Best Bang For Buck?

[dennisjai215]

best bang for buck video card?
i only have 60-70$ to spend.. what is the absolute best i can get for that?

im poor now spent 200 bucks on a cpu mobo upgrade

please help =D

 

[xSauronx]

should be able to get a 4200 in that price range easily enough, perhaps if you go used you could get one with 128mb

 

[hytek369]

Originally posted by: xSauronx
should be able to get a 4200 in that price range easily enough, perhaps if you go used you could get one with 128mb

i agree

i just picked up a 128mb geforcefx5200 for $25 shipped. not too shabby. try the F/S forums

 

[Matthias99]

Unless he's running on a GF2MX, the 5200 would be a *downgrade* (and even then, it's more of a 'sidegrade'). Of course, it's better than nothing.

A GF4Ti4200 would be a solid card if you can find one at that price point. You might look for a RADEON 9600 non-pro 128MB (not the 9600SE, the regular 9600, and not the 256MB version, which is underclocked)... you might be more likely to find one of those in the $60-70 price bracket.

 

[MichaelZ]

GF4 Ti4200

 

[EMun]

GF4 TI 4200

Can't you find some TI 4600s in that price also?

 

[modedepe]

Originally posted by: i82lazyboy
GF4 Ti4200

 

[RussianSensation]

Geforce 4 4200 3.3ns Albatron Medusa if you can find one

 

[fbrdphreak]

GeForce4 is probably the best way to go. I might try to find a Radeon 9600 or GeForce FX (anything above a 5200) just for better DX9
support in games. I've got an AOpen GeForce4 Ti4200 128MB DDR 4xAGP that overclocks pretty nicely if you're interested ;-)
I'm about to upgrade to a Radeon 9800XT, so I won't have much use for it.....
Drop be a line @ FbrdPhreak@hotmail.com if you're interested

 

[Mk4UmHa]

I'm also confused as to what is a good video card for under 100 bux. I currently have a TI4200 and a TI4600. For something around 100 bux on pricewatch, I see there is a ATI 9600 Pro 256 meg. Is this a good video card compared to my Ti 4200? How many "times" faster is it. Thanks.

 

[Cerb]

9600 Pro 256MB for $100? Sorry, you need to read closer. That's a 9600, not 9600 Pro. A 9600 Pro will be around $130.
I moved from a GF4 Ti 4200 to a 9600 XT, and it's not worth it..
If you don't want to spend $200, don't upgrade your video card right now.
The best card you can get for =< $100 right now is a GF4 Ti 4200 or 4800SE (which is a AGP 8x 4200).

 

[Corporate Thug]

4200

 

[jim1976]

6800 ultra. In 2 years.

Well to be serious I think ppl recommend you the right one

 

[dennisjai215]

it'd be nice if someone could link me to a 4200 for 60-70$ and if its 128mb that is even better thanks!

 

[dennisjai215]

Originally posted by: Matthias99
Unless he's running on a GF2MX, the 5200 would be a *downgrade* (and even then, it's more of a 'sidegrade'). Of course, it's better than nothing.

A GF4Ti4200 would be a solid card if you can find one at that price point. You might look for a RADEON 9600 non-pro 128MB (not the 9600SE, the regular 9600, and not the 256MB version, which is underclocked)... you might be more likely to find one of those in the $60-70 price bracket.

i would think that would be hard to find..

im currently using a radeon 9100 64mb

 

[GeneralGrievous]

http://www.gameve.com/gve/store/productdetails.aspx?sku=VC-GA-001


http://www.shentech.com/vigeti12ddra.html


http://www.buyxtremegear.com/10249c20.html


If you are willing to stretch to $110

http://atacom.com/program/atacom.cgi?&SEARCH=SEARCH_ALL&ordered_number=&KEYWORDS=9600+pro


A better buy than the rest.

 

[RussianSensation]

Originally posted by: Mk4UmHa
I'm also confused as to what is a good video card for under 100 bux. I currently have a TI4200 and a TI4600. For something around 100 bux on pricewatch, I see there is a ATI 9600 Pro 256 meg. Is this a good video card compared to my Ti 4200? How many "times" faster is it. Thanks.

First of all Pricewatch is not very precise and sometimes it shows incorrect information. In this case if you click on the ATI 9600Pro 256mb @ $99 you will see all the cards up to the first one starting at $131 are not 9600pro cards but only 9600 cards which are broke. Furthermore, the 9600 pro 256mbs come with 400mhz memory instead of 600mhz making them a hell lotta slower than a 9600 pro with 128mb.
And in conclusion, 4200 and 4600 are just as fast in games without AA/AF enabled, but suck with those features. A good upgrade from a 4200/4600 series would be at least a 9700Pro or 5900xt derivative card.

 

[dennisjai215]

ok.. the ti4200 from a ati9100 is a great upgrade i think...
can anyone give me some benchmark specs on
1. 9600 128mb(NOT SE) vs ti4200 128mb
2. 9100 64mb vs a ti4200 128mb

thanks

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: dennisjai215
ok.. the ti4200 from a ati9100 is a great upgrade i think...

can anyone give me some benchmark specs on

1. 9600 128mb(NOT SE) vs ti4200 128mb

2. 9100 64mb vs a ti4200 128mb



thanks

The 9100 is basically an 8500LE, and the Ti4200 is slightly faster. The 9600 Pro is about equal to a Ti4600 if not a bit slower, so I'd say that the Ti4200 is a bit faster than the 9600.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: modedepe

Originally posted by: i82lazyboy

GF4 Ti4200

 

[GeneralGrievous]

I agree with Russian: Pricewatch can be an excellent resource, but you have to use caution and make sure you are getting the right product and stuff.

http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/20031229/vga-charts-03.html


Has almost all graphics cards. You can note the performance of all 3 cards in various games.

 

[dennisjai215]

thanks all!