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Sun 07/03/04 at 10:47
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"Bicycle"
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What's the best 'budget' graphics card?

(ie. -£100.)

Are the ATI RADEON 9600's good? Especially for FPS's, like Return to Castle Wolfenstien... Nothing amazing, but good for online gaming anyway.

Or are nVidia the best?
Sun 07/03/04 at 20:12
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"Touched!"
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test
Sun 07/03/04 at 20:11
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Messy wrote:
> [URL]http://uk.special.reserve.co.uk/q_GG8797_connect3d_ati_rade.html[/URL]
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> Looky. Cheapest 9600 XT. And it looks like it'll work well, too.
>
> But just like to ask... Can I still have Half-Life 2 free?


Nope its not the cheapest, overclocks sell it for £110, now thats cheap
Sun 07/03/04 at 19:22
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bye = be
Sun 07/03/04 at 19:21
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The Half Life 2 free offer is crap. I got it free with my 9800 XT back in January however you either have to pay 12.00 to have it shipped into Europe or you have to download Steam, download the game (1.5GB) and then bye connected to the internet everytime you want to play the offline story mode. Its a scam and I wish I hadn't rubbed the code off as people on eBay are actually paying for it.
Sun 07/03/04 at 19:17
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"TRobbins"
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You can still get half life 2 free from www.overclockers.co.uk
Sun 07/03/04 at 18:07
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Actually quite a lot of the Nvidia 5700 cards really munch the budget market.

Have a look around and find some benchmarks, see whats out there.
Sun 07/03/04 at 16:22
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Messy wrote:
Can I still have Half-Life 2 free?

ATI have started charging manufacturers a fee for including HL2 in the bundle (in voucher form), since its been established that we won't be getting the game any time soon.

So, basically, it depends on the manufacturer. You still defo get HL2 with 9800 XT cards, as ATI has not introduced the fee on this card.
Sun 07/03/04 at 16:06
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"Bicycle"
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[URL]http://uk.special.reserve.co.uk/q_GG8797_connect3d_ati_rade.html[/URL]

Looky. Cheapest 9600 XT. And it looks like it'll work well, too.

But just like to ask... Can I still have Half-Life 2 free?
Sun 07/03/04 at 15:57
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"Bicycle"
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Aye...

I'm having a whole loada rubbish with Half-Life mutliplayer. It just won't do it! It says it's an old version, I've done what it suggested and it was checked by the program and it's not, but I still can't play online!

Any ideas?
Sun 07/03/04 at 15:50
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Call of Duty is good and you can never go wrong with Counter-Strike.

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