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FRain
July 7th, 2007, 08:20 PM
Well, for a bit now I've kinda been tired of my good ol' 6200. I want to move to something that is better than that and can run Halo (2V) at 1024x768 at about 30-60 FPS.

I was looking at an ATI Radeon X1300 Pro / 256MB GDDR2 / AGP 8x / DVI / VGA / TV Out / Video Card for 109.00

Now, after I'm done with something I'm going to ask my brother wether I'm PCI-(E) AGP or SLI.

I need to cap it at about 120 dollars TOPS. This includes shipping.

Thanks in advance.

FRain

Atty
July 7th, 2007, 08:32 PM
Yeah, you are definitely SLI. :downs:


And the x1300 pro is almost a down grade from a 6200, but whatever.

Xetsuei
July 7th, 2007, 09:00 PM
The x1300 is not better than the x700, it will hardly play h2v.

EDIT: XFX 7600GT (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150233) would probably be your best bet with AGP. Yes, I know its $124.99, but its got a $30 mail-in rebate.

For PCI-E(if you have it) would be $114.99($99.99 MIR) eVGA GeForce 8600GT (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130085) or $124.99(104.99 MIR) eVGA GeForce 7900GS (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130056)

Mr Buckshot
July 7th, 2007, 09:23 PM
Get a Nvidia Geforce 7600 or an ATI Radeon X1600 - you can find those for $150 tops ($100-$120 is more common).

FRain
July 7th, 2007, 09:36 PM
Wait, the 8600 costs less than the 7900? Wow.

Xetsuei
July 7th, 2007, 09:43 PM
I'm pretty sure the 7900 is a little bit better, but the 8600 is DX10 and will still run H2V fine.

FRain
July 7th, 2007, 10:03 PM
My brother has H2V, he has it, but he has failed to give me it yet. Plus, after what I have heard about H2V, I really think I'm staying with CE.

Also, on the side, does anybody know of a .dds to .tif converter?

Atty
July 7th, 2007, 10:04 PM
I'm sure Google does...

Xetsuei
July 7th, 2007, 10:55 PM
My brother has H2V, he has it, but he has failed to give me it yet. Plus, after what I have heard about H2V, I really think I'm staying with CE.

Also, on the side, does anybody know of a .dds to .tif converter?

.dds to .tif converter

FRain
July 8th, 2007, 12:12 AM
Yeah, I've tried about 16 of them and they all didn't work and you get to about pg 3 and it gets way off the subject.
BTW:


Yeah, you are definitely SLI. :downs:


And the x1300 pro is almost a down grade from a 6200, but whatever.

Just asked my brother, who is the one that built my comp. He said I am AGP.

Mr Buckshot
July 8th, 2007, 12:19 AM
Xetsueiâ„¢;96363']I'm pretty sure the 7900 is a little bit better, but the 8600 is DX10 and will still run H2V fine.

When it comes to DX9c (shader 3.0) performance, the 7900 owns the 8600. However, the 8600 supports DX10 while the 7900 doesn't even have it, so on games with DX10 features, the 8600 will LOOK better (but not necessarily PERFORM better).

Xetsuei
July 8th, 2007, 12:30 AM
But H2V isn't DX10.

Mr Buckshot
July 8th, 2007, 12:31 AM
Oh right, he just wants to play H2V.

In that case, the powerful DX9c AGP cards are his best bet.

FRain
July 9th, 2007, 01:39 AM
Will an X1650 work at newegg?


This one? (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102085)

InnerGoat
July 9th, 2007, 11:41 AM
x1650 is just a x1300XT with a new name and faster memory. :eng101:

It will work though.

FRain
July 9th, 2007, 01:25 PM
Well, after talking to my computer genius *brother* he said he is not going to support Canadian Crap *SMACK BROTHER* called ATI *SMACK BROTHER* which is now called AMD *SMACK ME* so I'm looking for the equivalent of the X1650 at newegg that is nVidia.

InnerGoat
July 9th, 2007, 03:24 PM
7600GS should be fine. Dunno why you were looking at the x1650 in the first place though. http://www.h2vista.net/innergoat/stuff/dr/emot/hsugh.gif

FRain
July 10th, 2007, 03:14 PM
Well, would the x1650 run Halo CE at 1024x768 at stable 30FPS and occasionally 60 FPS?

InnerGoat
July 10th, 2007, 06:16 PM
Uh, yeah. :-3

Warsaw
July 10th, 2007, 06:17 PM
It'll run it closer to 100fps than 30...you'll be unlucky if you get 30.

FRain
July 11th, 2007, 09:33 PM
Well, I've come to the conclusion. I am ordering the X1650 from newegg.

Any last minute thoughts for me to cancel it? Something that is the same price or lower, but is better?