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3DVideo Card Recommendation
For your price/performance requirements, I would suggest either a
GF4Ti4200 or a GF3Ti200/500. You can get a general idea of prices from www.pricewatch.com - Patrick stood up, at show-n-tell, and said: Hello, I have built the following system recently: Mainboard: MSI K7N2 nForce2 MS-6570 Processor: AMD Athlon XP 1800 RAM: 256MB DDR 2100 Azenram Hard Drive: Western Digital 60GB WD600BB Video Card: ECS SiS AG315-64 (64MB RAM) Sound: NVIDIA nForce Audio Ethernet: NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Adapter Modem: Intel 536 EP V.92 internal 56k Mouse: Logitech USB Optical Wheelmouse Printer: HP Deskjet 3320 Monitor: HP71 '17inch OS: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition +SP1 I intentionally used a cheap graphics card until I could decide on another card for gaming. I haven't been much of a gamer but want to try out some new games, it will give me reason to justify the amount of $$ I spend on computers & accessories. I'd like to spend no more than $125 US Dollars (Approx $165 CAN) on a decent 3D video card for this system. I realize & understand that a Radeon 9800 (or similar card) is out of the question for this amount but would like some suggestions on which card(s) fit into this price range with decent performance for a 3D gaming card. Since my mobo's chipset is nVidia would an Nvidia based card be better than an ATI card in this situation? I thank all those in advance who take the time to reply. -- Strontium "Shortcuts are self-defeating. Mean. If you cannot do it, clean, you'll never reach your reward..." - 311 |
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"Patrick" wrote in message . 13... Hello, I have built the following system recently: snip Video Card: ECS SiS AG315-64 (64MB RAM) snip I intentionally used a cheap graphics card until I could decide on another card for gaming. snip I'd like to spend no more than $125 US Dollars (Approx $165 CAN) on a decent 3D video card for this system. I realize & understand that a Radeon 9800 (or similar card) is out of the question for this amount but would like some suggestions on which card(s) fit into this price range with decent performance for a 3D gaming card. An nVidia GeForce FX 5200 Ultra should do it for you. (Be sure to get an "Ultra" version of the 5200, not just the plain 5200.) As it happens, you have two options (both ~$125 US) he http://www.buyxtremegear.com/ev.html http://www.buyxtremegear.com/pal.html Bought the first one one for my son's new system and it's great. It handles Star Trek Elite Force 2 (a DX9 game) like a champ... and that's with all the eye candy turned on. The card supports DirectX9, of course. Good luck. |
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Patrick wrote:
Hello, I have built the following system recently: Mainboard: MSI K7N2 nForce2 MS-6570 Processor: AMD Athlon XP 1800 RAM: 256MB DDR 2100 Azenram Hard Drive: Western Digital 60GB WD600BB Video Card: ECS SiS AG315-64 (64MB RAM) Sound: NVIDIA nForce Audio Ethernet: NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Adapter Modem: Intel 536 EP V.92 internal 56k Mouse: Logitech USB Optical Wheelmouse Printer: HP Deskjet 3320 Monitor: HP71 '17inch OS: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition +SP1 I intentionally used a cheap graphics card until I could decide on another card for gaming. I haven't been much of a gamer but want to try out some new games, it will give me reason to justify the amount of $$ I spend on computers & accessories. I'd like to spend no more than $125 US Dollars (Approx $165 CAN) on a decent 3D video card for this system. I realize & understand that a Radeon 9800 (or similar card) is out of the question for this amount but would like some suggestions on which card(s) fit into this price range with decent performance for a 3D gaming card. I'd say, the Nvidia GeForce4 4x00 cards are probably the best deal at that price range at the moment. You should be able to find a 4200 at that price and maybe a 4400/4800 if you're lucky. Since my mobo's chipset is nVidia would an Nvidia based card be better than an ATI card in this situation? Shouldn't make any difference. I thank all those in advance who take the time to reply. |
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