Help! Which Graphics card is the one to go for?

[crisscross]

Hey Everyone,

Can you please advise what graphics card I should go in for? I can spend upto $100, not a hard-core gamer or something just want something does reasonably well in everything like DVD, DIvx, Gaming etc. which one would you suggest?

Thanx.

 

[Sugadaddy]

ATI Radeon LE. Very cheap and with a registry fix, you have yourself a 32MB DDR Radeon.

 

[crisscross]

hey Sugadaddy, Thanx for your reply but you said the LE. I guess you mean the VE right? what registry fix can I get for this? can you please elucidate on that? I am clueless! any websites where I can get this card? btw one more question. I plan to go for the Maxtor 40GB 7200RPM disk. Am I doing the right thing?

 

[shathal]

Hmm - have you looked at the Kyro II?

That may be something you might like ...

 

[datalink7]

Get the Radeon LE, not VE.

I think you can find it at newegg, which is a very good online retailer by the way. Search around on rage3d for information on how to hack the LE to make it into a regular Radon. You will also find the hacking utility on rage3d.

Hope that helps.

 

[murdock2525]

Hack ? Oboy, Where is the Gestapo ?? Pfffft


Moderator sleeping or Choking Chicken LOL

 

[murdock2525]

Hack ? Oboy, Where is the Gestapo ?? Pfffft


Moderator sleeping or Choking Chicken LOL

 

[mackstann]

or a geforce 2 mx, you can overclock and get it close to a gts.

 

[Sybz]

If you value DVD over gaming, the radeon is indeed your best choice. It has the best TV-out you can find and a lot of MPEG-hardware assistance. Gaming performance is more or less equal to a GeForce MX

 

[ziggie]

NO one likes "Matrox"?? like maybe "G-400" ?

CU8er

 

[bluemax]

<< or a geforce 2 mx, you can overclock and get it close to a gts. >>


No you can't. :| You *might* be able to get it close to a Geforce DDR speed, but NOT a GTS! Unless you spend as much on cooling as you would just getting a GTS in the first place.

 

[mackstann]

sorry bad memory, i thought gts.:Q

If i had a crucial brain instead of this stupid generic one...

 

[FordLorider]

Yeah, Kyro II or a Geforce DDR

 

[Rifter]

umm last time i checked a MX has half the pipelines of a GTS, GL overclocking a MX to GTS levels.

 

[TruculentTucan]

Radeon LE is the best deal around.... with the patch a 78 dollar card turns into a 120 dollar one.... this is the card to buy (if you don't want TV out and stuff like that )