suggestions for upgrading?

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Finally decided to upgrade my video card. I currently have a Ati Rage 128 Pro Ultra (AGP, 32mb). I don't plan to spend a lot on the upgrade, just want to have a decent video card for occasional gaming. I'm thinking of replacing the Rage with a Radeon 9200 chipset card with DVI output and 128mb memory. Is it a good choice? Or any other good card with similiar price tag? Being new both in here and upgrading computers, any suggestion with be appreciated.

HZ

 

[Blurry]

First off welcome to AT
What are your system specs?
By looking at your current graphics card, I guess that you have a Pentium 3 based computer with an AGP 2X slot. If that is your case, then I suggest you upgrade your processor first (that is if you have a slow processor)
Anyways on to your question
128mb for a 9200 isn't necessary; a 9200 is essentially a 8500. For that price range, I suggest you go for a GF4 Ti 4200- it is much faster than the 9200.
BTW, if you have a slow processor >1 GHz, your CPU will bottlneck the rest of the system.

 

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Thanks for answering my questions. Sorry that I forgot to mention the specs of my system. It's a Dell Dimension 4550 with Pentium4 2.53Ghz processor, Intel 845PE chipset, 4x AGP, 512Mb memory. I also have a LCD monitor that has DVI. So I read a little bit about video cards and found this ECS ATI Radeon 9200 128mb with DVI for a little over $50 from newegg (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-134-108&depa=1) . They have a GF4 Ti4200 for twice as much.

HZ

 

[Blurry]

In that case go with the 9200. The GF4 is not worth twice as much.