GFX Card Help

[jheaddon]

Hey,

Know this has been asked many times but really need help.

I own a GeForce 4 ti4600 and it actually performs pretty well in CS:S (Get from 30 -100FPS in low action).

Although i would like to upgrade, i want to budget around £200-250 of my student loan *cough*.

Need a good gfx card which can fit in my Shuttle system, so no huge boards please One's which keep cool also preferred!

Cheers

 

[jheaddon]

Which is considered the best with HL2/CS:S though?

Not really kept with the gfx scene since 3DFX days

And 128/256 meg?

 

[WaryWolf]

the 6800nu will handle cs:s fine, and it keeps reasonably cool in my hot case with stock cooling. you can pick one up from here for £185:

http://www.dabs.com/uk/Search2/Product+Details.htm?quicklinx=37XH&searchphrase=6800

and if it's too noisy/hot for you you can get an arctic cooling vga silencer here for £17:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Arctic_Cooling.html

(it's at the bottom of the page)

i have a 6800 nu and it runs great. i even softmodded it to 16 pipes/6 vertex units.