i'm on an extremely tight budget, looking to upgrade from a GF2 MX400, and have about $75 to spend (absolute max - would prefer closer to $40-50 but know that the little bit extra should make quite a difference).
here are two cards i'm looking at, both refurbs at newegg.
Gainward Ti4200 128MB, 4ns RAM, 8X, yada yada yada.
Sapphire Radeon 9600 128MB, 8X, yada yada yada.
assuming that they're approximately the same price, which would you choose??? also, are there any better cards out there for the same amount of money??? i've been looking at everything from GF3's all the way up to 9600XT's, but need to spend as little as possible right now.
FWIW, this is for my 400sc - my Gigabyte GF2MX is too old for the 875-based board.
many thanks, and i apologize if this is a repeat question - i did a search but could not find anything relevant.
here are two cards i'm looking at, both refurbs at newegg.
Gainward Ti4200 128MB, 4ns RAM, 8X, yada yada yada.
Sapphire Radeon 9600 128MB, 8X, yada yada yada.
assuming that they're approximately the same price, which would you choose??? also, are there any better cards out there for the same amount of money??? i've been looking at everything from GF3's all the way up to 9600XT's, but need to spend as little as possible right now.
FWIW, this is for my 400sc - my Gigabyte GF2MX is too old for the 875-based board.
many thanks, and i apologize if this is a repeat question - i did a search but could not find anything relevant.