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ok I have a G/B Intel 915G graphics card, and I was wondering if I need a better one to run halo, or is this good enough?

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P4 530 3 GHz Prescott Socket
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Yes you could do much better then that card. First you need to see what king of video slot you have PCI, AGP, or PCI-Express. Then lookaround for good deals on a new video card. If you go nVidia you want to try to get atleast a 6600 preferably a GT. If you go ATI you want to get atleast an X800 preferably an XT. You should get at least 256MB Ram on board because the newer games are going to start to use more and the 128MB won't be enough.

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Hm. An Intel graphics card. That...isn't really a graphics card. But no matter. Follow Igg's steps and you should be fine.

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ATI Radeon

Get one of those and you will be fine.

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who says you have to be an ace to have fun?

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Stupid parents let their stupid children play games that are rated M when they should be playing Big Birds Spelling Adventures

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Also the AR is actually good in CQB now and no longer a glorified baseball bat.

If you have an AGP slot then get a Geforece 6600GT.

That's a good value for less money than some other cards.

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thanks for your help, now I gotta find what kind of slot it is, any ideas how to do it? I'm no pro at all getting specs, I got those above looking at the bottom of the CPU

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find your motherboard model and look it up on the internet.

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PCI slots are usually black and there will be more then one in your computer. AGP slots are almost always brown in color and offset from the other slots, and there is never more then one. PCI-express are black(i think) but they are half the size of the other two types.

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ok it's a white slot, so it's a PCI slot

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Posted by: Anton P Nym
who says you have to be an ace to have fun?

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Stupid parents let their stupid children play games that are rated M when they should be playing Big Birds Spelling Adventures

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Also the AR is actually good in CQB now and no longer a glorified baseball bat.

Get this card then.
It's the best PCI card available.

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is 128 MB good or should there be 256MB memory?

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You can't get a PCI card with 256MB. Thats the last and best PCI card they made. So it is that card or a new motherboard and everything else that goes with it.

Damn your that good with integrated graphics. I'd hate to be around when you get a real gaming rig.

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You can't get a PCI card with 256MB. Thats the last and best PCI card they made. So it is that card or a new motherboard and everything else that goes with it.

Damn your that good with integrated graphics. I'd hate to be around when you get a real gaming rig.


lol thanks, I make do.

is this one good? again, I am like a total slughead about computers

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That's not a PCI slot. You've got a PCI-Express slot man, go get a $500 video card and smoke us all!

See the board specifications here.

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That's not a PCI slot. You've got a PCI-Express slot man, go get a $500 video card and smoke us all!

See the board specifications here.


stop lying lol

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Seriously Matt, you've got a PCI-Express slot, a good card in that slot will own any other card in any other slot.

Take advantage of it, you will notice an INCREDIBLE difference. You'll wonder how you ever got along without it. You don't have to get a $500 card, but there are a ton of cards for around $150-200 that wil fit that slot that will blow your integrated graphics away.

You'll probably cry when you see the difference.

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Seriously Matt, you've got a PCI-Express slot, a good card in that slot will own any other card in any other slot.

Take advantage of it, you will notice an INCREDIBLE difference. You'll wonder how you ever got along without it. You don't have to get a $500 card, but there are a ton of cards for around $150-200 that wil fit that slot that will blow your integrated graphics away.

You'll probably cry when you see the difference.


*sniffle* I'm crying right now *sniffle* lol. now here comes the money part lol, gotta save up.

e-Gforce 7600 is good?

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ATI Radeon

Get one of those and you will be fine.


haha, every ATI "regular user" card is a radeon, like how nvidia has the geforce series. No, you shouldnt get below a radeon x700 or else its a waste of money.

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IF YOUI HAVE AGP get the 7800GS easily the best card for AGP slots.


cough cough, make sure you have a reliable psu, cough cough

yeah mines artifacting

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the 7600 is a very good card, go for it. It's like the 7800, just not as uber.

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the 7600 is a very good card, go for it. It's like the 7800, just not as uber.


no its not at all like the 7800, not even close. The 7600 is somewhere between the 6600GT and the 6800GT depending on which manufacturer you buy from (as many of you know they have varying clockspeeds and mem speeds).

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6800gt's are so sexy, untill they fry. i have such great luck with video cards

but yeah 7800gs's are amazing till they crap out too.

once again get a reliable psu, i can't stress that enough my friends

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the 7600 is a very good card, go for it. It's like the 7800, just not as uber.


no its not at all like the 7800, not even close. The 7600 is somewhere between the 6600GT and the 6800GT depending on which manufacturer you buy from (as many of you know they have varying clockspeeds and mem speeds).

Wrong. The 7600GT puts the 6800Ultra to shame.



Ok, i have no idea where your getting your info from, but your off. Take a look at this benchmark HERE . Also the 6800 Ultra isnt even that great of a card

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