Good PCI Card 4 HL2?

[ThUGsY]

Hey im just wondering whats a good PCI Card 4 HL2 , i dont care about the $$ can some 1 por fav0r tell me a good PCI GFX card

 

[CastleBravo]

PCI graphics cards aren't nearly as good as AGP or PCI-Express. The best one that I know of is the Inno3D Geforce FX 5600 PCI.

http://www.inno3d.com/products/geforce_fx/fx5600.html
http://store.yahoo.com/amamax/ge56pciwddrd.html

 

[ThUGsY]

will that b able 2 run hl2 and have steady fps?

 

[giant384]

ya i would go with 5600 or radeon 9200 but there both crap i can only use pic because of the damn dell but i have the 5200 but it works fine especially if u get the water reflection patch

 

[v1p3r]

Good PCI graphics cards don't exist.

 

[ThUGsY]

giant u have geforce fx 5200 and it runs ok with hl2? i mean do u get like 20+ fps in hl2 n source

 

[giant384]

i get around 20 fps but i dont really notice and care about it

 

[celloman]

No matter what card you buy the game will stutter....

 

[giant384]

u mean sound stuttering

 

[Prototelis]

PCI cards are alot slower, but the most current one should be able to run half-life2.

I mean, I can run half-life2 on my other computer, and all it has is a Nvidia Geforce 2 Mx 400/400 64mb, and it's only 850 mhz as well. But it still plays it pretty decent on low quality.

 

[ThUGsY]

i have a intel(r) graphics controller now and i get 11 fps when i play source and hl2... so there no pci card that will b able 2 play hl2 with around 20+fps?

 

[d(-_-)b]

I am using a Nivida Gforce FX 5700le, and i see about 9fps, I have tried to screw around with rates etc.. but i guess the DM is just too demanding. any help would be cool.

 

[giant384]

it dosent really depend on the your hardware it depends on the person who hosting the server and how good there hardware is