Needing New Graphic Card

[shunnymanaf]

Ok, my PC only has integrated vedio so i need new graphic card to run my Counter Strike: Source.

Problem: My PC sux

My PC is Dell Dimension 4600.

PSU-250Watts
HD-80GB (44.5GB free)
RAM-512 MB
Processor-Intel Pentium 4 w/ HT technology
Card Slot- AGP 4X/8X
Drives-CD-RW drive, DVD/CD RW drive, floppy


I want the best graphic card that works for my PSU without changing PSU I wish the chipset manufacture to be Ati or NIVIDa.
I also wish that they can be bought in Newegg.com

 

[Slackr89]

you should look into Radeon chips. The new Nividia cards are mostly PCI Express Card Slot. Plus with a PSU of 250W u'll probably need to get a lower end model.

Edit: Possibly an ATI Radeon 9200 (not sure if it can run with your PSU)

 

[mrjack]

According to ATi a Radeon 9800Pro would be best with a 300W PSU, but then again my friend does run his X800XT on a PSU with a Watt rating under the recommendations.

But what's your budget? But you should look at the Radeon 9600 and 9800 series.

 

[Ekim401]

Well I have a geforce 4 mx-440 128mb video card and although i am going to be upgrading, it runs counter-strike source at about 25-30fps...only cost u like $40 too

 

[shunnymanaf]

uh ok but i can go anywhere up to 100 bucks.
i got bunch of internal devices in the PC so i dont know if 300Watt Vedio card will work.

 

[mrjack]

Well I have a geforce 4 mx-440 128mb video card and although i am going to be upgrading, it runs counter-strike source at about 25-30fps...only cost u like $40 too

In DX7 mode, plus it doesn't have any pixel or vertex shader feature whatsoever, so not many games nowadays will even start when using it. I know this for a fact, I had one before.