View Full Version : Whats a good video card?
Like in the 128 mb area? I have heard that ATI is great. Butis there any others I need to know about before I get one?
ATI
That's all you need to know.
Ninti the Mad
08-31-2004, 08:49 PM
Anything by NVIDIA or ATI that is over 175 dollars. :shifty:
Thanks guys now Im gonna go looking.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1051826238597&skuId=5429627&type=product
What about this one?
LoDownM
09-01-2004, 02:21 AM
That one's not a bad card.
Requiem
09-01-2004, 02:35 AM
How much are you willing to spend, is the question.
Bad Company
09-01-2004, 03:06 AM
Get an X800
You wont regret it, but your wallet might :D
LoDownM
09-01-2004, 03:08 AM
No shit. Sweet ass video card though.
dan26
09-01-2004, 03:32 AM
get the bfg geforce 6800 gt oc
Its faster then x800 pro
How much are you willing to spend, is the question.
$100-$175
Ninti the Mad
09-01-2004, 10:05 AM
Just spend the extra 75 dollars and get this one.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1051384719568&skuId=5379798&productCategoryId=cat01151&type=product
You wouldnt regret it.
Thats sweet but a little to much.
Ninti the Mad
09-01-2004, 10:16 AM
The thing is... alot of the newer games are demanding alot more.
By getting a lower grade video card, you are only reassuring a closer date of obsoletion.
Ninti the Mad
09-01-2004, 10:16 AM
Besdies, maybe you can try online.
The cards usually seem to be cheaper.
Well I dont play many pc games as of right now so I dont need a reall super duper one. Plus my card now plays dvd horribly. So its manily for dvd and part time games.
Ninti the Mad
09-01-2004, 11:27 AM
Then get an NVIDIA FX series.
Middle of the road when it comes to power and price.
I bought an FX 5600 for 150 bucks almost a year ago and its been good to me,
Ok, this will keep you under your $175 limit but keep you good and up to date.
If you looking for just a plain videocard: ATI RADEON 9600XT at $164.00
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-102-331&depa=0
If you are looking for some good DVD action and while you're at it, TV with Remote, and still good gaming: ATI All In Wonder RADEON 9600 at $139.99
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-102-345&depa=0
Those are your two best bets. The All-In-Wonder is pretty good, it's for people who really like to use their computer and just want a one stop videocard for everything. The 9600 was when ATI first started killing NVIDIA in the race and the XT is a great series. I would suggest the XT if you don't want the extras but if you want to watch TV and everything on your computer, etc. the AIW is a great card as well.
AareDub
09-01-2004, 06:16 PM
If you looking for just a plain videocard: ATI RADEON 9600XT at $164.00
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-102-331&depa=0
For your price range, I also reccomend this one. It is a great card, and while it's not top of the line it can still handle some of the newer games.
Buzzkill
09-01-2004, 10:07 PM
$100-$175I would go with the ATI Radeon 9600 pro
Heres what I got
http://getyourtech.biz/images/radeon%209200%20128mb.jpg
And thanks to all for the help.
dan26
09-02-2004, 02:11 AM
just hope you do not want to play far cry, doom 3, or half life 2
KleptoKlown
09-02-2004, 03:40 AM
yeah, 9200 is kinda the lower end of higher cards :/
but if gamming isnt your primary concern, and dvds are....then its a nice card.\
you would have like the all in wonder card though...super nice.
Buzzkill
09-03-2004, 12:17 AM
Not great for gaming, but a good general purpose card.
LoDownM
09-03-2004, 12:28 AM
just hope you do not want to play far cry, doom 3, or half life 2
I have a ATI 9000, and Farcry runs great.
Y2Ant
09-03-2004, 12:41 AM
Which ATI/NVIDIA card would be a good investment for gaming as the primary priority, like World of Warcraft :o
LoDownM
09-03-2004, 02:33 AM
ATI X800 :)
Any ATI 9600 and up works really well.
Which ATI/NVIDIA card would be a good investment for gaming as the primary priority, like World of Warcraft :o
I'd actually go with the ATI Radeon 9800 XT. It will save you some money more then the X800 series would, let you max the graphics, and still run a solid frame rate. The reason I say that is I have a feeling, or hoping, that the next series of cards might actually pass the 512 mark. Then put your money to that and you'll have it made.
Buzzkill
09-03-2004, 03:20 PM
Which ATI/NVIDIA card would be a good investment for gaming as the primary priority, like World of Warcraft :oAnything above an Radeon 9600 will run fine, especially with WoW (I have a Geforce 4200 and it runs quite well)
Y2Ant
09-04-2004, 10:43 PM
Nice. :cool:
dan26
09-05-2004, 02:39 AM
I have a ATI 9000, and Farcry runs great.
can you set every thing to very high
LoDownM
09-05-2004, 03:17 AM
Yes. But I don't. Because my ram can't handle it.
dan26
09-05-2004, 03:41 AM
what settings do you run it at
Funky Fly
09-05-2004, 03:44 AM
Yeah, I've never ever changed my video card. Pretty sure it's NVIDIA. How do I check it's properties and whatnot in XP?
