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Which under $40 budget card ? 9200? 7000? MX440

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superstein61

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Hi, I am building a cheap system with a bunch of recent deals - but I still want decent performance.

It will be based on a $39 Frys special Duron 1.8 and ECS mobo - possibly overclocked to 2.2. This mobo has a 4x AGP slot. I want to spend under $45 on a graphics card - some gaming but not intensive. Whatever I do will be a big upgrade over my daughters existing system.

I can get the following cards:

for $30 Radeon 7000

or for approx $40-$44

9200
7500
7200
MX440

I don't want to spend more than that and don't want to by used. Which of these budget cards would you go with?

 
Originally posted by: superstein61
Hi, I am building a cheap system with a bunch of recent deals - but I still want decent performance.

It will be based on a $39 Frys special Duron 1.8 and ECS mobo - possibly overclocked to 2.2. This mobo has a 4x AGP slot. I want to spend under $0 on a graphics card - some gaming but not intensive. Whatever I do will be a big upgrade over my daughters existing system.

I can get the following cards:

for $30 Radeon 7000

or for approx $40-$44

9200
7500
7200
MX440

I don't want to spend more than that and don't want to by used. Which of these budget cards would you go with?
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The cards you have listed above, suck.

Any 9200 in the $40 range will be a 9200SE, which is a horrible card. You can see its pathetically crippled performance, here.

Increase your budget to $51, and get This card. It will be leagues ahead of anything you have listed.

If you absolutely won't increase your budget, I'd get the MX440 out of those cards.
 
yup get a 9100, i got a 128mb one and it rulz! for a duron 1.8ghz, u should be able to play most dx8.1 gen games @ 1024x768 with most details on. Be careful for 128mb radeons containing 64-bit buses, if u get one with a 64 bit bus return it, cuz the performance will be crippled, i got a rad 9100 with 128bit bus, pretty sweet.
 
The cards you have listed above, suck.

Any 9200 in the $40 range will be a 9200SE, which is a horrible card. You can see its pathetically crippled performance, here.

Increase your budget to $51, and get This card. It will be leagues ahead of anything you have listed.

If you absolutely won't increase your budget, I'd get the MX440 out of those cards.
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Ok, if I boost my budget to $51 for that card - is that store you linked to a reputable place to buy from? Haven't dealt with the before. Thanks
 
Originally posted by: superstein61
The cards you have listed above, suck.

Any 9200 in the $40 range will be a 9200SE, which is a horrible card. You can see its pathetically crippled performance, here.

Increase your budget to $51, and get This card. It will be leagues ahead of anything you have listed.

If you absolutely won't increase your budget, I'd get the MX440 out of those cards.
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Ok, if I boost my budget to $51 for that card - is that store you linked to a reputable place to buy from? Haven't dealt with the before. Thanks
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yes, are a very reputable dealer.

good luck.

 
Originally posted by: blazer78
yup get a 9100, i got a 128mb one and it rulz! for a duron 1.8ghz, u should be able to play most dx8.1 gen games @ 1024x768 with most details on. Be careful for 128mb radeons containing 64-bit buses, if u get one with a 64 bit bus return it, cuz the performance will be crippled, i got a rad 9100 with 128bit bus, pretty sweet.
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9100 is a good card for the money.
 
128mb radeon 9200se 4x/8x sapphire etc come from 41$.

ATI 128mb radeon 9100 is for 69$

BEST BUY-128mb fx 5200 Inno 3d for 56$

all this at pricewatch.com
 
i got a nice gf3 ti 200 for $35 shipped in fs/ft forums


it's supposedly good enough to play doom 3 🙂
 
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