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PCI video card for CS:S
Name: denbaby Date: June 6, 2009 at 09:02:09 Pacific OS: Windows XP Subcategory: Opinions
Comment:
will this video card run CS:S smoothly? SPARKLE SP94GT512D2LHPP GeForce 9400 GT 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI HDCP Ready Low Profile Ready Video Card
If you only have PCI slots to work with, you're not gonna find many cards that are better than the 9400GT. That's not saying much though because it's really not a great card & being that it's PCI rather than AGP or PCI-express makes matters worse.
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Response Number 2
Name: denbaby Date: June 6, 2009 at 10:17:23 Pacific
Reply:
is that a yes or no?
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Response Number 3
Name: aCi11i3s Date: June 6, 2009 at 10:32:57 Pacific
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Yes...it will play CS, but you're not going to be breaking any benchmark scores. You'll have a tough time playing many new games smoothly, if at all.
"a soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon"
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Response Number 4
Name: denbaby Date: June 6, 2009 at 11:26:49 Pacific
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well CS:S is about 5 years old and i dont play all those new fancy games if i want to i will just buy a new computer do u know the average FPS of the game with the graphics card i put????
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