nice gift

2006-10-01 18:07:43

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doc. josh: Member; +48|6795

well its my dads birth day in six days. my dad plays bf2 he kicks my butt on line some times. So to the point. i want to get him a gfx card 4 his birth day. his comp is AGP 8x and he always complains about the bad GFX from is fx 5700.
so what card should i get him for under 200$ Canadian? not that iam cheap but i just don't have tuns of money.(i don't live with my dad I live with my faience on the other side of town.)

his specs from what i can remember:
AMD 3400+
1.5gb ram
sound card?
FX 5700

Last edited by doc. josh (2006-10-01 18:11:29)

2006-10-01 18:09:25

#2

SGT.Slayero: Member; +98|6715|Life in a vacuum sucks

great gift. tell ur dad i said happy bday LOL jk

2006-10-01 18:13:38

#3

doc. josh: Member; +48|6795

come on just sugest some video cars please

2006-10-01 18:14:30

#4

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7093|Alberta, Canada

maybe a 7600?

2006-10-01 18:16:08

#5

Flaming_Maniac: prince of insufficient light; +2,490|6957|67.222.138.85

Definitely a 7600 GS, I'm pretty sure they are below $200 now, but if not a 6800GS would also do nicely.

2006-10-01 18:16:59

#6

doc. josh: Member; +48|6795

OH yea and ill an ATI card work with a NVidia mobo

2006-10-01 18:19:09

#7

Flaming_Maniac: prince of insufficient light; +2,490|6957|67.222.138.85

doc. josh wrote:
OH yea and ill an ATI card work with a NVidia mobo

Yep

2006-10-01 18:49:18

#8

MECtallica: Member; +73|6754|jalalabad

I recommend NOT getting an X1K series cards for AGP, I have an x1600PRO, and it sucks.

Go for an x800++

or an Nvidia 7600GS
Theyre all under 200$ CA

2006-10-01 18:53:57

#9

the_outsider38: Microsoft Poster Child; +83|6944|Vancouver BC Canada

An X800 will hit medium at most, my intel with a PCI-E X800SE is out performed by my laptop with a PCI-E 7600.

I would recomend the 7600GS. It should out perform a X800 in BF2

2006-10-01 18:56:40

#10

HaywoodJablowme: Baltimore Blowfish; +46|6830

the_outsider38 wrote:
I would recomend the 7600GS. It should out perform a X800 in BF2

2006-10-01 19:04:29

#11

MECtallica: Member; +73|6754|jalalabad

well ATI has x850PROs out for AGP, which are basically XT PE's

really only the best card thats ATI on AGP. but yea, a 7600 should do good:p

2006-10-01 19:37:46

#12

spectraman: Member; +27|7023

This card should be more then enough for your dads rig.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6814150157

2006-10-01 19:55:26

#13

lxcpikiman: imbad @ bf2; +70|6845|Toronto-Canada

what part of canada do u live in?

2006-10-01 19:55:43

#14

Maj.Do: Member; +85|7002|good old CA

the_outsider38 wrote:
An X800 will hit medium at most, my intel with a PCI-E X800SE is out performed by my laptop with a PCI-E 7600.

I would recomend the 7600GS. It should out perform a X800 in BF2

You sure about medium? my old computer with a X8 pro run everything on High, AA x4

2006-10-02 09:35:44

#15

ilinear: Bigger. Better. ilinear.; +27|6695|Lisburn, NI

HaywoodJablowme wrote:
the_outsider38 wrote:
I would recomend the 7600GS. It should out perform a X800 in BF2

2006-10-02 12:08:51

#16

the_outsider38: Microsoft Poster Child; +83|6944|Vancouver BC Canada

Maj.Do wrote:
the_outsider38 wrote:
An X800 will hit medium at most, my intel with a PCI-E X800SE is out performed by my laptop with a PCI-E 7600.

I would recomend the 7600GS. It should out perform a X800 in BF2
You sure about medium? my old computer with a X8 pro run everything on High, AA x4

At what resolution?

I was trying to push out the monitors native resolution of 1024x768 so that may have been why I didn't get high. I belive I ran a variety of low/medium/high and 2x AA.

My laptops 7600 can run all medium high with 4x AA and 1680x1050 as the resolution. Although the rest of my laptop is fairly high end for a 15.4". So you may not be able to achive the settings I have with your dads desktop due to his older processor and slower ram. My laptops processor and ram can actually run circles around my 6 month old FX-53 based desktop.

I had my X800Se in the family's Dell.

P4 @ 3.4Ghz
2Gb Ram
2x 160GB SATA HDDs in raid striping
X800 SE

2006-10-02 12:09:41

#17

..teddy..jimmy: Member; +1,393|6899

Give him a big kiss

2006-10-02 12:12:11

#18

jimmanycricket: EBC Member; +56|6905|Cambridge, England

x850xt all high bar light stuff 1280*1024
2xAA

Last edited by jimmanycricket (2006-10-02 12:12:21)

2006-10-02 12:16:15

#19

arson: Member; +99|6886|New York

Ati X850 XT PE
this is an excellent agp card and a great overclocker as well.....

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