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Frank Bals - 17 Jul 2004 19:59 GMT

What's the cheapest card I can buy ($100 to $150 price range) that will
allow me to play Half-Life 2 and Doom 3? I also bought Deus Ex-Invisible War
but can't play it cuz my Geforce2 MX400 card doesn't have "pixel shaders 1.1
or greater". Any help would be appreciated. I like Nvidia, but I'm leaning
toward an ATI card this time around.

Frank

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Sleepy - 20 Jul 2004 12:08 GMT

you'll have to look for whats available at what prices in your area but my
suggestion would be
a 2nd hand GeForce4ti 4200 4400 or 4600 from Ebay
as the cheapest option or if you can afford it
a Radeon 9600 or 9600pro or 9600xt - NOT a SE.

> What's the cheapest card I can buy ($100 to $150 price range) that will
> allow me to play Half-Life 2 and Doom 3? I also bought Deus Ex-Invisible War
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> Frank

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Frank Bals - 24 Jul 2004 05:07 GMT

I got a Radeon 9600 256 MB (not SE) at Comp USA for $150.00. I paid a little
more than I wanted, but I hope it runs Doom 3 and HL2 pretty well. I'm gonna
start playing Deus Ex-Invisible War this weekend!

Frank

> you'll have to look for whats available at what prices in your area but my
> suggestion would be
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Victor - 30 Jul 2004 18:14 GMT

> you'll have to look for whats available at what prices in your area but my
> suggestion would be
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> > Frank

I just upgraded from a Geforce 4 Ti4200 64 MB to a Geforce Ultra
5600XP 128 MB. The 5600 It's a mid range card by now, but it will run
Doom 3 and HL2 without problems, and it's pretty inexpensive to boot
(I paid ~$110 for it). If you're going for Geforce4 Ti4200-4600, don't
pay more than $50, tops.

/Vic

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