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Old 01-21-2006, 01:13 AM   #1 (permalink)
 
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would a 256MB DDR ATI Radeon X1300 Pro be a decent video card and be able to play cs:s bf2 and cod2 .. doesnt have to be on high settings or anything just run decently..?
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Yeah, it should run those games just fine. It's a good budget card.
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yea, they say to play FEAR or BF2 u need atleast a Ati X800XT or a Geforce 6600 so ull do fine. Just dont buy the 1300 with passive cooling. They tested it and it failed miserably in bf2 and FEAR. But Ati als have problems with hdr.. so buy a 6800ultra instead
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I still say go with the 6600GT. It's been shown in benchmarks to squeak ahead of the X1300 series. And if you're feeling frisky, the 6800 is available for not much more.

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is it to hard to install a video card? because it has the option to come with the x1300pro but if the 6600gts better i could just not buy the computer with the x1300 pro and install the 6600gt later... so what should i do?
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You could also go with the x1600pro which will run you less money than a 6600GT with equal or better performance
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