DaveWadding
09-05-2004, 04:12 AM
Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager > Display adapters
dan26
09-05-2004, 04:36 AM
http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20031229/
this site has a lot of benchmarks for different cards so you can see what video card are better then others
they do not have the x800 or the geforrce 6800
here’s a list of cards they did benchmark
GeForce FX 5950 U
GeForce FX 5900 U
GeForce FX 5900
GeForce FX 5900 XT
GeForce FX 5800 U
GeForce FX 5800 N
GeForce FX 5700 U
GeForce FX 5700
GeForce FX 5600 U
GeForce FX 5600 U
GeForce FX 5600
GeForce FX 5200 U
GeForce FX 5200
GeForce4 Ti 4600-8x
GeForce4 Ti 4600
GeForce4 Ti 4400
GeForce4 Ti 4200-8x
GeForce4 Ti 4200 128
GeForce4 Ti 4200 64
GeForce4 MX 460
GeForce4 MX 440-8x
GeForce4 MX 440
Radeon 9800 XT
Radeon 9800 Pro 256
Radeon 9800 Pro ATI
Radeon 9800
Radeon 9800 SE ATI
Radeon 9700 Pro
Radeon 9700 ATI
Radeon 9600 XT
Radeon 9600 Pro
Radeon 9600 ATI
Radeon 9600 SE
Radeon 9500 Pro
Radeon 9500 128
Radeon 9500 64
Radeon 9200 128
Radeon 9200 64
Radeon 9000 Pro
Radeon 8500 128
Radeon 8500 64
XGI V8 Duo V8
XGI V5 Ultra
XGI V3
S3 S8 256
Parhelia 128
dan26
09-05-2004, 04:54 AM
Yes. But I don't. Because my ram can't handle it.
At http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20031229/vga-charts-09.html
they used a p4 3.2ghz to benchmarked halo set to max detail on a ati 9000 pro and only got 18.47 fps. So I do not think it’s just your ram that’s stopping you from playing far cry at very high
LoDownM
09-05-2004, 01:55 PM
P4 sucks, that's why. We put my video card in my friends pc, which is a AMD 64, and it ran Halo, Farcry, Doom3 fine on high and up. And as to what I play Farcry on. Various, have settings going from Medium to Very High.
KleptoKlown
09-05-2004, 02:24 PM
you're comparing a 64 bit processor to a 32 bit processor.
If you're going to compare the amd64 to a pentium processor, you have to compare it to Pentium EE
Otherwise, its like me saying AMD sucks cause their duron processer did shit vs a p4 prescott
Requiem
09-05-2004, 03:43 PM
Doesn't matter... RAM has more to do with your gaming speed than processor does.
When I upgraded my RAM for Star Wars: Galaxies, my FPS shot up -big time-, and I have a shit processor.
Had a change of hart plus my comp is PCI not AGP. So help some more and the rep will be given up. Is this one good or reccomend something else???
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=308486&pfp=BROWSE
JJ Moore
09-07-2004, 10:39 PM
umm, well granted PCI gfx cards are coming into play more, but a motherbaord without an AGP slot is prob crap, unless u went specialist recently.
How much do you want to spend?
Are u a casual or keen gamer? If u were keen, id say save up several hundred punds/dollors and a get a new PC built.
JJ Moore
09-07-2004, 10:43 PM
hmm, how old is your comp setup?
RAM, CPU, HDD?
Dell Dimension 2200
Intel Celron CPU 1300 MHz, 1.3 GHz 256 RAM and My HD in my comp is 16 GB but I have one connected via USB and its 30 GB.
Now I just copied that from the system properties.
And my computer is about 3 years old.
JJ Moore
09-07-2004, 10:56 PM
ok cool, so what do you want a video card for? Intend to start playing games?
Yeah like Battlefield 1942 and Halo
JJ Moore
09-07-2004, 11:02 PM
ok as a pro on bf1942, the setup u have.... u could possibly run it on low gfx and it maybe chuggy depending how mnay bots u wanna play againts.
Halo could be pushing it...
If however you were to get another stick of 256MB ram and a semi good graphics card it would help you in the longrun! :)
JJ Moore
09-07-2004, 11:06 PM
rep :roll:
JJ Moore
09-07-2004, 11:06 PM
:p
Did it after you second reply.
The 5200s are like a jet plane with their fans. Loud little things they are. Yeah, you're going to have hard time with Halo. Probably even with 1942. But if you could stick with ATI you'll be ok. Anything that is before ATI's 9600, I'd probably go with NVIDIA because they were doing best until then. Don't remember when that started though.
Funky Fly
09-08-2004, 04:04 AM
Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager > Display adapters
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
Mad shitty
DaveWadding
09-08-2004, 04:19 AM
mine's a 440.
Y2Ant
09-09-2004, 11:56 AM
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
Mad shitty
Identical to mine :o
Funky Fly
09-09-2004, 03:11 PM
Identical to mine :o
I'll probably get a new one this Christmas.
Y2Ant
09-09-2004, 06:23 PM
Yeah same, with World of Warcraft coming up I want my computer to be decent, the graphics and my 20/40GB hard drives are the only thing about my computer which suck now.
Apart from the sound (SB 16 PCI) but that does its job fine.
Might put more ram in too, the motherboard can handle 3GB. :cool:
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