Best Buy

[BryanD]

How much better is this card then the MSI 256 mb 8400 gs that I have now.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...oc=01&srccode=cii_11138&cpncode=12-49537661-2



I have $100 to spend at best (giftcard)... worth it or so I just hold on to it until something better comes along?

 

[ellanky]

well i tried clicking the link but it doesnt work, what video card is it?

 

[Gareth]

Its a Radeon 3650 for $99.... Absoulte rip-off!

Here, for $109 you can get a Radeon HD 3850, which is better than the 8400GS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814129101

 

[ellanky]

lol, wow, yes total rip off

but he said he's buying it there because he has a gift card..

 

[Gareth]

Ah never saw the giftcard part. Had a look at Best Buy, nothing decent that I can see. Its all overpriced.

 

[BryanD]

I guess I will save it.

I am still trying to figure out if I even want to try and play counter-strike with my weak graphics card. Anyone have experience with counter-strike and VGA MSI NX8400GS-TD256E 256M? I have a 2.8 GHZ and 3 gb of RAM.

Anyone know if I will be laggy with that? I planned to buy CSS tonight.

 

[Justin]

I guess I will save it.

I am still trying to figure out if I even want to try and play counter-strike with my weak graphics card. Anyone have experience with counter-strike and VGA MSI NX8400GS-TD256E 256M? I have a 2.8 GHZ and 3 gb of RAM.

Anyone know if I will be laggy with that? I planned to buy CSS tonight.

i play css on my 7300gs. the 8400gs is close to my 7300, maybe even a bit better. my settings on css is on all high without HDR and AA on 1024x768(native res) and still get 30-40 FPS. certainly the FPS number would increase if you dumb down the settings a bit.

the gift card part... can't you just use the gift card and just add cash if the GPU costs more than a hundred dollars? i don't know if you can there, but over here, we can.