Cheapest fully featured DX9 card?

[Antoneo]

I'm just curious which would be the cheapest fully featured DX9 card from ATI and nvidia... and am I correct in assuming that VMR9 would not work without a fully featured DX9 card?

 

[JBT]

I would say a Radeon 9600 pro would be as low as I would go for a DX 9 card.

 

[Antoneo]

Hrmm, someone quickly tell me what the difference is between pro and non-pro in the ATI world. Just different GPU clockspeeds?

 

[Smoothe]

Here is all the info you need.

 

[imported_Computer MAn]

Yes and sometimes the non pro has less pipelines and shaders on it

 

[MisterChief]

Examine the Pro, XT, and non-Pro versions, and you can see differnces in clockspeeds. As for realtime performance comparisons, the XT is noticably better than the non-Pro. And yes, a 9600 is as low as I would go.

 

[Todd33]

You can do VMR9 with a 9200SE or FX5200.

 

[MisterChief]

True, but a later card will last longer

 

[Cdubneeddeal]

If you wanna buy used you could probably pick up a 9700 or 9800 pro fairly cheap on here.

 

[MithShrike]

Aye, you can get a used 9700 Pro for $120.

 

[aidanjm]

Originally posted by: Antoneo
I'm just curious which would be the cheapest fully featured DX9 card from ATI and nvidia... and am I correct in assuming that VMR9 would not work without a fully featured DX9 card?

a 9550 is supposedly fully featured and works with VMR9

 

[otispunkmeyer]

what about the 6200? the 128mb version of course if its still sold but whoops its pci-e only isnt it? sorry

yes 9600 is as low as id go...how about a 9500pro used maybes theres some on ebay or in the FS/FT forum

 

[bigal40]

"the cheapest fully featured DX9 card from ATI and nvidia" are probably the x300 or 9600 form ATI and the FX5100 from NVIDIA

 

[Peter]

ATI's lowest is 9550SE - the slowest version of the DX9 hardware core that makes the 9550 and 9600 series. No features missing, just slower speed. Plain 9550 is next in line, then 9600, 9600pro, 9600XT. There used to be a 9600SE too, performing somewhere inbetween 9550SE and 9550.

 

[bigal40]

Originally posted by: Peter
ATI's lowest is 9550SE - the slowest version of the DX9 hardware core that makes the 9550 and 9600 series. No features missing, just slower speed. Plain 9550 is next in line, then 9600, 9600pro, 9600XT. There used to be a 9600SE too, performing somewhere inbetween 9550SE and 9550.

an X300 can be had for less than a 9550

 

[Antoneo]

Hrmm if I can get a 9700 Pro for about $120, how much should a 9600 or a 9600 pro cost?

 

[nitromullet]

Originally posted by: bigal40
"the cheapest fully featured DX9 card from ATI and nvidia" are probably the x300 or 9600 form ATI and the FX5100 from NVIDIA

The low end nVidia FX series cards are DX9 compliant, but not really DX9 capable. I don't think that it would be wise to seriously recommend a low end FX card to someone looking for a DX9 card.

 

[bigal40]

Originally posted by: nitromullet

Originally posted by: bigal40
"the cheapest fully featured DX9 card from ATI and nvidia" are probably the x300 or 9600 form ATI and the FX5100 from NVIDIA

The low end nVidia FX series cards are DX9 compliant, but not really DX9 capable. I don't think that it would be wise to seriously recommend a low end FX card to someone looking for a DX9 card.

I don't Recommend the lower end FX series. THat is why i quoted the question about the cheapest DX9 cards. I simply put the directx 9 capable cards that can be bought fo the least amount of money.