My Half Life 2 is stuttering

[Nick M]

I have a BFG 6800 and BFG provide a life-time warranty.

I've had the pleasure of dealing with eVGA, PowerColor, and a few other companies and none have been so willing as BFG to provide a replacement. I think they're one of the TRUE lifetime places.

 

[Admiral Michael]

Taken from:
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[Admiral Michael]

I'm not getting ATI again. Only 6800 was $242 and thats too much, the 6600 is pushing it ($168). I also have to use AGP which Ive noticed makes some cards more money.

 

[Steevo]

5 year warranty on a refurb X series ATI card for $159.

 

[Son Goku]

Admiral, if you'd like a 6800, you might want to check Pricewatch... Assuming 128 MB of video RAM is enough for you, you can get one for $169 + $8 shipping. I'm not sure about the board maker in this case though...

http://www.pricewatch.com/

A 6600 with 256 MB video memory you can get from $102.99 and up, and with 128 MB about $66 excluding shipping and up. Sorry I can't provide unique URLs, but the pricewatch.com website doesn't change the url in the browser, as one browses down... That should help you get up and running, without cutting too deeply into your wallet...

 

[Admiral Michael]

the 6600 is good enough for me. Besides dont want to spend too much since my next PC will probably have PCI-Express. Also dont forget I'm in Canada so the prices are different and also I'm not one for ordering online, I'd rather goto a store.

But thats for the recommendation.

 

[Admiral Michael]

Update:

I bought the XFX GeForce 6600 256MB AGP card, everything works great cept I get ery crappy FPS in 3DMark05. However HL2 gets excellent results on the highest settings. I'm going to try 3DMark06.

I also bought a DVI extension cable so now I'm using the DVI setup on my LCD

Finally, I think I lost my likings for ATI. At first the card was great but it slowly became a problem, expecially with the Newer Catalyst and Multimedia Center. The card only lasted about one year after the warrenty expired.