upgrading video cards??

[PrayForDeath]

That's a pretty bad card, you shouldn't have bought it, it's even slower than a 9100, for that price you could've picked a TI4200.
If you can replace it with a 4200 that would be great.
As for your problem, I never tried the card myself, maybe the resoultion is too high, try to lower it in Safemod.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: jadbox1
Im in trouble now
i got i pny geforce ultra5200fx 128mb for $70
i installed it and iit worked untill i installed the drivers
now the screen is srambled and it flickers
anyone have any idea what i can do
support is closed for the day
thanks for your help

waiste of money on that card, a $60 4200 128mb would have utterly killed it, send it back to the store

 

[Insomniak]

Wait for PCIE, BTX, DDR2, etc to be out (roughly til Christmas). At that point, previous gen (AGP, ATX, DDR) tech will be cheap as hell...you could build a monster system for a very good price.

 

[high]

Originally posted by: shady06

Originally posted by: hatim
ti4200

 

[spazo]

Ti4800SE, I got mine for ~$105 shipped along with unreal tournament 2004

 

[jadbox1]

ok i decided to spend a little more money
for $150 i can get a
GIGABYTE ATI RADEON 9600XT Video Card, 128MB DDR, 128-bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP, Model "GV-R96X128

and it comes with 3 games
does this seem like a good deal?????

 

[jadbox1]

oh it comes with raven shield, tomb radier, and will rock thanks.

 

[jadbox1]

any advice on this one?

 

[Cawchy87]

those are outdated games, and thats a little over budget no?

 

[jadbox1]

so will this work for my system?????
thanks again?

 

[Rhenna]

Originally posted by: Sylvanas
definitely get yourself a 9500pro, 9600 or 9600pro. if you get the 9500pro and if you feel up to it, you can download the omega drivers and unlock the other 4 pipelines for a major boost in performance

All eight pipelines on the 9500Pro are already enabled by default.

The 9600SE has only a 64-bit memory bus; ditto for any other ATI card with "SE" in it's designation. Also, the 8500/9100 series cards would have a slight edge over the 9000/9200 series. Aside from what you can obtain used, the ATI 8500, 9100, 9600, and the nVidia GF4 Ti4200, FX5600, FX5700LE are *probably* available within your price range. Just be certain that you're buying a card with a 128-bit memory bus, (no FX5600XT, for example). I would avoid the entire FX5200 series like a case of smallpox.

EDIT: Regarding my comment on ATI "SE" cards: Actually, I recall now that the "9800SE" comes in both 128-bit and 256-bit flavors. But, the warning still applies for the balance of their products.

 

[jadbox1]

well i went ahead and got the 9600 xt for $150 and its working great
thanks to all of you that took the time to reply

 

[IamTHEsnake]

That's a pretty good card for the price, now you can even go ahead and overclock it a bit, to get more performance out of the card. It won't be drastic but it will be noticable. Search up 9600xt overclocking and I'm sure you'll find a guide of somesort that will explain to you how to do it and what's an acceptable overclock.