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A good PCI Card

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EvilllBilll

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I'm about to buy a 3D PCI card for my uncle. His computer only have pci slots and his a casual gamer, not a FSP freak 😀
I did a search and I found the PowerColor ATI Radeon 7000 32meg PCI. Is this card good ??
 
If your uncle is playing any games that require hardware T&L, then you will want at least a Radeon 7200 PCI or higher. IIRC, the 7000 was the last ATI card that did not have hardware T&L.
 
Well .. the budget is kind of low... its around 70$ to 80$ canadian.
List of game he plays:
UT
Half-Life
Age Of Empire
StarCraft
and maybe some DX8 games

But like I said, he's not a Frames per second psycho 😛
 
I checked a local shop here (Canada) and only found 2 PCI cards ?

AOpen GF2 MX400 SDR 64M PCI... $89
ATI Radeon 7000 64M SDR PCI ...$119

Neither of those cards is really good enough to do even light gaming IMHO. Decent PCI cards are hard to find and will probably cost a lot quite a bit more than even $100CAD.

Here?s Mloots review of a few PCI cards.

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My current computer (until I buy my new comp in june) has a GF2 MX400 and I can run a lot of game. Including UT2003. Ok it doesn't run the game at 30FPS but thats not the point. He will not use his computer to run high graphic games.

I think the Radeon 7000 will be fine for is use. I only wanted ta have your opinions on this card and I can see its not so godd hehe.

Well I'll post back the result.
 
Originally posted by: EvilllBilll
My current computer (until I buy my new comp in june) has a GF2 MX400 and I can run a lot of game. Including UT2003. Ok it doesn't run the game at 30FPS but thats not the point. He will not use his computer to run high graphic games. I think the Radeon 7000 will be fine for is use. I only wanted ta have your opinions on this card and I can see its not so godd hehe. Well I'll post back the result.
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i agree with you. even my geforce2 mx could play bf1942. sure the res was 800x600 and the details were medium-low, but hey, it played 🙂

hell, even RtCW played at a decent resolution and detail settings quite well
 
just curious, is a radeon 7200 the same as the original radeon? btw, if you were going for a 7x00 radeon, i would go for a radeon 7500, if you can find a PCI version.

here is a rundown of them. the geforcefx 5200 should fall somewhere between a geforce4mx and a 9100 in real world benchmarks. i think there is going to be a geforcefx 5200 pci

9100/8500>9000>geforce4mx>7500>7200?>7200>7000

rundown of directx compatablility
7000 is direct x6 (no hw T&L)
7200, 7500, geforce4mx are direct x7
9100/8500, 9000, are Direct x 8
geforce5mx/5200 whatever you call the thing is directx 9


a few benchmarks
 
If you want to choke your PCI bus (or so I imagine would happen), I saw a PCI GeforceFX advertised at Best Buy last week.
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Can't say I know too much about mid-range cards. I like my eye candy turned up and minimum 70fps. I see the Radeon 7x00 recommended for stuff like this though; I think my dad's PC has an AGP Radeon 7000. Haven't run many benchmarks on it though.
 
Originally posted by: Lonyo
A TNT2 will run UT/HL/Max Payne (DX8 game).
So a GF2 or later should be fine for OK frame rates.
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Thats what I think also. My PII350 @ 466 run these games without problems with a generic GF2 MX so I'm shure that his PIII 733 will be able to run them with the Radeon 7000.

 
Originally posted by: JCK86
I have a Rad 7200 32m PCI that works about the best you'll get from that bus - US $79.
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not true. try 64MB DDR on a radeon 9000, also PCI. works much better 🙂
 
Originally posted by: EvilllBilll
My current computer (until I buy my new comp in june) has a GF2 MX400 and I can run a lot of game. Including UT2003. Ok it doesn't run the game at 30FPS but thats not the point. He will not use his computer to run high graphic games.

I think the Radeon 7000 will be fine for is use. I only wanted ta have your opinions on this card and I can see its not so godd hehe.

Well I'll post back the result.
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DO NOT GET THE 7000! it sucks so bad!! i had it for about 2 weeks, had to return it. its a terrible card.
 
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