Any recommendations on a temp pci card

[JaceAce32]

Edit: Btw, i'm trying to spend less than $50 so i can save money to later buy a 6800 GT card..

Hey guys, i'm looking to get a temporary pci or pci-e video card for my long awaited rig ( i just cant wait anymore).... i am looking to spend Less than $50 i guess so i headed to ebay which is full of price gouging and so many many many cards.

Anybody have any recommendations on a strong yet cheap temp pci video card w/ Vga and Tv-Out?

So many terms i do not understand, damn i got a headache with all that price gouging on ebay.

 

[mwmorph]

get the following. the geforce4mx/2mx cards are DX7 only but ran madden 12x10 medium settings well. good temp card, hell i have a geforce2ultra as my temp card.

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geforce4mx are slightly faster than the geforce2ultra
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-139-146&depa=1
geforce2mx are slower than the geofrce2 ultra and
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-139-150&depa=1
the geforce mx4000 are slightly slower than the geforce2 ultra
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-130-217&depa=1

or get a radeon7500(faster than a 7000 which is painfully slow, but the 7500 is still slower than an ultra, about as fast as the geforce mx4000)
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-102-500&depa=1

or if you have $52-60 buy a 9200se(DX8.1 compliant and faster than the mx cards.)
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-102-354&depa=1

 

[hans030390]

oh yeah, 9200 all the way

 

[JaceAce32]

9200 or 9250?

 

[Mloot]

Originally posted by: JaceAce32
9200 or 9250?

6 of one, half-dozen of the other...really doesn't matter. Just make sure that the one you pick has a 128-bit memory interface instead of 64-bit slowness.

 

[JaceAce32]

what do you guys think of a:
POWERCOLOR RADEON 9250 256MB DDR - R92P-LD3?
128-bit system architecture

I've been hearing people say 9250's are bad so i got worried.. they might be speaking of the 64-bit 9250's though...

 

[Mloot]

That one is almost guaranteed to be a 128-bit card. Although it's too slow to make use of all that memory, you almost have to buy a 256mb PCI card nowadays to know you will be getting one that is not 64-bit. It's decent enough as far as PCI cards go. How much would you be paying for it?

 

[Demoth]

Spend a couple of dollars more and get this refurbished card on new egg. Mod it to a 6600 and OC it. You may not even want to upgrade till the next gen cards are here.

CHAINTECH nVIDIA GeForce 6200 Video Card, 128MB DDR, 64-Bit, DVI/TV-Out, PCI-Express, Model "SE6200/128" -RETAIL
Specifications:
Chipset/Core Speed: nVIDIA GeForce 6200/300MHz
Memory/Effective Speed: 128MB DDR/400MHz
BUS: PCI-Express x16
Ports: VGA Out(15 Pin D-Sub) + TV-Out (S-Video Out) + DVI
Support 3D API: DirectX 9(Shader Model 3.0), OpenGL 1.5
Max Resolution@32bit Color: 2048X1536@85Hz
RAMDACs: 400MHz
Retail Box (See pics for details) more info-> N82E16814145108R $55.00 $55.00




Subtotal » $55.00

 

[JaceAce32]

great idea, i saw that before on newegg, good sh!t, but should i use that card since it is 64-bit...?

also does it have purevideo? i feel that is a great feature since i have a wintv-go card (kinda bad quality i hear) and there is a $80 6600 on newegg

 

[gwag]

buy a 4200ti of ebay for less than $50...

 

[mwmorph]

Originally posted by: JaceAce32
great idea, i saw that before on newegg, good sh!t, but should i use that card since it is 64-bit...?

also does it have purevideo? i feel that is a great feature since i have a wintv-go card (kinda bad quality i hear) and there is a $80 6600 on newegg

no pure video on ono 6800series cards. dont all 64bits use TC?

 

[Demoth]

Actually, newegg has a gigabyte 6600 PCIe refurbed for $68 and it smokes any of the lesser priced choices. Reviews on this card show an easy core OC to 600 and memory to 575. The only reason I listed that 6200 was it was closer to your $50 cap, but the memory on that particular card is slow, worse than stock 6200s. So, if you want something to keep a bit, go for the 6600 for sure or spend another $5 for a stock 6200 and mod it. If you want to stick closer the $50 though, the 6200 I listed is much, much better than other cards listed and will have some resale value.