I need a good and cheap card for these games...

[maguszxz]

I am upgrading from X300 and I need some help picking out a good, cheap card that improves greatly the performance of the former. I am not even trying to play the graphic hogs like Half Life 2,GRAW, Prey and such. I just want to play the following either better or at all:

Black & White 2
Battlefield 2141
Battlefield 2
Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars
Sims 2: Open for Business
World of Warcraft(when I can afford the fee)
Titan's Quest
Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends

Let me know if any of you guys(or gals) can help me out

 

[qwertycopter]

What is your budget?

 

[maguszxz]

150-250 but I could go higher as 270.

 

[prozac26]

What are your curent system specs?

7600GT, X850XT are good for lower budget. 7900GT, X1800XT are good in the $200+ assuming you're on PCI-E.

 

[necroshine67]

X1800XT is a great card for the price, if you're in the states.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102698

BUT.

X1900XT is the best deal right now. if you can afford the extra 100.00 untill you get the rebate..
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814127206

I use one and love it!

 

[angry_ducky]

What's the rest of your system specs? AGP or PCIe? What's your power supply?

 

[maguszxz]

I have PCI-e x16 I think but I know I have PCIe. Also I am running on a dual core mobo. I wonder if that will help

 

[Frankzoola]

for $200 u get the x1800xt off newegg.com, it is better than the 7900gt.. so yeah that would be ur best bet, i mean why spend more for a 7900gt when u can pay less and get better (x1800xt)

 

[Mobius]

Sorry - you can have good and expensive, or cheap and crappy.

If you think "Good" and "Cheap" fit in the same sentence, I have a good, cheap Porsche 928S for sale; please contact me.

 

[angry_ducky]

I have PCI-e x16 I think but I know I have PCIe. Also I am running on a dual core mobo. I wonder if that will help

What is your specific brand and model of power supply? Most high-end video cards need a seperate power connctor, and at least a 450 watt power supply with 25 amps on the 12 volt rail.

 

[maguszxz]

I am not sure about the power supply. This is a recent and I havent opened it yet
But I am guess around about 400-450W. It would have to be pretty beefy to power dual core.

 

[sirheck]

you need to find as much info about your sys as possiable
so every one here can help.

 

[aBg_rOnGak]

you need to find as much info about your sys as possiable
so every one here can help.

Agree
Just open ur case, look n jot down evything u c in the table on ur pwr supply...incl the wattage....just include everything u c...at least u know what's ur cpu right?how many hdisk, SATA or PATA,how many optical drv (cd/dvd), how many fan (not incl ur cpu fan..)

Hope dis helps...

 

[angry_ducky]

I am not sure about the power supply. This is a recent and I havent opened it yet
But I am guess around about 400-450W. It would have to be pretty beefy to power dual core.

That doesn't tell us anything. What is the exact brand and model? If you can't provide us with this informatioin, we can't help you at all.

 

[Noya]

I am not sure about the power supply. This is a recent and I havent opened it yet
But I am guess around about 400-450W. It would have to be pretty beefy to power dual core.

It sounds like he's using a store bought Compaq, HP, Gateway, etc. Even if it's dual core as he stated, the PSU is most likely garbage...some generic 300 watter.