Need help picking a video card

[Shinumura]

hi, just joined and was looking for a little advice, i havent a clue on which one of these i want, maybe you guys can help me decide. Mainly what im looking for is a vid card for gaming nothing else.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814145083

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814131243

-thanks for advice

 

[bcoupland]

what do you want to use your computer for?

BTW, almost forgot, welcome to AT

 

[bcoupland]

Those two cards are pretty bad choices. As a rule of thumb, stay away from any FX series card from Nvidia. The 9550 isn't bad, but for a budget gaming card, i would reccommend an Nvidia 6200 128-bit mem model or a regular 6600 w/128MB or ram. If you can get around $160-170, then you could get a 6600GT, which is a great midrange gaming card. Also, what are your system specs?

 

[mrc777]

definitely go 9550

 

[IntegraGSR]

Originally posted by: mrc777
definitely go 9550

although you should get the 128mb version, 256mb is overkill for the 9550..


http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=1629&highlight=9550
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=2716
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=463&highlight=9550


some good info on the 9550 :thumbsup:

 

[Shinumura]

mainly using for gaming, 756 ram 2.0 GHz celeron

 

[Shinumura]

also looking for something thats cheap maybe under a 100

 

[bcoupland]

that cpu will definately be a bottleneck, but if you can find a 6600 agp for around 100 that would be your best bet. Or, a used 9700Pro. A 6200 non-turbocache would work well too.

 

[bcoupland]

These cards would be good:

Leadtek 6200 AGP - $115

Asus 6600 AGP - $134

These are good budget cards. The latter is quite a bit faster than the former.

 

[VIAN]

Those cards suck.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102409

That's better.

 

[Munky]

That 6200 is way overpriced. It can't be any faster than a $80 9600p.

 

[selfbuilt]

Originally posted by: VIAN
Those cards suck.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102409

That's better.

That 9600pro is a much better choice for the $80 range than anything else. $134 for the 6600GT is not bad, considering what you are getting, but up to you if you want to go that high.

 

[mrc777]

Originally posted by: VIAN
Those cards suck.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102409

That's better.

a radeon 9550 can be easily overclocked to a 9600pro

 

[kylebisme]

Probably on the core but just mabey maybe on the memory, and it doesn't save you much considering the 9600pro can be overclocked as well.

 

[BillyBobJoel71]

nothing u get should be so good because celerons are crap for gaming (i have a 2.3 ghz one and it sucks badly for 3d stuff) so stick with the lower end ones, so u won't have a bottleneck and waste money.

 

[Skotos]

get a 6200 non TC

 

[BillyBobJoel71]

yep, good buy. or a whole new comp if u want to play alot of 3d games like halo, half life etc.

 

[Skotos]

Super i have a pimped out Compaq

 

[Skotos]

Shinumura i would recoomend that you ditch that celeron and Get a A64 3000+ and then a cheap mobo like a MSI K8N neo4-F

then after that start thinking about a video card to buy

because of the 256k/128k l2 cache celerons have is going to cripple your gaming performace

 

[metro66]

dual 6800 ultras

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: VIAN
Those cards suck.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102409

That's better.

Great card for his budget; far better than the 6200 crap people are recommending

 

[kurt454]

Originally posted by: n7

Originally posted by: VIAN
Those cards suck.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102409

That's better.

Great card for his budget; far better than the 6200 crap people are recommending

Almost every 6200 agp card will unlock to a 6600. Blowing a 9600 Pro out of the water. Unless someone gets the newest A4 revision. They will not unlock.

 

[VIAN]

Yes, so let's recommend he gamble with his money, or overclock. He may not want to. Don't assume that he'll care or have the knowledge to take the time to do it.

 

[Skotos]

if you like to overclock go with the 6200 and try to unlock the pipes etc

if you know what your doing


if not go with the 9600