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I only have an AGP slot.At Best Buy they had 7600 GT(AGP) and a 6600 GT(AGP),Geforce 440MX(AGP),Geforce 5200 FX(AGP).I think thats all the AGP.Out of all of those,which 1 should I get for $100,and if I have $200 which 1 should I get?

  • 05.30.2006 10:18 AM PDT
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Well,I counted my money,I only have about $100,so what should I get now?

  • 05.31.2006 11:53 AM PDT
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I've got an old radeon 7500, 64mb, a truly amazing card. [/sarcasm]

That's just because I'm in the process of building my own system.
It's hard to find a good card for under $100, although I got mine for about $60.
Just don't cheap it. Spend an extra 60 70 dollars for a better card, so you don't have to spend more money to upgrade later on down the road, when you could have purchased it now.

  • 05.31.2006 1:24 PM PDT
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Posted by: DDRmaster
"Geforce FX 5500:Good choice for Halo PC?"

I have a 6600 and it barely runs HPC right...

You need AT LEAST a 6800gt with 1-2gb ram and at least 2.8ghz processor for it to run like you want.

BTW: If it means anything, I used to have a 5200 and it could barely run it without specular detail and in 640x480 rez...


Dude, I understand that the FX5500 card isn't that great (although it's a decent card). But how can your 6600GT not be able to run Halo at a smooth rate? That's just not possible, you probably put your Halo screen settings way too high, because a 6600GT can run Halo at around 40-60 FPS at mid range screen settings, just fine. Or maybe you're not d/l ing the latest drivers for it, 'cause from what I know so far, a 6600GT is a fine card for Halo.

  • 05.31.2006 2:30 PM PDT
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Can you link it. I was looking for this gfx card but can't find it when I search.

PS: I suck at looking for things.

  • 05.31.2006 2:43 PM PDT
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what about a radeon 9600xt ?? is that a good card (i dont know much about computers...so....)

  • 05.31.2006 2:49 PM PDT
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After trying my luck and burning my fingers, as well as BIOS hacking, I am pleased to say I maganged to get a fully-working AGP connector on my Dell. Woot! Now I need a gfx that will run my games well.....

  • 05.31.2006 7:28 PM PDT
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Last night,I asked my mom if she would give in at least $70,she was nice for a change and gave me $70,she owes me $5 for my allowance,so theres $175.From what I remember,a Geforce 6600 GT(AGP)is $176,so I'm bound to find $1 in here.Oh yeah,and today,I get the card.Yay!!!!:)

  • 06.01.2006 6:28 AM PDT
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Posted by: Micro5
Posted by: MacMnc
My Geforce FX 5200 Does juuuust fine.

Yep.
I used to have one till it burned because my power supply failed. (It took the harddrive with it)
Now I have a 6100 FX (Geforce)
But, yeah that should work.


Rly ? I also have fx 5200 and it gives me sometime 3-4 FPS :(
What drivers do use 4 Fx 5200 guys ?
TIA for any help

  • 06.01.2006 6:34 AM PDT
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One last thing,will the 6600 work with the following games:
Call of Duty:United Offensive
Halo PC
Unreal Tournament 2004
Battlefield 2
Medal of Honor:Pacific Assault
Counter-Strike
MotoGP 3
Halo CE


And hopefully,a 6600 will run H2PC.If not,I should be getting a new PC(I'm on the family PC,my PC is an old 1997 HP with Windows 95),like a Dell XPS 700(those have an intergrated Dual Nvidia Geforce 7900 GT!),and all Dell PC's out will support Vista.And lord knows I will not get a video card seperately.

  • 06.01.2006 6:39 AM PDT
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Will these games work with a 6600?And I did not get a card 2 day,my mom did not have enough time to let me get in and out.We live 30 minutes away from Best Buy.Also I was told by my mom that since the office she works in is going out of business,her bosses said that she could have one of the PC's.So she let me pick.I selected the Dell Dimension 8400 PC with a 17-inch flat panel,flat screen monitor.I've played Halo on there,and it plays and looks great.I'll get it in a few months.But tomorrow I think I'm going to get the card.A Geforce 6600 GT(AGP 8X).That same PC makes halo look like xbox 1-quality.Just imagine adding a 6600 to it.

  • 06.01.2006 5:41 PM PDT
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yes it should work fine, not amazing though

I just ordered a new notebook which is gonna kick some ass
dell inspiron E1705
-T2600 core duo cpu
-1.5 gigs ddr2
-100 gig 7200rpm hd
-17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™
-nvidia 256mb 7900 GS

  • 06.01.2006 6:54 PM PDT
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nice

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Posted by: TMH1988
yes it should work fine, not amazing though

I just ordered a new notebook which is gonna kick some ass
dell inspiron E1705
-T2600 core duo cpu
-1.5 gigs ddr2
-100 gig 7200rpm hd
-17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™
-nvidia 256mb 7900 GS


Holy crapxxorz. Nice. How much did it cost ya? This seems like one awesome DELL notebook.

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Posted by: Fatal05
If you just play Halo then a FX5500 is fine. But if you ever wan't to play anything else (Doom 3, COD 2, Quake 4, FEAR), you wan't atleast a 6600gt.


Lolz dont give out advice when you know nothing hahahahah. Get a cheaper 6800xt its only 120$ canadian. If u want a pimped out 6800 get the 6800GS. Im getting 95 fps in halo with that thing. And to fatal05, well a 6600 on fear is pretty crap.

