good video card $150-200?

[jmoore2001]

I'm looking to buy a new video card (ATI or NVIDIA, doesn't matter) around the $150-200 price range.

Oh and I love to play games and I'm running this stuff..

Asus A7N8X Dlx
Athlon XP 2500+ @3200
512mb kingston pc3200
WD Raptor 10k SATA HDD

[tony_j15]

If you can, try and get a 9700. They can be found for 200 and outperform all the midrange cards. The 5900 also can be had for those 200 bucks

[RAR]

This would be my pick in that price range:

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...alog=48&depa=1

[jmoore2001]

well someone in another said mentioned the FX 5900 because it comes bundled with call of duty. how good is that card compard to the atis'?

[cysus]

The FX5900 is about as good as a ati9700pro or a 9800, and is easy overclocked to a FX5950ultra (which can bring it up to a ati9800xt or pro level) without problems so if your willing to overclock you can get the proformance of a card that cost twice as much. Heres a good linky.
edit (should work now):
http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic...229/index.html

[jmoore2001]

link doesnt work?

[cysus]

it is fixed now.

[jmoore2001]

ok, i kinda have it narrowed down a bit but i'm still needing suggestions!


people are saying that the 5900 can be overclocked and perform a lot better...so is this true?

and about the 9600xt, i've been seing TIVO on some of these cards...how does that work and how well does it work? is it worth it? how does the gaming on that card compare?

im mainly going to be playing medal of honor, call of duty, bf1942, etc.

oh and i have a 19" LCD monitor and i've been hearing about other output methods, like dvi etc.. is that better quality than the regular vga serial looking method?

[jmoore2001]

bump for question

[Omardeth]

people are saying that the 5900 can be overclocked and perform a lot better...so is this true?

from what they say , yes it is true . but remember overclocking is a card by card basis . because 1 card gets to XXX doesn't mean yours will .

and about the 9600xt, i've been seing TIVO on some of these cards...how does that work and how well does it work? is it worth it? how does the gaming on that card compare?

as far as i know "tivo" type systems are stand alone item and or software. but should be able to be added to any pc

im mainly going to be playing medal of honor, call of duty, bf1942, etc.

you should be very happy

oh and i have a 19" LCD monitor and i've been hearing about other output methods, like dvi etc.. is that better quality than the regular vga serial looking method?

dvi is digital signal so yes you should get a better signal with it over analog . now will you notice it , thats all in the beholder .