Need help finding a good video card for a cheap price

[TacoNapsack]

I have a crappy video card (SiS Xabre) and i need a better one. This is mainly to play unreal tournament 2004. But i have only a $80 to spend. What would you recoomend? Used video card is not out of the question.(Please provide web site name if possible)

 

[Melchior]

I would say pick up a Geforce 4 TI 4200 or so from ebay. (www.ebay.com lol) RUns about 50-60 bucks
And definately look in the FS/Trade forum here on anandtech. 5700 LE 256 mb/256 bit are also around 80 (maybe even less).

 

[TacoNapsack]

and how good would this run on unreal tourney

 

[Mloot]

Originally posted by: TacoNapsack
and how good would this run on unreal tourney

Alot will also depend on what the rest of your system looks like, i.e. CPU, mobo, memory, etc.

 

[Melchior]

Both will run it just fine. Unreal Tourny runs fine on my Geforce 4 Mx440.

 

[imported_Computer MAn]

Originally posted by: Melchior
I would say pick up a Geforce 4 TI 4200 or so from ebay. (www.ebay.com lol) RUns about 50-60 bucks
And definately look in the FS/Trade forum here on anandtech. 5700 LE 256 mb/256 bit are also around 80 (maybe even less).

 

[TacoNapsack]

Originally posted by: Computer MAn

Originally posted by: Melchior
I would say pick up a Geforce 4 TI 4200 or so from ebay. (www.ebay.com lol) RUns about 50-60 bucks
And definately look in the FS/Trade forum here on anandtech. 5700 LE 256 mb/256 bit are also around 80 (maybe even less).

Please provide link because i can only find it for 120 bucks?

 

[nick1985]

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this is the best bang for the buck card around $100. i would suggest saving a few more bucks to get this

 

[TacoNapsack]

why not rosewell Radeon 9600 128MB
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-164-022&depa=0

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: TacoNapsack
why not rosewell Radeon 9600 128MB
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-164-022&depa=0

They're actually about the same speed -- the Ti4200 is probably faster in pure DX8, but the 9600 can do DX9 and doesn't die when you turn on AA/AF (which is nice for older games, but it's not fast enough to use these with, for example, Doom3 or HL2).

some comparative benches (also with many, MANY other cards)

 

[mbackof]

Here
Is an E-bay Buy it now of the Ti4200 new for about $68 shipped. You can get them for about $55 shipped if you do an auction. Go to ebay and search on Ti4200. I got 23 matches when I searched a few minutes ago.

 

[marmasatt]

 

[marmasatt]

Buy the one in my sig.....

 

[TacoNapsack]

Is there any noticable diff between 64 bit and 128 bit. b/c i could get a 64 bit if it works well on unreal 2k4

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: TacoNapsack
Is there any noticable diff between 64 bit and 128 bit. b/c i could get a 64 bit if it works well on unreal 2k4

If you're asking about a 64-bit card like the 9600SE, it performs MUCH worse than the 128-bit 9600 or 9600Pro. See the benchmarks I linked to above.

 

[intogamer]

I have no problems using 5200. 5500 are good for ut. There is a guy selling a retail 5500 for 60 shipped. 128mb though, no difference with 256.

 

[fibes]

Originally posted by: TacoNapsack

Originally posted by: Computer MAn

Originally posted by: Melchior
I would say pick up a Geforce 4 TI 4200 or so from ebay. (www.ebay.com lol) RUns about 50-60 bucks
And definately look in the FS/Trade forum here on anandtech. 5700 LE 256 mb/256 bit are also around 80 (maybe even less).

Please provide link because i can only find it for 120 bucks?

Ti4200 free shippng

 

[TacoNapsack]

What about XFX GeForce FX 5500 / 256MB DDR / AGP 8X / VGA / DVI / TV Out / Video Card

 

[slurmsmackenzie]

i had a fx5200 128 pci legacy running as recently as three weeks ago. i'm sure the agp is even better. i had no probs running ut2004, hl2, madden05, and doom3 on it. give AT FS/FT a try. great buys there.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Please consolidate your threads.

- M4H

 

[blckgrffn]

man, I just bought a gf4 for $45 of the FS/FT forum, go check it out! There are a couple ti4400 128 meg going for 55-60 and those would run all over any fx card for the games you are talking about.