What is a good graphics card to last me 6 months and play games such as half-life 2 and such maybe crysis??

what is a good graphics card to last me 6 months and play games such as half-life 2 and such maybe crysis?????



just a cheap one nothing special just something to last 6 months preferably a gaming one but like i said pretty cheap and the games to run in title...



i have not got my pc yet so i cant give pc specs but obviously will have pci-E x 2.0 and that just give me some links and maybe a quick review about the g card ... thanks if u need to email me or summat my email is chris43554_chris@hotmail.co.ukWhat is a good graphics card to last me 6 months and play games such as half-life 2 and such maybe crysis??
check out this article to see which gfx cards you should get within your budget.

i suggest a nvidia 9600gt its a very powerful card capable of playing crysis on almost max graphical settings. if u want something cheaper then go for the 9500gt



http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/Best鈥?/a>
you are welcome :-) make sure u get a 2.6ghz core 2 duo with that pc. although i suggest the core2quad q6600 . getting a quad core is futureproofing your pc

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What is a good graphics card to last me 6 months and play games such as half-life 2 and such maybe crysis??
for crysis you're gonna need a 9600, altough you might be able to get away with an 8800
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Maybe the Nvidia 9600. Not real expensive and it's pretty good.
Go for GeForce 8600GTS,but still I prefer GeForce 8800GT if you want to run Crysis smoothly at high graphic quality.
hi chris

theres never been a better time to purchase a new graphics card,with the drop in pc components you can get a pretty powerful pci-express based card for less than 拢100,and i am going to recommend in my opion the best three gaming cards around at the moment

first we shall look at the Asus ATi Radeon HD 3870 512MB DDR4(http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Component鈥?/a> is a amazing card for its price and for just over 拢100 you get some powerful specifications,these include a 775mhz core clock speed and 512mb of ddr4 memory running at 2250mhz,along with the sizable 256bit memory interface this equates to a card that will eat through games like half life 2 and crysis like a hot knife through butter

the next card i want to bring to your attention is the nVidia GeForce 9800GT 1024MB PCI-E (http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Component鈥?/a> isnt the most attractive looking card but pound for pound its the best nvidia based card in its range

i have seen a few of these through their paces and trust me they are awesome,the 600mhz core and 1800mhz ddr3 memory speed produce some amazing frame rates and the 256bit memory bus gives this card a memory bandwidth of 57.6gb/sec which is excellent by anyones standards

other features include the NVIDIA庐 Lumenex Engine and the NVIDIA庐 Quantum Effects physics processing technology which is basically a ageia physx core built into the card,since nvidia bought out ageia 12 months ago they have been including physx processors in their mid to high end 9 series cards,this means you can get the amazing effects found in the physx cards but without having to buy a seperate ageia physx card

i like this card and its also a ideal candidate for running in sli configuration,a great all round card

the next card i will recommend is the MSI GeForce 9800GTX Over Clocked 512MB PCI-E2.0 (http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Component鈥?/a> and for this card well what can i say?,this is a totally amazing and powerful card and can produce frame rates that were only capable in cards over 拢400 a few months ago

its 700mhz core clock is extremely fast and the 512mb of gddr3 memory running at 2200mhz makes this card fly through games without a problem

the 256bit memory bus is good and support for pixel and shader model 4.1 is excellent,and with direct x 10.1 compliance this makes this card a gamers dream

as for the card itself its cooling unit is nice to look at and will fit in most standard cases,however it does require a fairly powerful power supply,however a 500watt or more should be fine(20A or more on the +12v dc rail)

these cards may be slightly expensive however they are future proof and will make your gaming experience alot better than with older cards

for a slightly cheaper gaming experience there are still some decent sub 拢50 cards,for example the XFX Geforce 8600GT 512MB DDR2 PCI-E (http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Component鈥?/a> a excellent budget card with some decent specs including a 540mhz core clock and 512mb of ddr2 memory running at 800mhz

as with all budget cards this card comes with a reduced 128bit memory bus,however at lower resolutions this and other budget cards will produce some acceptable frame rates

another decent budget offering is the Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 3650 512MB PCI-E2.0 (http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Component鈥?/a> is a excellent card for anyone who enjoys watching dvd,s as well as gaming mainly due to its excellent Unified Video Decoder (UVD) for Blu-ray鈩?and HD DVD at full HD 1080p ,and its gaming specs are not too bad aswell,check them out :

512MB GDDR3

128-bit memory interface

Core / Memory Clock 鈥?725 / 800

PCI Express庐 2.0 x16 bus support

DirectX庐 10.1 / Shader Model 4.1 support

ATI CrossFireX鈩?multi-GPU support

and finally theres the Sapphire ATi Radeon HD 2600 XT 256MB PCI-E(http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Component鈥?/a> may be nearly 2 years old however it still supports direct x 10 and shader model 4 and has some excellent specifications aswell including a massive 800mhz core clock speed and 256mb of excellent gddr3(graphic double data rate 3) memory running at 1100mhz(2200mhz ddr effective) means this card is in theory up there with more powerful graphic cards,however
You can play Crysis with a 8800 ok, i use this myself for the same game. But make sure your computer is compatible with it, look at all the specifications on it before you buy any hardware.