Have a halfway decent PCI video card they're willing to part with for little or no money. It's a very temporary solution to my problem...basically troubleshooting so I don't wanna spend a lot of money.

so no one has a 128mb+ PCI...not PCI-E but PCI card that I can use for a week or so?

u might be able to play if you get a css fps config those are known to boost ur fps by 15-20 avg

Somehow i think he needs the card to make his computer run, not to play css... could be wrong

I have 2 shitty cards but they are both PCI-E. =/

I'm going to rent-a-center to get one of those touchscreen PC's that are just a flat screen with the components built into it until i muster up the money to build my own. My girlfriends brother has one and it runs BF3 beautifully. The only thing I don't like about it is that I can't mod and play around inside the box. That's what PC's are all about for me...Switching out hardware to keep up with the latest and greatest.

i would look at your local classified section first for some used computers in your area. Rent a center is a ripoff because by the time you have the thing for a few weeks you could have just bit the bullet and got a new pc that you own