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So im not the best with this these kind of things but my old video card (Radeon X800) is fuckin up and overheating so its time for me to get a new one. Does anyone have any suggestions on what i should get without spending a shitload of money (No more than 300$$)
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I've never been a fan of ATI stuff and choose nVidia chipsets over the others. Generic nVidia works fine, so you can save money. nVidia bought out 3Dfx years ago and they've always been good, solid workhorse cards. But... I'm sure you'll find people that'll disagree. If you support John McCain and/or George W. Bush, please click here.“I would like to say to Milton and Anna: Regarding the Great Depression. You're right, we did it. We're very sorry. But thanks to you, we won't do it again.” - Ben Bernanke
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Im with Badhorsie and you can find some good daels at newegg Yes its time again to Play WTF did Murdy Just type Robot Hell is real and i cant spell yes im dyslexic WDF? wrote:lol fuck you, Murdy. BadHorsie wrote: I love it!
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I went and got a Geforce 8800 GT OC today but i guess my shit power supply won't support it =(. So now i'm gonna take it back (if i can) and get something else. Thank you for the links bitchmaker, I appreciate it. Do you know if the video card at 124$ would run TF2 well?
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I have an x800 sitting under my desk not doing a damn thing. Well it IS collecting dust. Send me your addy ill mail it out to you.
DavidJohnson1181@yahoo.com
Unless you want to get something better like I did.
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Yes dude the 124 one will run TF2. I donno what frame rates you'd get on max settings but it should be OK. Does anyone here own this card?
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If you mean the 7600 card from newegg, then it will run fine. Or it should. The 7300 runs it fine. But I hear there are issues with the 7600. If you support John McCain and/or George W. Bush, please click here.“I would like to say to Milton and Anna: Regarding the Great Depression. You're right, we did it. We're very sorry. But thanks to you, we won't do it again.” - Ben Bernanke
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get the XFX GeForce 8600 GT it should run with you psu, and you should get good fps with the card with tf2.
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Keep the 8800GT as it's probably the best bang for buck card out there and go buy yourself a better powersupply. Heres one for 20 bucks after rebate: link
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WarMachine wrote:
I have an x800 sitting under my desk not doing a damn thing. Well it IS collecting dust. Send me your addy ill mail it out to you.
DavidJohnson1181@yahoo.com
Unless you want to get something better like I did.
Thx war i really appreciate the offer but i think i might as well go ahead and upgrade. Thanks guys for your help, it helped me a lot.
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I would recommend a high end 7 series over a mid-range 8 series. The 7900 GS is a great card and should perform just as good if not better then a 8600. The mid-range 8 series cards are pure garbage imo. You could also keep the 8800 an buy a cheap 450-550 watt power supply. There are plenty sub 50 dollar power supplies in that range. Remember never skimp on the power supply. I'm the leetest one here 
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I went to newegg and got a 500 Watt PSU and it was cheap after rebate. Just search for Coolermaster 500W
And also go here for good benchmarks http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_2007.html
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