a video card that can play halo pc

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 6:01 pm

I locked it because it didn't match up. In the beginning, you were budget concious about what card to get.

Then after we Helped you you came back with

"lol, uh my budget is 1000 dollars..."

which instantly looks like a lead to waste our time.

haloskillz.com · Post by **haloskillz.com** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 9:17 am

alright, heres a list of things that i "need help finding"
a motherborad
a capture card with audieo
processer
anything else

and im goinng to drop the .5 and have 2 gbs, and i have 2 cd/dvd drive/burners becuse the computer i have now just gave up with cd drive, ive wasted 80 bucks on new cd drives and my computer just rejects it, so im going ot risk that with this computer.

Cuda wrote:I locked it because it didn't match up. In the beginning, you were budget concious about what card to get.

Then after we Helped you you came back with

"lol, uh my budget is 1000 dollars..."

which instantly looks like a lead to waste our time.

ok, the highest i can go with this is 1000 dollors, but im keeping it to the 600, 700 dollors becuse im not oging to keep doing yard work and mow lawns for that long, i live in a small town, not very many customers, anyway, the highest i can go is $1000 but im looking for 600 or 700 bucks

a mammoth · Post by **a mammoth** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 9:20 am

for the proccesor just rip it out of your 360 and pop it in your comp, then you have then you have an uber fast proccesor, lol j/k

haloskillz.com · Post by **haloskillz.com** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 9:26 am

yeah hahahaha, im not going ot ddo that, besides, 360's suck, what can they do that a reagular xbox can't,,,,thats worth 200 bucks more then a xbox

fishface617 · Post by **fishface617** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 9:56 am

u dont need a captrure card, trust me, u jsut need a plain video card.

now i can help u with the mobo and processor but i need to know how much can u spend on just those two

[cc]z@nd! · Post by **[cc]z@nd!** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:19 am

yeah. either get a video card for games, or a capture card. i reccomend a video card personally.

also, is this thing going to be hard-wired, or will it use wifi? just tell us what you want it to do, and we'll probably come back in here with more than one choice for each component.

haloskillz.com · Post by **haloskillz.com** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 12:14 pm

i'll duel video cards, and besides everyone, im getting a cheap shitty windows 98 from a friend for free, and a 120 GB Hard drive, all im going to buy is
2 1 GB Ram chips
New Case (i like LED)
A video card that some one here posted, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814141032 thanks for the link, dude
a better proccsser

the reason why im building off of a shit free computer is cuse its cheaper, so thanks for youre help

[cc]z@nd! · Post by **[cc]z@nd!** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 1:54 pm

haloskillz.com wrote:i'll duel video cards, and besides everyone, im getting a cheap shitty windows 98 from a friend for free, and a 120 GB Hard drive, all im going to buy is
2 1 GB Ram chips
New Case (i like LED)
A video card that some one here posted, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814141032 thanks for the link, dude
a better proccsser

the reason why im building off of a **** free computer is cuse its cheaper, so thanks for youre help

you won't be able to use SLI (dual video cards) unless you buy a motherboard with two PCIe x16 slots with an nVidia chipset that supports SLI, so the windows 98 system you're planing on building off of won't work for dual graphics cards. also, the motherboard it uses will use AGP (maybe even only 4x) so you'll be restricted from using a lot of good cards. if you have 600-1000 bucks to spend, then don't bother restricting yourself to building from a 98 system to save cash and try to play newer games. i've got to start packing for michigan, but here's a few quick components i picked out.

if the windows 98 case uses the ATX motherboard formfactor, that will probably save a good 100 bucks for keeping you from having to get a case.

2 of these = $140 - $280 USD.
this appears to be a decent motherboard. = $120 USD
this processor looks pretty decent. you may also want to investigate dual-core options = $103 USD
the 2x1 GB 184 pin DDR ram packages are all around the $200 buck range, and you really won't need that much to play halo. you may want to start with this 1 GB stick, then buy one later OF THE SAME MODEL TYPE (as in, this very exact same link), add it in, and set it to dual-channel mode in your BIOS. = $110 - $220 USD
this appears to be a good PSU. = $75 USD.

buying the list i have up there with both videocards and DDR sticks would run you around $798 USD right now, but if you wait until you buy the extra videocard and DDR stick, you'll only spend a total of $548 on everything in that list. please note, that i'm excluding things you'll be able to salvage off of older computers and upgrade later if you have to, like mouse, keyboard, speakers, case, monitor, etc. but if you do have to buy a case, you may be able to save some cash with a case + PSU combo.

keep in mind, i'm doing this 20 minutes before i have to leave for michigan, and i haven't packed my pc or clothes yet, so i might've missed some compatability stuff, so double-check that stuff or have someone double-check it for you.