Video Card Suggestions?

[Hobbzilla]

I have an Epox EP-8KHAL AMD Athlon 1600+ with 512 MB 2100 CL 2.5 DDR Crucial Ram.

I am wanting to spend no more than $100. I currently have a Radeon LE (32DDR).

Thanks for the suggestions.

 

[usernamemax20charact]

Not too sure, but I'd probably get a used or refurb 9600Pro / XT or 9800SE. Check the FS/FT forum, eBay, etc....

 

[Giantsfan24]

Depend on what games you play. If your looking for pure speed(fps), get the g4 ti4600. If IQ is important to you, Ati is a better bet.

 

[Johnbear007]

I would go with a 9600pro/xt over a 4600... 4600 is way to old at this point.

you can maybe get a a9700 pro for around 130

 

[Bronxkid]

I'm in the same situation, looking for a video card that is around $100. Anybody know if the GeForce FX5600XT is a good card? Newegg has it for 86.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-150-062&depa=0


Right now I'm running doom 3 on a 1.4 ghz athlon w/ 512 ram and geforce mx420. There are occasional hitches even on 800x600 and medium settings (possibly low too). I don't want a card just for this game since I don't play too often but I imagine halflife requirements will be stiff too.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Geforce4 TI4600 $96

 

[Bronxkid]

Pardon my ignorance but which of the three numbers is most important: core clock, memory clock or RAMDAC? So for Ti4600 it's 275 MHz Core Clock, 550 MHz Memory Clock, 350MHz internal RAMDAC

Fx5700: 235, 400, ?Ramdac

So 4600ti better than fx5700 right?

 

[Bronxkid]

Also, would radeon 9600pro be better or geforce 4 ti4600?

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: Bronxkid
Pardon my ignorance but which of the three numbers is most important: core clock, memory clock or RAMDAC? So for Ti4600 it's 275 MHz Core Clock, 550 MHz Memory Clock, 350MHz internal RAMDAC

Fx5700: 235, 400, ?Ramdac

So 4600ti better than fx5700 right?

ignore ramdacs

you need to think of 3 things. Core clock, Memory clock, memory bus width

benchmarks

 

[Bronxkid]

Thanks for the great link. In the benchmark the ti4600 and radeon 9600pro ran equally well on UT2k4. I think for the new games though the frame rates may suffer. Maybe I should try for a used 9700 or 9700pro. Unfortunately, 9800/pros that are used are still outside of the $100 budget.