cheap vid card

[thePh@r@oh]

im looking for a cheap vid card that should be able to handle nearly all games im thinking in the $50-$70 range

[daveleau]

A: Stay away from the GF 4 MX.

B: Chaintech Geforce FX 5200 64MB DDR $63 Newegg

C: Prolink Geforce FX5200 128MB 64bit W/TV/DVI , 8X AGP $66 Newegg

D: VGA CHAINTECH Geforce FX 5200 128MB DDR $69 Newegg

E: Plenty of 9200 ATi's for under $70.

But I think I;d rather have the FX5200 128.

[thePh@r@oh]

whats wrong with the GF4mx

[joker_927]

Do you know waht Intel Celerons are? The Geforce MX's are the celerons of the video card world.

A GeForce 4 MX is just a GeForce 2 card with a new heatsink.

[daveleau]

The GF4 MX has the same performance as the GF 2 MX. The GF 2 MX was a great budget card. But, by today's standards, it stinks. The same goes for the GF4. You can get a GF3 Ti200, GF 4 ti4200 or GF FX 5200 for less than $10 more, yet have 5 times the card.

[jdog81]

Why would they just put a new heat sink in? thats the biggest rip off ever.

Originally posted by jdog81
Why would they just put a new heat sink in? thats the biggest rip off ever.

because people who do not know better will purchase them, thinking they are great cards

[daveleau]

Originally posted by jdog81
Why would they just put a new heat sink in? thats the biggest rip off ever.

He is exagerating a little. They did not do this exactly. They did some reengineering, but there was really no performance boost.

This is a little dated, but it shows what we are talking about:
http://www17.tomshardware.com/graphi...120/index.html

[thePh@r@oh]

well thats good to know i'll go with the 5200