help choosing budget video card to play doom 3

[Bloctete]

i really want to play doom 3 at decent quality for the price

my current choices are
chaintech- gefoce fx5700le 256mb
http://www.chaintechusa.com/tw/eng/product_spec.asp?MPSNo=14&PISNo=269

chaintech- geforce fx5500 256mb
http://www.chaintechusa.com/tw/eng/product_spec.asp?MPSNo=14&PISNo=271

sapphire- radeon 9600 pro 256mb
http://www.sapphiretech.com/vga/9600pro.asp


im going for the 256mb. i dont know if thats the right thing to do.
any other suggestions for other video cards would be nice around this price range

thanks a bunch guyz

 

[kol_indian]

Hello and welcome :wave: :wave: to techspot

between those three i think the ATi sounds good or u can check at a 5700 (not le ) if u can get one or ATI 9800 Se i think it comes for $98 so that sounds good all these cards will give bare minimum performance at medium settings with all eye candy off so choose wisely :grinthumb

 

[HowlingPhoenix]

If you really want to play Doom 3 at a decent quality level you might want to look at an Nvidia card since the game uses OpenGL and NVidia is known for doing that much better than ATI. My advice is to go for a Nvidia 6600GT it might be slightly above your budget..(around $160) If you search around you MIGHT find one cheaper..just a suggestion, good luck with finding yourself a decent video card.

 

[Bloctete]

yea thats what i've been told on another forum

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814145107

a little over budget bu thats ok

alot of people say you can play doom 3 at max levels

but one or two have said it cant

 

[vnf4ultra]

It depends on your screen res. and aa/af settings, if you use lower res.(800x600, 1024x768) and no aa/af, then it is ok.

You may consider a 6600 "vanilla", they are decent, and cheaper. I have a 6200, unlocked to a 6600, and I think it good.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121197
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/2004-27gpu2_3.html
It gets 30+ fps in doom 3. A 6600gt gets around 70 though.

If you can afford it though a 6600gt is the way to go, if not a 6600 would be a good second bet.

 

[thedoggy1012]

"System Requirements :

Minimum System Requirements :
Windows 2000/XP only
Pentium 4 1.5 GHz or AMD Athlon 1500
64MB GeForce 3 or ATI 8500
384MB RAM
2.0 GB free hard drive space

Recommended System Requirements :
Windows 2000/XP only
Pentium 4 2.0 GHz or AMD XP 2800
ATI Radeon 9800 or faster
Geforce 6800 FX
512MB RAM
2.0 GB free hard drive space
5 Channel Sound Card

Supported Graphic chipsets :
NVidia GeForce 3.
NVidia GeForce 4.
NVidia GeForce 4 MX
NVidia GeForce FX and higher
ATI Radeon 8500s, 9000s and higher'

these are from doom 3 .com and i THINK YOU SHOULD GET an ati 9800 but it also counts on your cpu and your ram

 

[izx2]

Hey... I have a nVIDIA GeForce FX5500. PCI version! It can play Halo at max. settings and 1024 x 768 w/o lagginess or trouble. It cost me about $90 plus S/H. And I see that your computer has an AGP slot so I think that none of 'em would have any problems. Even my previous Intel integrated crap worked with Doom 3... So, I think none of those cards would have trouble. :angel: If I were you, I would go w/ the nVIDIA 5700LE because it's a higher number... :haha: