My old 9800 Pro just died in an electrical storm the other day, and I need a cheap card that will play HL2 and WoW. Right now, my options are: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814127164R http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814161007 I'm leaning towards the ATI, simply because of the quiter cooler. If anyone else has a reccomendation in the 100 dollar range, that would be spiffy. Thanks!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...10380048+1069609639&Submit=ENE&Subcategory=48. Newegg's entire collection of AGP 4x/8x under $120. I'd recommend any of these: NVidia -6800 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814140067R ATi -X1600Pro -9800SE -9600XT/Pro Those are the only ones under 120 USD on AGP. Anybody want to remove one of those from the list or add one (REMEMBER, UNDER 120ish, PREFERABLY LESS). Good luck, my graphics card just died, luckily it was my old one.
The reason I wasn't really considering that card was that it only has 128mb of RAM. Since WoW and HL2 aren't that graphically taxing would benefit more from the additional RAM than the higher clockrate (Comparing the 6800 Noah listed vs the 6600 I listed) [edit] http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102665 This looks good, but it looks like I might have to get an aftermarket cooler, since the reviews say it is loud.
If you can stretch to the 6800 then you'll be getting a great card, that you may well be able to unlock to get some additional performance, or minimum overclock like a beast. If you can't then i'd say go for the X1600PRO. At that speed the card will not be limited by the amount of ram it has on it. The 6800 will absolutely murder the 6600 in performance ~twice the performance (i used to have a 6800LE which unlocked to 16x5 pipes and overclocked well too, and it was a beast even with "only" 128MB RAM). Also theres the 6600GT which is a decent step up from your old 9800pro http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814145098
6600GT on Ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/PNY-NVIDIA-GEFO...ryZ40161QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem X700PRO on Ebay (better than the GT for HL2) http://cgi.ebay.com/Radeon-X700-AGP...ryZ80184QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem 9800PRO http://cgi.ebay.com/ATI-Radeon-9800...807519092QQcategoryZ40158QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
1600 Pro cards are worse than the 6600GT's. If it was me I'd get a used X800 off ebay or the local free ads.
LMAO now ive heard it all a video card dies in a lightning strom well yea try and get atleast a 6800 mabey a 6800 XT for $110 a very nice card.
Like alot of others here have said go with the 6800. Very nice upgrade from your old card, you wont be dissapointed.
