Cheap but good Video Card

[XShadowZxX]

I need a low priced but a good video card. It has to be 128MBs or 256MBs. price ranging from 100-200.

[ben-the-slacker]

GF4 Ti4200 128mb
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...alue=3107,3668

GF3 Ti200 128mb
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...alue=3101,3668

There are also various high-end ATI Radeons with 128mb. Just use the search option.

Welcome to TIMO!

[XShadowZxX]

Thanks for the welcome. how about 150-250 then. The video card i " was " looking at was the GeForce FX 5600 256MBs after that i was lookin at the ATI 9700 Pro and np. if i get enough money ill get the FX 5900 or the ATI 9800 Pro.

[dlh75]

What kind of games do u play or plan to play? Do you need Dx9. Doom 3 and Half Life 2 will be dx9 so if you want to play these with all the eye candy then i would suggest getting a dx9 card. I have heard good things about the newer ATI radeon cards 9500 Pro or higher. I have a GF4 ti 4200 which is good. Best bang for your buck. Able to play most games out now with great graphics. Not know much about ATI. Just going by what I heard. Maybe someone else has some ideas.

[XShadowZxX]

Yes im planning on gettin a high performance video card. Half Life 2 will be played on my xbox hehe. Im planning on playing like BF1942 those action games. I really wanna play online against people. So far ive been playin on XBC i can never get tired of playin halo online.

[ben-the-slacker]

I say go for ATI 9800 if you have the cash. If not, then settle for something a little less then that. ATI seems to be whooping Nvidia's butt right now, and there's no showing any slowdown.

I heard HL2 officially supported Radeon 9800 at E3 or something. Goes to show the great leaps ATI has made, in chipsets as well as drivers, during its long rivalry with Nvidia.

[Micro Bean]

Hehhehe I have a Gforce4 MX 440Se 128mbDDR Agp 4x and Ive been Playing E&B and let me tell Im happy with my card hhehehe trust me I wouldnt spend no where near that much money. Thats just my opinion hehhehe ANd the graphics are great No freeze No stutter No problems I was actually amazed as to the quality and performance of this card for $50 bucks man I love it hehhehe

[XShadowZxX]

FX5900 costs 500 dollars at newegg and its not out. I hope the FX5900 beats the ATI Radeon 9800 so i can get it for less haha. Im saving alot on these parts so i hope all goes well.

I want a decent video card for now. For now its 100-200, later 200-500. Ill have some cash by then.

What do u guys think about the 9500 or 9600 or maybe the FX5600 256 MB ???

[Micro Bean]

I see that you are spending alot of money and investing into building your new system But why not go with AMD instead of Intel I know you have an Intel CPU as you posted in the other thread Well Im an AMD person I dont know about other might agree with me or not but it will definetly run better and perform better then and Intel CPU especially a Celeron and not only Cost less hehehe

[XShadowZxX]

P4 2.8C, i like intel over AMD because of GHz haha. OCing is great for it i cant wait to hit 3.6 and or even higher.