Video Cards

[GordyMac]

Now.. as you've probably read in the AOE3 forum, I do not have a 3D video card, so I need to get one!

What I am wondering is what kind of card I should be looking for for gaming, I want something not too expensive but something really good.. I would like to keep it between $200-300 CAD.. any suggestions guys?

 

[Matthew]

A guy I work with recommends the Geforce 6 6600 GT with 256Mb RAM. Needs to be the AGP version. I believe the cost is in your budget.

Before you take my answer I would look around at some benchmarks etc... to see if anything else is good value.

 

[GordyMac]

Well how bout.. what card do all you guys have?

 

[Matthew]

I got 2 cards... 2 monitors. The main monitor runs at 1600x1200 and the other at 1280x960.

The cards are...
NVidia Geforce 2
NVidia Geforce 3 Ti 200 (for the big monitor).

Not overly great for games, but they keep me working ok

 

[GordyMac]

Right on.. I don't plan on playing anything like Far Cry or Q3 or CS or anything.. just like AOE3, Hard Truck etc.. nothing majorly gaming.