What is best regular old PCI card?

[ZapZilla]

Radeon 9250?

Nvidia FX5500?

Something else? Help...

 

[So]

any of those will be limited by the PCI bus anyway, so take your pick based on featureset.

 

[Mloot]

For ATI, the Visiontek 9100 (aka 8500LE) PCI is the best available. Usually only found on Ebay, since they are not made anymore.

For Nvidia, if you can find a FX 5700LE PCI w/128-bit memory interface, then that would be your best option.

Old pci card review - made before 5700LE's hit the market

 

[gsellis]

This does not seem to apply to this instance, but, if you are talking about mixing an AGP card with a PCI card, if the AGP card is from ATI, get a nVidia card. Much better dual compatibility that way.

 

[Gunslinger08]

3dfx Voodoo 5.

I paid $200 for one of them about 4 years ago.

 

[dxpaap]

Hey Mloot, I was looking for the FX 5700LE PCI w/128-bit that you mentioned - could only find reference as w/ AGP interface. Did they make a PCI vesion.

can find plent of the:

PCI BUS Nvidia Geforce FX 5500 128Mb Video Card V28 in the $60-90 range

or the PCI Bus Nvidia FX 5200 128MB Video Card FX5200 V30 in the $40-60 range

How do they compare to the 5700le PCI ?

Which one do you think is best bank for $$ ?

thanks

davep