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HinDRAncEHinDRAncE Join Date: 2002-02-03 Member: 159Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">Gl...or not gl...?</div>Roses are red violets are blue, what kind of video card (under 80 bucks) you recommend?

No, seriously..i been looking arround, and since its the first time i buy one i kinda need some advice.

Well i know that geforce and vodoo are good ones, but i cant afford vodoo.

anyway, i want to know your opinion about a good video card (and what should i look 4...like chipset, or memory)

Oh ya, and "tv out" means i can use the tv instead of monitor right?
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  • MoleculorMoleculor Namer-of-Bob Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 9Members
    You should be able to get a Voodoo 3 or 4 for $75. As for TV out, yeah... you can use the TV. <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->
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  • pielemuispielemuis Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 72Members, NS1 Playtester
    otherwise buy a riva tnt2, it's a bit old but it comes with 32megs and most cards have tv-out and it's a good card, should be very cheap now.
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  • Bob_the_AlienBob_the_Alien Join Date: 2002-01-30 Member: 135Members
    if you want a cheap 64 mb card get geoforce 2 titanium <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->. its 100$ but Generally has less errors then voodoo.
    There are more stats but Im to lazy to to write the "my CPU specifec" stuff like the BUS type. NVIDA is really compatible with alot of apps and games.

    -256-graphics proccessing unit

    -200MHZ-porccessor

    -5 milion triangles/ per second

    -800 million texel fill rate

    -2.7 GB/second memory band width

    -NVIDA shading

    -second generation transform & fill engine

    -high definition video processor (HDVP)

    -VGA resalution colors
    *640x480-800x600..240
    *1024x768.............200
    *1152x864.............170
    *1280x1024............150
    *1920x1440............75
    *2048x1536............50

    If you want anyother stats for diferent cards I'll be happy to get em for ya. But I guess if your going to a store they'll be on a box <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->. But if you REALLY cant dig out another 20 bucks, then you can just get a reagular 32 MB Geforce 2 instead of titanium.
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  • MerkabaMerkaba Digital Harmony Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 22Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester
    I strongly advise against getting a voodoo card. OpenGL is far better for modern gaming, and it has the ability to render 3D graphics in a window, whereas Voodoo's 3Dfx only works full screen. Also, Worldcrafts 3D view can only be accellerated with openGL cards. (Useful if you map at all).

    I own a Geforce2 MX, but I live in England and bought it a long time ago, so I'm not sure of what price you could grab it at over there right now.
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  • HinDRAncEHinDRAncE Join Date: 2002-02-03 Member: 159Members
    Heres the cheapest list of prices i got:
    svga geforce-2 cmx200 64mb $69.8
    svga geforce-2 cmx400 64mb $79.3
    svga geforce-2 cmx400 64mb tv $93.1
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