Really really low end video card question

[tradejose]

I need a temporary video card to play Dark Age of Camelot just in the Shrouded Isles expansion at 800x600, lowest graphic settings etc. Which of these two would be better (both are same price, only options where I'm located atm):

128MB 8X XFX GRFORCE MX4000

or

ATI RADEON 9200SE DE 128MB

Thanks

 

[2Xtreme21]

Please post your price range because we may be able to recommend a good card for a small price.

 

[tradejose]

I'm currently located outside of North America, and those are my ONLY 2 options atm.

 

[aka1nas]

The radeon 9200 is a Dx 8 part(Pretty sure it isnt dx9 until the 9500/9600s) while the MX is only Dx 7. In raw speed they are probably pretty close but in newer games like HL2 the radeon will be able to use the Dx8 codepath and look much better.

 

[Concillian]

I'd pick the 9200SE out of those. I have no idea how well it will do in that specific game, but I would think it marginally better.

The MX4000 is a loaded bomb. You don't know what you'll get. They even made 32 bit memory versions of those cards (and you thought 64 bit memory cards were slow), though I think the 128MB cards are all at least 64bit memory.

 

[Dough1397]

well the 9200se is the se ("sh!tt edition" anyone?) so i think that thing had a 64 bit memory interface....

 

[coomar]

looking at this:

http://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/

9200 SE RV280 AGP 64/128/256MB DDR 200Mhz 166Mhz 64 Bits 1 / 4 DX8.1, PS1.4, VS1.1

they don't have the mx4000 though

 

[Munky]

I'd get the radeon just because it supports DX8.1. It might not be powerful enough to actually use it in 3d games, but for the same price it won't hurt to have that feature.