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If you want a new video card, don't go with a cheap-o Geforce 3, get atleast a Geforce 5 card with DirectX 9 support.
(Also, you need to list the kind of video slot that you have on your motherboard :PCI, AGP 2x,4x,8x , PCI-Express 16x)
If your budget is $0.01 - $99.99 and you have an AGP Slot, I would recommend a ATI Radeon 9600 or an nVidia FX5500
If you by chance have a PCI-Express Slot, I would recommend a Geforce 6600
If your budget is $100.00 - $200.00 (Lets say $200 is the max, nice video cards always come down to this price over time)
I would recommend a Geforce 6600 GT or a slightly cheaper 6600 GT
However, you are an ATI kind of guy, (like myself) I would have to heartily recommend this, an X800 GTO With this video card, you can actually flash the BIOS and unlock 4 more pixel-pipelines, transforming it into an X800 PRO, XL, or even an X850 XT, XT PE. However, it comes at a slight price: Cooling, you need great cooling; the GTO uses a damaged R420, 430, OR 480 0.13 nanometer die, whilst the X850 uses a perfect R480 chip at 0.9 nanometers.
Frankly, about the above I am not entirely certain about, but for the most part, it's true.
So...I hope you will purchase one of these fine cards, and get to experience Halo PC for it's full.
(P.S. for a PCI slot, get an FX5700LE, it's the best one for PCI)