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Now, to get started my name is James and i just joined tom's hardware. I'm not your average gamer, i like older games like Wolfenstein and Battlefield 1942 and Splinter Cell etc. But anyways i'm looking at graphics cards, nothing special obviously. I was thinking the Gigabyte Geforce GT220 or something. My system has a 4th gen Intel core 15 4600 3.40ghz, 430 watt PSU, and a MSI H81M-P33 Motherboard. Any recommendations guys?
 
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ya know what, i sat on this question for the last 10 minutes thinking. 1 side of me said "sure" ebay and craigslist can find a 10 year old computer with win7 and your good to go. i know where your coming from and i love those games also. old splinter cell and deus ex. maybe a core2duo and a 650ti boost. or one of those amd 720 x3 and a 7770. but I for the life of me cannot figure why youd want to throw money away literally on old tech for a specific gaming purpose when the new tech and windows10 is all youd need. my new(ish) skylake cpu and nvidia gpu with win10 plays these games great with general OS knowledge and youtube tutorials. as i type this i can literally jump to Madden08 football game and NFS porsche unleashed and have...
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For older parts, you mean older model but new parts, right? That doesn't necessarily save you money unless you find used ones on ebay. My suggestion:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($109.87 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($40.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($90.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($40.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB AERO ITX Video Card ($113.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Zalman - T2 Plus MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($33.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($26.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $457.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-23 22:01 EDT-0400
 
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youngchap22

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Well no not exactly i mean old old parts like parts from back in the day these games were made

 
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Good luck finding them and hard to determine condition if used.
 
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ya know what, i sat on this question for the last 10 minutes thinking. 1 side of me said "sure" ebay and craigslist can find a 10 year old computer with win7 and your good to go. i know where your coming from and i love those games also. old splinter cell and deus ex. maybe a core2duo and a 650ti boost. or one of those amd 720 x3 and a 7770. but I for the life of me cannot figure why youd want to throw money away literally on old tech for a specific gaming purpose when the new tech and windows10 is all youd need. my new(ish) skylake cpu and nvidia gpu with win10 plays these games great with general OS knowledge and youtube tutorials. as i type this i can literally jump to Madden08 football game and NFS porsche unleashed and have half-life minimized in a window. direct X knowledge is a must.
buddy dont be foolhardy and waste money.
 
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