I realize I can't really get a concrete answer for this, but a best guess will do. Will a Radeon 9600XT 128MB be able to run the following games at say, high - highest detail at 1024x768? Thanks for your help.

- Far Cry
- Half Life 2
- Doom 3

Also, if I end up buying this card, how long would you figure until I needed to upgrade again?

That kinda depends on what else you got under the hood.

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512MB RAM, Athlon XP 2200 (my mobo doesn't support anything higher).

Probably.

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Nice, thanks alot. OK next question, I'll probably be buying off of PriceWatch, so which one of these brands would be best?

- Celestica
- Connect3D
- Gigabyte
- Sapphire

I've heard alot of bad stuff about Sapphire, so I'm guessing I'll probably be going with the Celestica, Connect3D, or Gigabyte.

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You'd be better off to look somewhere else for a Hercules.

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Yea, Hercules is way out of my price range.

Not really, When I bought my 9800, the hercules was £10 more than the sapphire card of the same model.

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If not a Hercules, Gigabyte is a good brand. I dunno how the Sapphire 9600XTs hold up, but i know the 9800 Pro Sapphire's are actually decent. I've heard a few complaints, but mostly from people who got resold cards.

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Sapphire's are probsbly at the bottom of the list.

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The Connect3D card comes with the Half Life 2 coupon, so right now I'm considering getting that, seeing as its only $5 more than the Gigabyte.

far cry ran on my computer with everything set to low at 640x480 and it was playable

my computer
600MHz Celeron
256MB RAM
GF4MX 440-SE PCI

screen of far cry running on my POC600

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