radeon 9200 or 9550 for a budget card

[jswjimmy]

what should i get a radeon 9200 or a 9550, both are 128bit the 9200 is a ecs and the 9550 is a rosewill . another thing ive herd of 9500 softmoding to 9700 is the 9550 the same.

edit: and what about a fx 5500 would it be any faster

 

[jswjimmy]

if it helps i plan to overclock too

 

[SneakyStuff]

Get the 9550

 

[high]

9600Pro minimum...and between the two, ti4200 off the FS/FT

 

[jswjimmy]

i found some benchmarks of a 9550 vs 5500 and the 9550 kicked ass link im going to buy the 9550

Originally posted by: high
9600Pro minimum...and between the two, ti4200 off the FS/FT

dude i have $130 to work with and i need a psu too.

 

[Cawchy87]

how much are you planning to spend on a psu? you can get a ti4200 or 4400 in fs/ft for 60-75 dollars

 

[jswjimmy]

i would like an nvidia so i can run 2 monitors, but i think the 9550 may run a little faster, plus i only like to but things new.

 

[Peter]

Nothing is going to stop you from using two monitors with a 9550 or even a 9200. ATi's cards are rather good at that too - as long as you don't forget to install the Hydravision software.

In fact, I'm sat in front of twin 20" CAD monitors, driven by an ECS 9200SE card. No problem there. My mate's office machine runs the same twin-big-monitors setup just as well, with the PowerColor 7500LE card I had before the 9200. (We went for the fanless LE/SE cards because we don't care about 3D performance, and want our cards to be absolutely quiet.)

Here's a 9600SE

 

[jswjimmy]

but dont you need two videocards

 

[Gamingphreek]

Nah one video card is just fine, as long as it has a DVI and a VGA 15 pin connector, all you do is attach the VGA to DVI connector and pug it in the DVI slot and your ready to go.. Although is you have that much money dont waste it on a 5500 or 9550, just get a Geforce 4 Ti 4200 somewhere, itll probably easiily beat those cards.

-Kevin

 

[jswjimmy]

is there any online store that still sells gf4 ti's

 

[The Green Bean]

Ti4200. Faster than any of the cards you mentioned. 65-70$ ebay or FS/FT

 

[jswjimmy]

ill try ebay but im still afrade that ill get a dead card

 

[Gamingphreek]

Here dont bother with Ebay.

Link

That way you know it is new, also it is 128mb AGP 8x. No worrys now

-Kevin

 

[jswjimmy]

thanks, i will buy it tonight

 

[RussianSensation]

Why both of those cards are horrible. My ANCIENT Radeon 8500 is even faster than both of them. I get about 11500 stock in 3dmark 01 iwth a similar setup. Now looking at 9550s setup, 250/400 stock speeds are just plain weak for 2004!!!! ....even for a budget card. Definately go for Geforce 4 4200.

Here is one for $81

You can find other brand name cards for <$90 on pricewatch.com

Radeon 9550
250 MHz
1000 MTexels/s
128-bits
DDR
200 MHz
6.40 GB/s

GeForce4 Ti4200 128 MB
250 MHz
2000 MTexels/s
128-bits
DDR
222 MHz
7.10 GB/s

Around the same price 4200 is faster no contest, + it will offer better performance in doom 3

 

[The Green Bean]

Originally posted by: RussianSensation
Why both of those cards are horrible. My ANCIENT Radeon 8500 is even faster than both of them. I get about 11500 stock in 3dmark 01 iwth a similar setup. Now looking at 9550s setup, 250/400 stock speeds are just plain weak for 2004!!!! ....even for a budget card. Definately go for Geforce 4 4200.

Here is one for $81

You can find other brand name cards for <$90 on pricewatch.com

nice price

 

[VirtualLarry]

A Ti4200 is definately faster, but out of a 9200 and a 9550, definately go with the 9550. It's a down-clocked 9600, basically. I have a 9200 non-SE, and while it works (and works well, for multi-mon), the 3D is mediocre.

 

[Peter]

Originally posted by: jswjimmy
but dont you need two videocards

No you don't. All Radeon chips except the original 7200 have dual output pipes, and can drive two CRTs, or one CRT plus a DVI panel, or CRT+TV, DVI+TV, or even CRT+DVI+TV.
Quite obviously, the card must actually offer two VGA connectors or one VGA and one DVI. This DVI port can then be adapted back to VGA, the required adapter mostly being included with the card if you buy a "retail box" version.

 

[jswjimmy]

my uncle does not want me to buy from the shops you guys sayed because of low resellerratings. i guess ill go with the 9550 on newegg and overclock it.

 

[jswjimmy]

is the ti4200 64mb ok i found one for $50

 

[jswjimmy]

lol i gust bought a ti4400 128mb on ebay for $65
edit: i found out that the card i bought can overclock to 4600 yay
edit: its a MSI G4Ti 4400-TD Champion Edition

 

[Schadenfroh]

get the 4400 for 65

 

[jswjimmy]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
get the 4400 for 65

i did thats what my last post sayed i bought it. i cant wait to overclock it, i even got ram sinks for it and AS epoxy, i plan to run it a ti4600 speeds, i just hope that the video card does not hit my ram, its going to be close.