Best card for PS.Help!

[CraZy]

Ok i have a choise of 3 cards that i can buy at this time:
GeForce 4 MX 460 AGP 4x
GeForce 4 MX 440 AGP 8x
GeForce 4 MX 440 AGP 4x

Here is their performance specs(im not good at that):




so what card will be best for me? help me please

[Acaila]

Get the mx460, the gpu isn't powerful enough to use more than 64MB or 8x AGP effectively anyways.

Seriously though, why are you buying an MX series card? They are all crap, get a Ti, or better yet, and FX series card if you want an nVidia. Ti4200 is basically the same price as the MX cards, but is heaps better. even with only 64MB ram it will beat the living crap out of the MX cards, as the MX gpu isn't powerful enough to take proper advantage of the larger memory (or 8x AGP for that matter). imo, radeon 9600 pro is the best value card available and the 9800 pro is the best performing card available atm. nVidia needs to get their shit together over the ps2.0(directX 9) issues. Apparently the next gen drivers will fix it. I hope so cause I don't want my FX5600 to be redundant just yet.

[Veteran]

If your motherboard (system board) can support an 8X width video card, your best best for the dollar is the ATI Radeon 9800 (not pro). Keep in mind that RAM is tied for #1 greatest performace factor with video card.

[CraZy]

im not buying Ti series because i want to build a fast Gaming System so i need only a video card that will be ok till January or begining of February

[NoSurrender]

umm that will run HL2 and PS like Shit and THIS NEEDS TO BE IN TECH FORUM!!!

[CraZy]

i thought the tech forum is for PC probs...but thats not a prob

[Caspertoo]

You know most of those cards will run it just fine, but in my opinon I believe ATI to be ontop of the game right now. If you want a good card and save a bit of money go with the 9700, it is priced relatively ok right now because of the 9800 and it will still be good for at least a year or two. I run a 9700 and have about 120 FPS inside buildings and about 60-80 FPS outside depending on how many people are around.

I had a geforce card before this one and I wasn't impressed with its performance, yes they might have better support on drivers but the ATI series has a solid history of better performance.

[CraZy]

will my motherboard work with 9700?

[Zakaah]

ATI are just behind in performance stakes but for price on a ninja card the 9800 is the best with the 5900 just ahead with the patched version of 3D mark no help from optimiztion for budgit though the 5600 is ahead in price performance sector my 256mb 5600 cost me �138 (im in uk) and is faster than my mates more expensive 9600 256 he also has a p4 3 gig and i have an athlon 2600 I love overclocking and messing in bios also try AGP fastwrites if your screen goes screwy then turn back off but it can double the speed of your graphics card easy

[CraZy]

whats AGP fast writes?

[DaShiznit]

DON'T DO IT MAN! Buy an ATI Radeon! Srry, I'm an ATI boy...so sue me.

[CraZy]

hmmmm? can i get the ATI site? didnt found it trough

[PallarAndersVis]

why the hell would you waste your money on a card that you plan on replacing in january? its a waste of money. just get the good card now so you wont have to buy it again in 4 months

[CraZy]

I will NOT buy a good card i will buy whole new PC in January:



CPU : CPU PENTIUM-4 3.0 Ghz(512kb)FSB 800 MHZ

Mother board : ABIT IS7-E INTEL 865PE FSB800 DDR400 SOUND LAN SATA150 AGPx8

Memory : 256 MB x 2 DDRAM TWINMOS ULTRA COATED COPPER HEAT SPREADER 400 MHZ SPECIAL FOR DUAL CHANNEL

HDD : WESTERN DIGITAL 80GB 7200RPM 8MB BUFFER 3 YEAR

Video card : ABIT GEFORCE FX 5600 AGP X8 256 MB DDR TV DVI

FDD : NEC 1.44 MB

Sound card : ON Board

CD-ROM / DVD : DVD-ROM DRIVE TOSHIBA ORIGINAL 16x48x

CD-RW : CD-REWRITER IDE 52x24x52x RETAIL LG

Case : MIDI TOWER FRONT USB FOR P-4 300 WATT

Keyboard : KEYBOARD MICROSOFT INTERNET + OPTICAL MOUSE

Mouse : MICROSOFT MOUSE OPTICAL USB + PS2

Speakers : LUXEON SUB + 2 SPEAKERS EB2.1 1000 WATT

Monitor : LG FLATRON F700B 0.24 17 FLATRON 1280X1024