Killuminati Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 I'm intending to buy a new graphics card but unfortatly I can only afford these: GeForce 4 MX4000-T128 128 MB [ADVANTECH or MSI] GeForce FX5200 64MB 128bit [ADVANTECH] Radeon 9200SE 128MB [sAPPHIRE] Radeon 9250-T128 128MB [sAPPHIRE] That's all I can afford, so wich one do you suggest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonforce Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 out of those probably the radeon 9250 but i wouldn't by any of them, try looking for a cheap radeon 9600 or 9800 Stay away from both of those nvidia cards as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohma Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 Agreed, you should prob'ly save up your money for a bit longer while still looking for a good deal on some of the better GFX cards from ATi and Nvidia. unfortunatly I can't remember any specific good mid-range cards off the top of my head right now... (I have a GF4MX440, and while you *can* run games like Doom 3 with one, you'll have to do a lot of tweaking and messing with RAM/GFX settings to get a *good* framerate) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vorador Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 Do yourself a favor and buythe Gygabite Radeon9550. You can thank me later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11238_1556103629 Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 I bought my 256mb 9600 for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killuminati Posted April 5, 2005 Author Share Posted April 5, 2005 God dammit you guys I said I can only afford these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11238_1556103629 Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 Take a ****ing chill pill and get the god damn 9250... <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveThaiBinh Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 I haven't used any of the cards you mentioned, but I have the GeForce 5200FX 128Mb version. It runs Kotor 2 very well, decent graphics and no stability issues to mention. However, for most new games that come out, I'm running them with a lot of features turned off, and at 800x600 rather than higher resolutions. They're still good, but I don't think the card has much life left. So I would steer clear of the 64Mb Geforce, as it will likely struggle more, be limited to 640x480 resolutions, and become obsolete faster than my own. "An electric puddle is not what I need right now." (Nina Kalenkov) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killuminati Posted April 5, 2005 Author Share Posted April 5, 2005 200$?! Where the hell am I gonna get that kinda money?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrich81 Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 It depends what games you want to run and what spec the rest o your system is. Out of those cards I'd go for the 9250, but only if it is 128bit, not 64bit. Not sure where you live, but why not get something better off Ebay (even a 4600 ti would own any of those cards you suggested). If you can hold off for a bit, save up for 9550. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11238_1556103629 Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 Some people work for money, you know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killuminati Posted April 5, 2005 Author Share Posted April 5, 2005 To Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11238_1556103629 Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 Sorry dude.. :"> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trixie26 Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 200$?! Where the hell am I gonna get that kinda money?! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Don't you mean 200 Euros? I think that's actually closer to $400! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killuminati Posted April 5, 2005 Author Share Posted April 5, 2005 Even worse. Well, I suppose I can buy it... I'll be livin on the street for a while but what the hell! ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WITHTEETH Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 I had a 9500 Pro w/ 128MBRam and Loved the darn thing! it started to get a bit out of date so i bought a 6800 GT. i like it but its not the same quality. its fast and faster then ati in many respects but i get the feeling its power over quality. id rather get a ATI video card. but i havnet tried the new ATI line up. Always outnumbered, never out gunned! Unreal Tournament 2004 Handle:Enlight_2.0 Myspace Website! My rig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11XHooah Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 I've got a crappy Radeon X300. My GForce 4 Ti 4200 performed better, but it won't fit the motherboard of my new computer. War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. --John Stewart Mill-- "Victory was for those willing to fight and die. Intellectuals could theorize until they sucked their thumbs right off their hands, but in the real world, power still flowed from the barrel of a gun.....you could send in your bleeding-heart do-gooders, you could hold hands and pray and sing hootenanny songs and invoke the great gods CNN and BBC, but the only way to finally open the roads to the big-eyed babies was to show up with more guns." --Black Hawk Down-- MySpace: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...iendid=44500195 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 Foot Invisible Rabbit Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 200$?! Where the hell am I gonna get that kinda money?! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Okay, here is a lplace where you can get some decent Video Cards for a good price. If I were you I would seriously consider to save up money to get a decent card than to have your card be obsolete the moment you open the box. Also I would get an NVidia card. They are generally slower than a Raedon, but they have less compatibility issues with software. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/ca...|c:1087|&Sort=2 Such as you can get a Geforce FX 5500 with 256 MB for the same price as as that 4000 after rebate. Just keep that in mind. Harvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrich81 Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 @Killuminati Good luck mate - that card will perform far better than any of the ones you were looking at. @6 Foot Invisible Rabbit: He lives in Croatia, so he can't use the rebate, and would have to pay a fortune in shipping (Not to mention that the 5500 is a 5200 with a different name) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 Foot Invisible Rabbit Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 Croatia? They have computers there? Harvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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