help need new video card

[firegun2]

hi


look to buy a new video card .but i do not what to get .cash is low i have $100- $150 canany one help
this what i have now

dell 4300 1.6
512mb
64mb gf2 with tv-out
40gb hd
cable modem

[godvsscience]

sorry to hijack your thread but while your answering his question can you answer mine money is no object up to like 300-350

i have a dell 8200 1.7 gigz
640 megs rdram
geforce 2
80 gig hd

[Sentrosi]

Firegun: Radeon 9500pro, if you can sqeeze out another $40 or so (click here for vendor/price)
If you can't, I'd go with an nVidia GeForce4 TI 4400 (click here for vendor/price)
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Godvsscience: Radeon 9800pro (click here for vendor/price)

[Daleon]

Yea, for the 100-150 range the secret is LOOK HARD. There are always INSANE deals out on the net. You just have to look and be smart where you shop. Use resellerratings.com for sites you don't know.

Also if you don't mind taking chances on slightly used stuff, there are even more choices for getting higher end cheaper.

As for the 300-350 range, you can find 9800 Pro or 5900's in that range in pricewatch. Either will be excellent. If you don't want to go over 300, the 9800 NP is still a very good card and can be clocked up rather well.

[firegun2]

okay thank for help out but one more thing what should i get
Gainward FX PowerPack! Ultra/760 GeForce FX 5600 8X AGP 128MB TV/DVI or CHAINTECH NVIDIA�$133.00
GeForce� FX5600 128MB 8X AGP, W/TV-OUT, DVI-OUT. Dual, 400MHz $134.00,Gainward FX 5200 PowerPack! Pro/660 TV-OUT 128MB DDR$70.00 oeVGA FX 5200 Ultra 128MB DDR 650Mhz 128-bit memory, DVI, S-Videor $131.00


this from price watch all them

Firegun my man, get this Albatron GeForce4 Ti 4680 Turbo (NVIDIA GeForce4 TI4200 GPU TURBO Version), here at New Egg for the price of $152.99 located here http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...ion=14-170-018 . You'll definently like that bad boy, and it fits your price range. Good luck!

[Daleon]

It should prolly come down to personal choice at this point. I like the 5600 Ultra's decently enough. Question is if that Gainward is actually an "Ultra" board. So many 3rd party NV makers add on 15 extra names to the board you don't know what the hell your actually getting.

To me, it looks like a regular 5600/128 and they just named the board the Powerpak Ultra. In which case it will not perform as well as a real 5600 Ultra, which looks like they run in the $200 price range. If you look at pricewatch, the first board after a long list of the gainwards is the Albatron at $199 and this is in lines with the other 5600 Ultra's. If you use pricewatch often enough, you learn to compare ALOT. All of their categories are automatically populated with search strings for keywords so products are not manually categorized for a human who would know the difference of where something should be. Otherwoods the catgories are often mixed up. Pricewatch has some great prices, but there is no such thing as a freebie, most of the time.

If I were you, I'd get a MSI Geforce4 ti4600 for $150 range or a Radeon 9500 pro. Both are guaranteed to be very solid.

[NoSurrender]

yea i have to agree with daleon i upgraded from a AIW Radeon 8500pro DV to a Radeon 9500pro and it makes a huge difference in game and it is one of the best graphics cards ive ever owned (cheap and fast how much better does it get)

[firegun2]

hi all



thanx for you r help i got a rad9600 pro 128b there are discontinued rad 9500 pro hard a locate now . so i hope this card is good

[WickedDeus]

Yeah thats a good card.