budget card

[jae]

throwin together a socket 939 system, need a inexpensive card. dont play games or do anything that involves 3d stuff. system just used for browsing net, burning cd/dvds, occasionally watching a movie.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

What's the point of a 939 system if you won't be gaming or anything?

Anyway, if PCI-E, see if you can pick up an X300SE that somebody is parting out of their Dell system on EBay or FS/FT.

 

[mwmorph]

if it's agp buy a matrox card for the sheer 2d quality it provides.

 

[hans030390]

or you could get a 6800ultra or x850 just for bragging purposes.

 

[jae]

nah im getting the vnf4 ultra, im thinking about getting one of the refurbished 6200 off newegg. XFX 64/128, Aopen 64/128, Leadtek 64/256, Asus 64/256, Aopen 64/256 they are all between $46 - $56.

 

[mwmorph]

oh no. save yourself man, dont get a turbocache(or TC) model. get a normal 6200, or if you want, a 9500 or something.(used 9500s are about $50-70 used).

 

[imported_Kensai]

Yup, Yup. Get a standard, full 6200 and not a TC model, it'll work wonders better.

 

[jae]

REFURBISHED: CHAINTECH nVIDIA GeForce 6200 Video Card, 128MB DDR, 64-Bit, DVI/TV-Out, PCI-Express, Model "SE6200/128" -RETAIL (OEM, BAREBONE)

so u think that would be better then one of them TC models

 

[jae]

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDe...145-108R&catalog=23&manufactory=BROWSE

 

[narcotic]

The system you're building is an overkill for the tasks it has to perform.
you can save alot of money by going sempron, or older Athlon xp.

 

[jae]

nah thats okay, i dont upgrade often so im trying to build a pc that will last for a little while. and i think 939 will be better if i have to encode/transcode a movie and also for encoding audio. besides this pc is only costing me $550-600 right now. and compared to this p3 933mhz dell that i bought in 2000 which costed me around $900, its a huge upgrade. =]

 

[imverygifted]

dont buy refurbished stuff from newegg, its not worth it

 

[leedog2007]

Originally posted by: imverygifted
dont buy refurbished stuff from newegg, its not worth it

Most of the refurbs are just returned products that had nothing wrong with them.

 

[imverygifted]

Originally posted by: leedog2007

Originally posted by: imverygifted
dont buy refurbished stuff from newegg, its not worth it

Most of the refurbs are just returned products that had nothing wrong with them.

ya well three of my three "returned products that had nothing wrong with them" didnt work, im just stating from my personal experience. i would never do it again

 

[Pete]

If he won't game, why should he avoid Turbo Cache or Hyper Memory? Seems to me like that tech is perfect for him. No use powering more memory beyond the framebuffer if it'll just sit there idle.

My only advice is to buy a card without a fan on the cooler.