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September 21st, 2004, 05:51 PM
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|  Help please graphics card needed
I have a Athlon XP3000+, 512mb with a 17" tft phillips monitor but a 32mb intergrated graphics card and i was wondering what graphics card to buy for about £60-£80 i am a gamer and i am looking for a card that will fun halo far cry ect.
Thanks
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September 21st, 2004, 06:04 PM
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If you are going to play some games look for 9600Pro or 9600XT or 9700Pro or FX5700U
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September 21st, 2004, 06:07 PM
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Well... I don't know what's available in your area, and if the prices are higher or lower...
These might serve you well:
Radeon 9600 (Pro or XT)
Radeon X600 Pro
Geforce FX5700
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September 21st, 2004, 07:56 PM
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September 21st, 2004, 08:51 PM
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September 21st, 2004, 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by d0cketts I have a Athlon XP3000+, 512mb with a 17" tft phillips monitor but a 32mb intergrated graphics card and i was wondering what graphics card to buy for about £60-£80 i am a gamer and i am looking for a card that will fun halo far cry ect.
Thanks | Since you are quoting pounds. I'll assume you are from the UK.
Look here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...971779-1921406
It is a Sapphire 9600 256MB.
I am sure you will be able to cheaper deals... 
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September 22nd, 2004, 02:52 PM
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thank you to everybody who suggested cards i will consider all of them thanks  | |
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September 22nd, 2004, 02:55 PM
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WAIT, make sure you have a AGP slot inside of your computer. Or else none of these cards will work. Open up the side of your PC and look for a brown slot next to the white slots. If you only see white slots but no brown slot, you cant get any of these cards. You will need to look for a PCI graphics card (which are quite slower than AGP cards)  good luck | |
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September 22nd, 2004, 03:13 PM
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Well, an AGP slot isnt always brown, i know on gigabyte mobos there lime green and i think on DFI boards there orange. But they are above the pci slots, it will be the one that is positioned further towards the center if you have one.
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September 22nd, 2004, 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Override1313 Well, an AGP slot isnt always brown, i know on gigabyte mobos there lime green and i think on DFI boards there orange. But they are above the pci slots, it will be the one that is positioned further towards the center if you have one. | Find any motherboard with a colored AGP slot that has 32mb integrated video. Thats like saying stock hyundai's come with borla exaust systems.
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