Best vid card for the money

sippinyak · Post by **sippinyak** » Sat Mar 10, 2001 8:19 pm

I love to play games online, and i basically want to know what is the best video card for the money?

BoB341 · Post by **BoB341** » Sat Mar 10, 2001 9:58 pm

I'd say either a voodoo 3 3000 or a gerforce 2 mx which both are i belive are under $100
i got my voodoo 3 3000 pci for $100 2 months ago and i love it. I get around 40-70 fps in counter-strike =)

Watkins · Post by **Watkins** » Sat Mar 10, 2001 10:27 pm

I strongly suggest you do NOT buy a Voodoo card. Not that they are bad cards, but since 3dfx is no more, it is kind of pointless. Go with the GeForce 2.

ssjDoh · Post by **ssjDoh** » Sat Mar 10, 2001 10:30 pm

Radeon!!!

can get them for very cheap now..

MIS_Jay · Post by **MIS_Jay** » Sat Mar 10, 2001 11:34 pm

Go with the GeForce2 MX. It puts out framerate in Half-Life engine and Q3A engine games at the games max. 100 FPS. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong. I cannot seem to set any parameter to acheive anything higher than 100 fps in Q3A or Half-Life. Things like "fps_max 150" still yeilds 100 fps. I know my vid card will do better than that. It is a limitation in the game engine. You can pick up a GeForce2 MX for around $100-$130. A friend of mine got one from www.computerpartsusa.com for about $120. And it pushes the same framerate as my GTS when there is not alot of heavy explosions going on. Heavy explosions, his drops to about 70-80 fps. Not too bad.

freckmoto · Post by **freckmoto** » Sun Mar 11, 2001 12:11 am

U can't get higher that 100 in HL, but in Q3A u can get in the 300's if u want.

Freck

sippinyak · Post by **sippinyak** » Sun Mar 11, 2001 12:55 am

ty all

Gaming-Module · Post by **Gaming-Module** » Sun Mar 11, 2001 2:07 am

I own an MX, but I really dont like recommending it anymore. I mean, after the whole freeze up thing in Diablo 2, and the graphic glitches in the lighting in Unreal. I mean, if it were in my primary machine I would have nixed it awhile ago, but it's in my second box so I really couldnt care less for the money.

But you obviously want it in a primary machine and for this I would not recommend it. And it's not just me, there have been plenty of others with the same kind of glitches. If I were you I'd just wait and get the Pro in like a month or two for around $200US.

Anand says you can find it here--------------->http://www.shentech.com/videoadapters.html
for 239 dolla.

And just think how much longer that PRO will last you.

[ 03-11-2001: Message edited by: Macho-Module ]