Recommend me a Graphic card for AGP 1.0 1X/2X

Avatar Viper · Post by **Avatar Viper** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 10:40 pm

My mobo is very old one, PIII, VIA, AGP 1.0, 1X/2X.

I am thinking of getting a ATI 9000. Will it have any compatible issue???

Or what other card do you guys recommend, just want to play HL2. Don want to upgrade my entire com.

AceFireball · Post by **AceFireball** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 10:47 pm

I seriously doubt there is ANY way you can play Half Life 2 with your system

.

Adding a graphics card that is already old would be a waste of time, sorry!

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 10:56 pm

Yeah, it'd be like beating your head against a wall.

Avatar Viper · Post by **Avatar Viper** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 11:01 pm

No need for great graphics. Can play can already. My current GF card cannot even play.

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 11:03 pm

All right, man, don't listen to us. We know nothing.

Avatar Viper · Post by **Avatar Viper** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 11:08 pm

Sure or not. I really need help. Dont want to screw up my PC again.

AceFireball · Post by **AceFireball** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 11:08 pm

Burke wrote:All right, man, don't listen to us. We know nothing.

Ofcourse we dont, why else would he ask

Trust me bud, it will be hard to play Battlefield Vietnam with that setup, much less HL2

drdoug99 · Post by **drdoug99** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 12:52 am

Official Half-Life 2 Box minimum specs:

* Processor: 1.2 GHz Processor
* OS: Windows, 2000/XP/Me/98
* Graphic card: DirectX 7 level graphics card
* Hard Drive: 4.5 GB
* Memory: 256 MB RAM
* Other: Internet Connection, DVD-ROM Drive

technically a ATI Radeon 9000 should work fine....keep in mind you'll have to scale everything back...run everything at medium or low settings, at probably 1024x768 resolution.
you dont need the ultimate video card just to play the game....of course you wont be able to play at maximum settings...but you can still play.

Set · Post by **Set** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 1:15 am

drdoug99 wrote:technically a ATI Radeon 9000 should work fine....keep in mind you'll have to scale everything back...run everything at medium or low settings, at probably 1024x768 resolution.
you dont need the ultimate video card just to play the game....of course you wont be able to play at maximum settings...but you can still play.

Yep just going to have to run it at a low res with no eye candy

a old Nivida ti4200 would be a nice upgrade Or a 9000 would do

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 1:54 am

And running Half-Life 2 with no eye candy is a complete waste, period. The whole POINT of the game is eye candy.

Avatar Viper · Post by **Avatar Viper** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 3:56 am

Thanks. I will settle with a ATI 9000.

AceFireball · Post by **AceFireball** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 11:32 pm

Avatar Viper wrote:Thanks. I will settle with a ATI 9000.

Tell us how it plays!

Joel · Post by **Joel** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 12:27 am

This thread is too funny.

I like it.

JoeWitAFro · Post by **JoeWitAFro** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 6:08 am

eh.. I play CS:S with all low settings, 800X640 with a radeon 8500 LE.. only getting 20-40 fps, but still.. I dont play for eye candy, I play for leagues. So... guess it evens out.. But im upgrading everything else =)

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 10:29 am

I gotta have that "eye candy" after all your eyes are very important anyway.. best to have the best display you can if your going to be staring at a "non moving" object for such a long time. Nice LCD and a good graphics card!