Sapphire 9600XT 256mb or MSI NX6200 128 Shader 2.0 or 3.0?

[dssence]

Hi guys I just need to know which one of these cards to buy, it's for an old AGP puter, what really makes me doubt it's the shader model on these 2 cards one has shader 2.0 9600XT whereas MSI NX6200 has 3.0. Here are some of the specs from both cards, please help me out decide thanks a bunch


Sapphire 9600XT
GPU RV360
GPU Clock 500 Mhz
Mem 580-650 Mhz
4 pipelines
Shader model 2.0

MSI NX6200 TD128
GPU: NV44
GPU Clock 300 Mhz
Mem 550 Mhz
4 pipelines
shader model 3.

 

[memories2002]

9600XT.

 

[Captante]

9600XT is the better card in this case .. with this level video card SM3 is an unimportant feature.

How much are the two card going to cost & what will their primary use be?

 

[dssence]

Well actually 9600XT where I'm located which is Argentina costs around 94U$s and MSi NX6200 TD128 costs 114U$S. They will be used mainly for gaming , I understand nvidia has better support under *NUX world , like for instance running XGL on any of these platforms, don't know much as how ATI works with XGL.. but most of the ppl told me to go with 9600XT leaving aside the SM3 on the 6200 which was my main doubt.

 

[Matt2]

9600XT

$114 for a 6200 is ridiculous