them for a price on that compaq system. Compa\q is mainly intel based only though. If you go AMD ask them for a mid level T-Bird system. It should be cheaper then your compaq....

AMD Tbird 1.2 ghz
Asus A7V board (lower in value now but only has 100 fsb less oc'd)
512 SDram
Ati Radeon 7200
sblive value
Creative 8x+ cd-rw
Asus 8x dvd
D-Link nic card if your a boradband user

That is a midlevel system in my opinon anyways should cost a bit less by now and shop around/bargin with the people don't take there first price.
Basic setup anyways.

 

[Guerilla]

i did customize it,

 

[BrunO]

Ten sorry i gotta put you straight:-

Dont buy a T-Bird, they are old technology and are no longer being made by AMD they have been replaced by the far superior Athlon XP's which are faster and run 20% cooler than there T-Bird bethern.
I would recommend a Athlon XP 1500+/1600+ runs at 1.3/1.4GHz

And for your $150 i wold just keep it until you get your new PC with your old system there is no way that it can take advantage of a new card.

But if you were forced to buy one i would recommend the ATi 7500


BrunO