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Posted by: xTRIGGER092x
Will these games work with a 6600?And I did not get a card 2 day,my mom did not have enough time to let me get in and out.We live 30 minutes away from Best Buy.Also I was told by my mom that since the office she works in is going out of business,her bosses said that she could have one of the PC's.So she let me pick.I selected the Dell Dimension 8400 PC with a 17-inch flat panel,flat screen monitor.I've played Halo on there,and it plays and looks great.I'll get it in a few months.But tomorrow I think I'm going to get the card.A Geforce 6600 GT(AGP 8X).That same PC makes halo look like xbox 1-quality.Just imagine adding a 6600 to it.

WHATS WRONG WITH U!? DELLS ARE THE WORST FOR GAMING!!!!!!!! Get a computer armed with an AMD 3200+ at least!!!!!!!! Never go with Intel for gaming. Secondly u want about 1 gig At the least for your games.

[Edited on 6/2/2006]

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Posted by: Halo lova
Posted by: xTRIGGER092x
Will these games work with a 6600?And I did not get a card 2 day,my mom did not have enough time to let me get in and out.We live 30 minutes away from Best Buy.Also I was told by my mom that since the office she works in is going out of business,her bosses said that she could have one of the PC's.So she let me pick.I selected the Dell Dimension 8400 PC with a 17-inch flat panel,flat screen monitor.I've played Halo on there,and it plays and looks great.I'll get it in a few months.But tomorrow I think I'm going to get the card.A Geforce 6600 GT(AGP 8X).That same PC makes halo look like xbox 1-quality.Just imagine adding a 6600 to it.

WHATS WRONG WITH U!? DELLS ARE THE WORST FOR GAMING!!!!!!!! Get a computer armed with an AMD 3200+ at least!!!!!!!! Never go with Intel for gaming. Secondly u want about 1 gig At the least for your games.


WHAT'S WRONG WITH U?! YOU HAVE THE WORST GRAMMAR FOR POSTING!!!!!! Get some lessons armed with dedicated teachers for grammar+ at least!!!!!!! never go with 7 year olds for grammar usage. Secondly, you want about 1 gig of knowledge of grammar at the least for your forum posting.

  • 06.02.2006 5:18 PM PDT
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The 6800xt is the suxzorz. Really.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
_______________ Geforce 6800XT_____ Geforce 6600GT
Core clock _________350MHz ____________500MHz
PixelPipelines_________8_________________8
Memory Clock ______1000MHz __________1000MHz
Memory Size______128MB(or256)_______128MB(or256)
Memory Interface_____256-bit_____________128-bit
Memory Type _______GDDR3 ____________GDDR3
DirectX ___________DirectX 9 ___________DirectX 9
OpenGL__________OpenGL 2.0 _________OpenGL 1.5
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Same pipes, Same memory speed. Slower Core. Same memory size.
Twice the interface. Same memory type. Beter version of Open GL .

I would take the faster core. (IMPO)

[Edited on 6/2/2006]

  • 06.02.2006 6:14 PM PDT
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Posted by: lpjuunin
Posted by: Halo lova
Posted by: xTRIGGER092x
Will these games work with a 6600?And I did not get a card 2 day,my mom did not have enough time to let me get in and out.We live 30 minutes away from Best Buy.Also I was told by my mom that since the office she works in is going out of business,her bosses said that she could have one of the PC's.So she let me pick.I selected the Dell Dimension 8400 PC with a 17-inch flat panel,flat screen monitor.I've played Halo on there,and it plays and looks great.I'll get it in a few months.But tomorrow I think I'm going to get the card.A Geforce 6600 GT(AGP 8X).That same PC makes halo look like xbox 1-quality.Just imagine adding a 6600 to it.

WHATS WRONG WITH U!? DELLS ARE THE WORST FOR GAMING!!!!!!!! Get a computer armed with an AMD 3200+ at least!!!!!!!! Never go with Intel for gaming. Secondly u want about 1 gig At the least for your games.


WHAT'S WRONG WITH U?! YOU HAVE THE WORST GRAMMAR FOR POSTING!!!!!! Get some lessons armed with dedicated teachers for grammar+ at least!!!!!!! never go with 7 year olds for grammar usage. Secondly, you want about 1 gig of knowledge of grammar at the least for your forum posting.


I agree Ipjuunin,he sucks with grammar.Anyway,I bought a video card.The 6600 was gone,so I got a(wait for it).............................a Geforce 6200 OC video card.Is that a bad card?Will it run the games on that list I had a few posts ago?I don't want it to look HD.Just normal.And I don't want it to play perfectly.Just normal.I just want the games to look and play normally.Thanks to everyone who has helped me learn alot of stuff about these video cards,and tell me alot about them.Everyone who thinks I have to get the best PC's in the world,and think's money grows on trees(Halo Lova),you suck.Anyway,thx for all your help and I hope to see u in PC games or on this forum in the future................

  • 06.02.2006 7:24 PM PDT
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I would like to thank the following people for their great amount of help and dedication to helping me get a video card(many others helped,but did not help extremely much,srry if that offends u :)

OminousSpartan
Ipjuunin
Fatal05
Chewy Gumball
Master Kim(not very much in the forum,but alot over x-fire and xbox live)
Johnny Orcface
Lazy Jack


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