old school gpu for cs 1.6 or css

[SuperCookie78]

I want to build an old school computer for the era of cs 1.6 or css. if i go with cs 1.6 what would be a good video card drom that time to run it. and if i go with css what would be a good card from the time it came out?

[Unimaginative Name]

6 minutes ago, SuperCookie78 said:

I want to build an old school computer for the era of cs 1.6 or css. if i go with cs 1.6 what would be a good video card drom that time to run it. and if i go with css what would be a good card from the time it came out?

Do you just want something extremely cheap that will play those games or do you want something that is genuinely that old?

[SuperCookie78]

2 minutes ago, Unimaginative Name said:

Do you just want something extremely cheap that will play those games or do you want something that is genuinely that old?

genuinely old

[Unimaginative Name]

1 minute ago, SuperCookie78 said:

genuinely old

Then I have no clue, sorry.

[zombienerd]

GeForce 4 series, or a FX 5000 series card will do you just fine if you want to be 'period correct'.

 

You're looking for a Pentium 4 or Athlon/Duron higher than 1800mhz, with at least 512mb ram (might as well go 1gb due to cheapness of PC-133 and DDR1 these days).

 

With the right motherboard, you can run a SATA SSD with an IDE to Sata adapter.  Something in the 64 or 128gb size.

 

Windows XP for OS.

I collect retro computers, and have a few that will play Counterstrike quite well.  My favorite box for that purpose is an AMD Duron 1.8ghz with 1gb ram, a Geforce FX 5200, and a 64gb Kingston SSD.  It's not the same unless you're on a old school CRT though  

[SuperCookie78]

40 minutes ago, zombienerd said:

GeForce 4 series, or a FX 5000 series card will do you just fine if you want to be 'period correct'.

 

You're looking for a Pentium 4 or Athlon/Duron higher than 1800mhz, with at least 512mb ram (might as well go 1gb due to cheapness of PC-133 and DDR1 these days).

 

With the right motherboard, you can run a SATA SSD with an IDE to Sata adapter.  Something in the 64 or 128gb size.

 

Windows XP for OS.

I collect retro computers, and have a few that will play Counterstrike quite well.  My favorite box for that purpose is an AMD Duron 1.8ghz with 1gb ram, a Geforce FX 5200, and a 64gb Kingston SSD.  It's not the same unless you're on a old school CRT though  

i have a fx5200 how will that handle cs 1.6

[zombienerd]

4 minutes ago, SuperCookie78 said:

i have a fx5200 how will that haddle cs 1.6

On my vintage box with the 5200, I game at 800x600 medium settings in CS I get 40-50fps.  

 

If you want to do 1024x768, I'd recommend a 3ghz+ CPU and a FX5900 or higher.

[SuperCookie78]

18 minutes ago, zombienerd said:

On my vintage box with the 5200, I game at 800x600 medium settings in CS I get 40-50fps.  

 

If you want to do 1024x768, I'd recommend a 3ghz+ CPU and a FX5900 or higher.

ok