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[Gavo]

[Gavo]

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My PC is old.
I've upgraded it several times, and now I have a semi-decent rig.
The PC has:
Raedon X1600 Pro
2.8 Ghz Processor
No sound card
lots of hard drive space
Windows XP Home
No PCI-Express, so no upgrades anymore.
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I also have:
2 gigs of RAM
1400x900 resolution monitor (19 inch, 2ms)

I like FPS's, I'm planning to get Left 4 Dead. I can play the whole Orange Box on Very High/Very High. So my question is: What new games can I play that will not look like crap?
I was considering Fallout 3, but I don't want to buy it unless I can at least play it on medium, which I think is impossible on my card.

Any recommendations will be greatly appreciated. Also, does anyone know where I can check if I can run games online w/ my current card?
 
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If you can play the Orange Box games on high, then you can play just about anything else out there. I say "just about" because there are games like Crysis with stupidly high system requirements out there. You need to read the "recommended system" sticker on the boxes carefully with a computer like that.

I'd highly recommend the Unreal and Unreal Tournament series of games. They are a blast to play as FPS's and should play great on your rig if you can play Valve games.
 
curlycrouton

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Half Life the First?

How about Counter Strike Source?

Or.......
Battlefield 2! Yes, get that game.
Halo the First?
Battlefield Vietnam!
 
Bluntknife

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well its kind of hard to tell if you can, because there are more to our specs than just video card, processor and hard drive space.
If you could list:
Amount of RAM and speed
Resolution of Monitor
and Possibly Mobo

I say get a sound card, doesn't matter if its realy cheap.
It'll take that little bit of pressure off your processor and give you higher frames.

You could still get a "high" end card for an AGP port, that can even run dx10 but they're kind of expensive:
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4097741&CatId=2234

Good Luck :)
 
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Red Alert 2. And Half Life 2, as long as you have DirectX 9c. I can run mine on maximum settings if the resolution is less than 800x600.
 
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Painkiller
Call of Duty 2
Doom 3
Quake 3
Age of Empires 3
Civilization 4
Call of Cthulu Dark Corners of Earth
Half Life 2
 
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It's not a new game or very good looking but if you can find Red Faction 2 for PC i'd give that a whirl.

Far Cry has pretty low Minimum Specs, too
 
[Gavo]

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Ok, I can play all of the orange box at 1400x900 resolution w/out a problem, including Half Life 2, Episode 2. Sorry but a lot of these games are pretty old. Good ideas, though. I'm thinking about getting CSS.

One last question: Is there a website besides "Can you RUN it?" that can check compatibility w/ new games?

I'm thinking about getting Fallout 3, but I have absolutely no idea if I can even play it.

I've also gotten remarks on upgrades, which card is the best, w/ power and price?
 
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FPS
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory.
It's free, just remember to patch it to the last version because the original release was released unfinished.
 
Bluntknife

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[Gavo said:
]Ok, I can play all of the orange box at 1400x900 resolution w/out a problem, including Half Life 2, Episode 2. Sorry but a lot of these games are pretty old. Good ideas, though. I'm thinking about getting CSS.

One last question: Is there a website besides "Can you RUN it?" that can check compatibility w/ new games?

I'm thinking about getting Fallout 3, but I have absolutely no idea if I can even play it.

I've also gotten remarks on upgrades, which card is the best, w/ power and price?
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this is the website I use: http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest

and the "best" card would depend on how much money you're willing to spend on it,
Dont know if you checked it out but that card I linked earlier is dx10 and pretty good as far as AGP goes.

It all comes down to what you're willing to spend.
 
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[Gavo said:
]One last question: Is there a website besides "Can you RUN it?" that can check compatibility w/ new games?
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There is this [http://www.yougamers.com/?mainnavi=true]. It's alright, but it depends on Java, and sometimes crashes for me. It's alright, however.
 
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