Halo 1 & 2 for PC
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specs:
Sony vaio desktop
1.8 Ghz pentium 4 processor
256 MB of RAM
nvidia riva tnt2 model 64/model 64 pro
sony vaio monitor

I need a new video card to play halo and i have a $100 or lower buget. Which would be the best video card to get that works with halo smoothly (No problems).

  • 02.24.2005 6:04 PM PDT
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Ouch. Well, even if you get a cruddy video card, your RAM is low and processor is a bit slow. You need 512 RAM to have some fun.

$47 is the XGI Volari 3. Better than GeForce 4 series but not quite the FX series. If you can squezze more I'd say the 9600XT. I've seen it as low as $110 on newegg.com and zipzoomfly.com by Sapphire.

  • 02.24.2005 6:51 PM PDT
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hehe i used to have a TNT 400/400 MX, that was a quality old-timer. but anyways u should really upgrade ur RAM to 512mb, i did it on mine for only a 1.4ghz processor and it really boosted my computer's speed. but otherwise u should look into either the ati's 9200+ line or Nvidia's 5200+ line. Either way u should checkin on the "graphics cards topic" it's on the top. There's some really awesome information in that thread.

  • 02.24.2005 6:54 PM PDT
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i've heard of people getting the nvidia 5700 for under $100...

  • 02.24.2005 9:53 PM PDT
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thanks for the replys ill look around for prices.

  • 03.01.2005 1:42 PM PDT
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Make sure you have the right slot though as all the newer cards require AGP or PCIe slots. I belive that the 5700 and up only come in AGP for nvidia.

  • 03.01.2005 3:58 PM PDT
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256 MB 9250 is about $100.

  • 03.01.2005 4:33 PM PDT
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I have a PCI slot....So what would be a cheap card that would play halo ok ?

  • 03.02.2005 4:32 PM PDT
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if i had parts, id givem to yah. I hate to see people with processors lower than 2.0gHz

  • 03.02.2005 4:34 PM PDT
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i used to have a 1.5 ghz... does that buy your sympathy?

  • 03.02.2005 6:02 PM PDT

* Pr: ĭnʹtərnĕts: "I hear there's rumors on the uh (pause), Internets...

no, -blam!- that

  • 03.02.2005 6:05 PM PDT
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Well i just started play PC games and had no clue that halo needed so much. I used to play www.graalonline.com. It got 2ez.

  • 03.02.2005 6:12 PM PDT