Okay, I've made threads here before asking about the x800 and stuff.. but I never actually ended up buying one. However, here I am, still with my Radeon 9200, which just stopped receiving driver support from ATI not too long ago, and I'm beginning to notice I can't play A LOT of games in a comfortable fashion. So I'm looking for something new.
I only plan on spending maybe $120-30 max before any rebates.
My current system specs (as well as I know):
CPU: AMD Athlon 2400+
Mobo: PCChips m863g
AGP Slot (obviously )
RAM: 1GB (2x512) Kingston ValueRAM 3200 However, my motherboard only supports 2700
PSU: ~250W(not 100%, mid 200's. and i know i need to upgrade if necessary)
Current vid card: Radeon 9200
Games I play: Counterstrike (1.6/Source), Call of Duty 2, Battlefield 2(if possibly with upgrade), Warcraft 3
I would love to be able to play these smoothly, I don't care about quality that much (but yet I think it is something nice to have ) playing a game with no video lag is something I want.
I plan on this card being the last one ever inside this computer, because I plan on leaving this one to my family when I go off to college, so I'll probably be looking at building my own in a year or so.
I was originally planning on buying an x800GTO because of the 16 pipelines and such.. but after talking to a guy I know he came to the conclusion that something like an x800 would be overkill for my system and it would just bottleneck, which in turn would make it not all that worth it. (paying for something you can't use fully = boo.) But I figure I'd ask around here first.
Thanks in advance, guys/girls. I appreciate it.
I only plan on spending maybe $120-30 max before any rebates.
My current system specs (as well as I know):
CPU: AMD Athlon 2400+
Mobo: PCChips m863g
AGP Slot (obviously )
RAM: 1GB (2x512) Kingston ValueRAM 3200 However, my motherboard only supports 2700
PSU: ~250W(not 100%, mid 200's. and i know i need to upgrade if necessary)
Current vid card: Radeon 9200
Games I play: Counterstrike (1.6/Source), Call of Duty 2, Battlefield 2(if possibly with upgrade), Warcraft 3
I would love to be able to play these smoothly, I don't care about quality that much (but yet I think it is something nice to have ) playing a game with no video lag is something I want.
I plan on this card being the last one ever inside this computer, because I plan on leaving this one to my family when I go off to college, so I'll probably be looking at building my own in a year or so.
I was originally planning on buying an x800GTO because of the 16 pipelines and such.. but after talking to a guy I know he came to the conclusion that something like an x800 would be overkill for my system and it would just bottleneck, which in turn would make it not all that worth it. (paying for something you can't use fully = boo.) But I figure I'd ask around here first.
Thanks in advance, guys/girls. I appreciate it.