what video card to get?

[jbmagic]

i have a geforce 2 mx 32mb and i want to upgrade my video card...my price range is $100-$200

of these three what u recommend?..it will be use for today games and future games. will i see a big difference from the video car di had?


1) geforce 4 ti 4200 128mb
2) Geforce 4 TI 4800se
3) ati raedon 9600 pro 128mb
4) ati raedon 9600 128mb
5) ati raedon 9500 pro

thanks

 

[azntiger0586]

radeon 9500 pro all the way.

 

[rsfnatik]

I currently have a GF2 GTS Pro 64MB DDR and my ATI 9500Pro is on the way. 🙂

If you can find a 9500Pro it gets my vote. It will support current/future DX9 games (yes
there are some out there), which, I believe, the 4200/4800SE does not. The 9500Pro
also has 8 pixel pipelines compared to the 4 you get with the 9600Pro. Stay way from
the non-pro 9600.

If you check out some benchmarks you'll see that the 9500Pro is faster. I suppose the only
"advantage" with the 9600Pro over the 9500Pro is the R350 core - ATI has updated both
SmoothVision/SmoothShader from v2.0 -> v2.1 and i've heard that the R350 runs cooler.

Good luck. Perhaps others can offer some other opinons/info.

 

[Psychosylph]

#3 or #5: They are pretty closely matched, just get whichever is cheaper.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: Psychosylph
#3 or #5: They are pretty closely matched, just get whichever is cheaper.

i agree, the 9500 pro is faster a stock but if you are gonna OC, the 9600 pro and 9500 pro offer identical performance when OCed

 

[cobra77]

will i see a big difference from the video card i had?

Yes you should notice a big difference with any of the 5 cards listed no matter what the speed of your CPU.
Though the faster your cpu the bigger the difference because the GF2 MX cards really bottleneck
the performance of fast CPU's.

 

[nRollo]

NONE of those choices if you're a gamer.
1. Spend a few coins more and get a 9700np
2. Used 5800
3. 9500Pro

 

[nRollo]

i agree, the 9500 pro is faster a stock but if you are gonna OC, the 9600 pro and 9500 pro offer identical performance when OCed

Could you provide some links to proof of that Shady? Half the pipelines is a BIG deficit to over come.