video card question for a tightwad

hey, Just curious, what games could i run with a 128mb graphics card?

So... is that like a 10 dollar video card? I bought a E-vga 256 8600GT from newegg for 80 dollars after mail in rebate... 100 bucks before the mail-in. (still need to fill out the form and send it....)

like rome total war?giussthelewd

Yeah , Rome TW will run fine. Great game too IMO.

Yeah,I think the recommended spec for rome:tw is a 128mb gpu.You should be fine.

Also check out Half life 2 if you haven't already played it.

I believe the 7600 gt oc 256mb card would or could be cheap if you are looking for some thing like that.

I had this card at one time and it ran Halo just fine it look great and HL 2 ran nice as well. I really like that card alot until I began to get into games like sc and C&C 3. Wich the card did ok with but I wanted to look great so I bought my self a newer card.

im on the market for a video card of any sort. i havrtw and halo. rtw runs on normal unit scale with a lot of lag. halo works ok but everything is grey and low resgiussthelewd

Well , if you arent looking to spend a lot of money get a 8600GT or GTS. Then , you'll basically be able to play any game you want. That card should only be around $100. give or take 20 bucks.

im on the market for a video card of any sort. i havrtw and halo. rtw runs on normal unit scale with a lot of lag. halo works ok but everything is grey and low resgiussthelewd

I can't remember the last 128mb PCI-e video card, so it would do you good to verify if you have an AGP or PCI-e motherboard. For AGP, the current best is the Radeon X1950XT, and there should be a new Radeon 3xxx coming soon that supports AGP, but I'm not sure when (I thought I saw a Saphhire 3850 AGP recently, but not in a store).

well ive tried an agp card and it wouldnt fit so im guessing PCIgiussthelewd

PCI and PCI-e are different. What kind of Motherboard do you have?

its PCI.giussthelewd

Ouch.

You might as well build a new machine.

Ok, what video card do you have now?

Probably the best PCI video card you can get is the Radeon X1550.

let explain something to you as calmly as my nerves allow.THAT IS NOT AN OPTION!!!! any other ideas?giussthelewd

If you have PCI slot and you absolutely cannot upgrade, your only option is to buy another PCI card. The problem with that is they are so old and discontinued it's going to be hard to find something that would be a worthy upgrade. Current graphics cards are two generations of technology ahead of what you're using. Newegg has some PCI cards available for sale, but they really won't help your situation much:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161184

fine guys i guess I'll just go make a rash decision because you were no helpgiussthelewd

I have NEVER in all my 300+ posts been rude or anything but as far as i can tell you were given great advice by others as well as myself. By me pointing out the difference between PCI and PCI-e I SAVED YOU MONEY!:roll:

fine guys i guess I'll just go make a rash decision because you were no helpgiussthelewd

Congratulations, you will now be recieving no help.

[QUOTE="giussthelewd"]fine guys i guess I'll just go make a rash decision because you were no helpdebusentel

I have NEVER in all my 300+ posts been rude or anything but as far as i can tell you were given great advice by others as well as myself. By me pointing out the difference between PCI and PCI-e I SAVED YOU MONEY!:roll:

Makes you wonder about people sometimes.......:P