Need a good video card....

[Ex President]

I'm a geek... I play CoD2 ALOT.... and i'm tired of it lagging out during a real heavy fire fight, or when there's lots of smoke in one area.

Here's what i think i have currently: 128MB DDR NVidia GeForce FX 5200

I know that you can spend a small fortune on these things, but i'm not looking to do that. I just want the bare minimum that will keep me up to speed when things get hectic.... :rolleyes:

Is this one decent??: http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=4765188

[ceyko]

Do you have a PCI-E slot or AGP? I'm not familiar enough with the 5200 to know. :D

[AbecX]

I have 6600GT ( $80 ) and a 6800GT ( $120 ) for sale. PCI Express.

[jlyon]

i am gonna buy me a new video card here really soon(next week or so). i have some junk one with like 16mb memory, this is what i am looking at

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1461816&CatId=0


and i don't do any gaming on mine, maybe some poker or something. i mostly look at alot of videos online

[Ex President]

[QUOTE=AbecX]I have 6600GT ( $80 ) and a 6800GT ( $120 ) for sale. PCI Express.[/QUOTE]


I dont' know enough about video cards to know what the heck that is... Yall will prolly need to dumb it down a bit for me. :(

I do have an AGP slot.....

[AbecX]

both bad ass cards, pci express though, AGP wont work.

[jlyon]

dont' go to Wal-Mart, look around at Fry's or Tigerdirect.com

[Ex President]

Will the new card not just replace the current one?

If i do go to Fry's... what should i be looking for?

"it reccomends" 256mb or more, but like i said... I don't want to drop a fortune on this thing.

[jlyon]

[QUOTE=Ex President]Will the new card not just replace the current one?

If i do go to Fry's... what should i be looking for?

"it reccomends" 256mb or more, but like i said... I don't want to drop a fortune on this thing.[/QUOTE]


go to www.tigerdirect.com they usually have very good pricing

[DLinkOZ]

For $10 more than that older ATI card you listed, you could get a much more recent and capable Nvidia

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121197

[dmh165638]

Mail order is your best bet. Fry's prices on video cards is really high. I saved $149 on my last 7800GT over Fry's price. Try Monarch Computer (http://www.monarchcomputer.com) or NewEgg. Monarch has a 7600GS for $145 that would be a great card for awhile.

[Stang2be]

I will 2nd the fry's comment. When I got my 6600GT agp a while back I got it online for 125-130. Frys wanted 250 for the exact same card.

I'd look at the 7000 series nvidia agp cards and see what your budget allows.

I plan on getting by with my 6600 till I convert to pci express