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[reptilej]

okay, because of the speed and driver support, i decided to get a geforce rather than radeon. my price range is 150-285 preferably the lower end. i will be playing counter strike moderatly at best and not too much else. which geforce card should i get? does the brand make the difference, i heard good things about asus and some mixed things about other brands such as leadtech and msi.

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[Sihs]

Your budget seems very high for someone who is playing Counter Strike. If I were you I'd get an MX for less than one hundred (Should play CS like a charm). but with the higher end of your budget, you can get an ultra for about 240. It's your choice.
About card brands, Hercules/elsa/asus/leadtek (That's how I sort them).
I hope this helps. Best of luck.

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[Crashman]

The GTS is going for under $150 now and is at least twice the card as any MX. YOu can also get a PRO, but remember that the cheaper "pros" are actually just GTS's. If you opt for the PRO, look for one with 5ns or 5.5ns memory for around $170

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[lagger]

I'm pretty sure you can get a leadtek gf2 pro for under 150.00 5.5 ns ram on it too ( I did anyway) try sunway graphics for starters as a web-tailer

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[killall]

geforce 2 pro with 64 megs ddr... or the hercules geforce 2 gts if you can find the one with 4 ns ddr...

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[Bud]

GF2 GTS, for about 135 (leadtek) or 155 (ASUS), Both will run Counterstrike very well. Both are high quality boards.
I had a bad experience with EVGA boards quality, I'd stay away from them. I installed a couple MX cards for friends who wanted to stay under $100....but the performance of the MX at higher detail/pixel res starts to fall away. I'd spend the extra 40-50 bucks and get the real geforce. You won't be disappointed. Personally I think the ultra is overpriced for the performance gain...in fact I can get my GTS ram to run just about as fast...and the ram is about the only difference for inflated price of the GF2 ultra.



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