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Originally Posted by elite_hunter_sh3
yes the x series from the x300 to the latest x1900 XTX 512mb video cards are good the x600 will last you a good 2-3 years but i went ahead and payed the extra 300$ and got myself a BFG 7800 gt which will last me a good 4 -5 years
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With all due respect, that is bad advice and you are absolutely wrong about the x600SE being good for any number of years. You did do the right thing of not getting one for yourself ofcourse (and thats what your advice should have been).
@ Waste gate
Avoid the X600SE or any other card with the SE (ATI cards) or LE (nVidia cards) suffix like the plague. These cards are only slightly better then integrated graphic chips found on some cheap motherboards.
The 256MB ram is only for show and is worthless on a card with 64-bit memory interface. These SE versions are not special editions, rather slow-editions which have half the pixel pipelines and memory bandwidth. This X600SE is ALREADY OBSOLETE if you wish to play anything curently available in the market, much rather SH3 on acceptable frame rates, even on low settings. A X600Pro/XT with 128Mb would have been alright, but despite a similar name, thats a completely different card from this X600SE.
Whats your budget? if you are looking for a PCI-E card to play SH3, i.e., more then a slide show, you need to spend around a $100 or so on a half decent graphics card ranging from the nVidia 6600/6600gt to the ATI X700pro/xt. These cards will run SH3 on decent settings, not max out with AA or AF, but enjoyable and without too much lag. Also what are your other specs, like processor and Ram? 1Gb Ram is also advised for SH3, though 512Mb would do.
If you need more advice, feel free to ask. And once again, do not waste money on these SE/LE versions, they are not for gaming beyond tetris or the like.