Video Card Selection Help

[catchingsecond]

Hi guys I need a little help with this decision. I can get a BFG 6600gt oc with a Zalman cooler for $70 Canadian or I could spend more and get eVGA 7600 gt ko for $180-200. The problem is I don't really want to spend that much money, and the only games I'm interested in are Half-life 2, Counter Strike Source and Unreal Tournament 2004. So I was wondering would the 6600gt be enough to play these games at good frames rates at 1024x768? The 6600gt will accompany an AMD 64 3200+ with 1GB ram. Thanks for the help.

[Rattle]

hi and welcome to OCF

At that resolution 6600gt will be fine, if you want finer detail i would suggest a 7600gt ko because it is really alot of bang for the buck at $125 US.

HL2 and CSS should be ok with medium detail, but I wouldnt expect much over 40fps at detail even at 1024x768.

[chubbyfatazn]

The 6600GT will do you just perfect.

I have an old ATI 9600 that at med settings can push out 60fps at CS:S and HL2 on a 1024x768 monitor.. of course it's less quality but there's no lag.

If my 9600 can do it, the 6600GT can do it! lol

[catchingsecond]

Okay thanks for the help, I'm gonna buy it and if it doesn't perform the way I hoped then I'll just sell it and get a 7600gt. I'll post up what it does just incase anyone was wondering. Thanks again.