So what should I buy? (budget)

[Jrokk]

What's the better video card out of these few, which one will be able to run upcoming games like HL2 and condition zero? (or any upcoming games)

ATi Radeon 9200 128MB W/Dvi/Tv - $79.98
NVIDIA Geforce FX5200 128MB w/DVI/TV - $68.00
ATI Radeon 9100 128MB Ddr w/Dvi/TV - $79.95
Xabre400 128MB DDR w/DVI/TV - $76.68
ATI RADEON 9000 Atlantis PRO 128MB DDR DVI/TV - $89.00
GeForce3 TI 500 128MB DDR - $89.00


I'll add more card's to the list.

Currentley my budget is somewhere under 100.00$

(if you know of any better card deals, please provide a link)

[Bruneau]

MSI G4Ti4200-T64 MS-8879 GeForce4 Ti 4200 (TI4200) 64MB DDR RAM 8x AGP Video Card w/TV-Out, Retail! Price: $89 shipping included.

This is a much better card than what you're lookin at. This is a quote from www.pricewatch.com There are several that fall in your price range from different shippers.

[Jrokk]

are you sure that's a good card? I don't know how to overclock stuff. And I don't know what a benchmark is.

[Bruneau]

I just updated the post. Go back and read it again.

[Reknup]

Jrokk...

Out of those cards id either purchase...

ATi Radeon 9200 128MB W/Dvi/Tv - $79.98
or...
NVIDIA Geforce FX5200 128MB w/DVI/TV - $68.00

They will probably give you the same preformances... Ati slightly better.... But Nvidia has awesome drivers, whereas Ati drivers can cause some problems

But either of these two cards would be a great buy

[poopeyhed2]

Well, if you want to run Doom ]|[ and HL2, you'd need a DirectX 9 compatible card, and hte only card that you list that'd DX 9 compatible is Nvidia's 5200. What I'd do.. wait until the games actually come up, then the video card manufacturers will see the demand for those cards for those games and competition will be high and hten you should jump on a card that'll suit your needs.

[Jrokk]

I've heard the FX5200 is a bad card. Can someone tell me where it stand's with todays gaming? Sure it can support DirectX 9.1 but does it really matter? Would I see much of an improvement with my game's compared to my Radeon 7000 64MB.

My system:
AMD Athalon 808 MHZ
384 MB SDRAM
Radeon 7000 64MB

With one of those new card's you guys think I would see a big difference in my gaming?

[edit]
is this a good deal?
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[nurdonsite2]

hey, i have an asus fx 5200. i upgraded it from my radeon 7000 64 mb and i can honestly say that there was BIG improvement in games ( unreal 2, C&C genereals, GTA vice city) i can play all of them aty 1024 by 768 without any problems (except unreal 2 which gets stuck for like a fraction of a second sometimes). it is OK for today's games but not games like doom 3 and half life2. you should only get this card (or any of the above u listed) only if ur not going to do much gaming. if u are a extreme gamer, then i would wait and save up some $$$ and get a better card like the ati radeon 9500 pro.

[Reknup]

I still say go with the NVIDIA Geforce FX5200 128MB w/DVI/TV - $68.00

Everyone has there personal opinions about Nvidia.

In the long run, Nvidia's are your best buy!

[Jrokk]

Well that's the card my family want's me to get, but I'm kinda sceptible because this deal look's pretty good to me, and isn't that card better than the FX5200. Anyways I think I'm gonna be buying the FX.