Which video card should I get? **TOTALLY CLUELESS**

[KennyH]

Hi, I am looking to upgrade my video card so that I can play BF1942 (only game I play) with all the settings maxed out 1024x768. I currently have a GF3 ti200 and it is just not cutting it anymore. The thing is that I would like to find a video card for around $100 that will do this but so many models have been released since my last upgrade. So, what do you peeps think? How about:

--ATi Radeon 9100 128MB?

--Nvidia ti4200 128MB?

Comp setup:

-- AMD Athlon XP 2000+
-- 1GB Mushkin PC2700

Need any more info?


You see where I am getting at? My only requirement is that I need a 128MB card. Please LMK what ya think.

 

[zephyrprime]

For $100, I'd get the ti4200. I hear that BF1942 needs a lot of ram too. How much are you packing?

 

[fell8]

GF 5200s and R9200s can be had for <$100 and they are DX9 compatible

 

[IanthePez]

I am running fine a gefoce3 ti 200 with an amd athlon XP, and 512 MB of ram...

you do have at least 512 mb right?

 

[Rand]

Originally posted by: fell8
GF 5200s and R9200s can be had for <$100 and they are DX9 compatible

The R9200 is an AGP 8X capable version of the Radeon 9000, which is in itself little more then a slightly cut down Radeon 8500/9100. It is not DirectX9 compliant.

The Radeon 9500 and up are ATi's DX9 compliant graphics cards.

 

[EY2K]

tho it would be nice to know the rest of ur setup, i think both video cards will more than suit your needs.

so it basically comes down to a matter of preference and $$$.

 

[fell8]

The R9200 is an AGP 8X capable version of the Radeon 9000, which is in itself little more then a slightly cut down Radeon 8500/9100. It is not DirectX9 compliant.

Okay, but several 9200 at Newegg are being listed as DX9 compliant.

 

[Quixfire]

The 9000 and 9200 support DirectX 8.1 features

The 9100 is a rebadged 8500 core and it supports DirectX 8.1 features and is not built by ATI.

The 9500/9500 Pro support DirectX 9.0 features

 

[KennyH]

Sorry guys about the lack of details, I updated the main thread. I just slapped 1 GB of Mushkin PC2700 in it and it is much faster in everything.

So, how about a Radeon 9000 Pro? What performs on par with the ti4200 from ATi?

 

[Wiktor]

What??

Chack out Tom's VGA charts, Radeon9000 PRO, places itself below GF3 Ti200 and just above GF4MX in UT2003 benchmarks. And take a look at any GF4 Ti how do you like that?
Copy this link:
http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic/20021218/vgacharts-04.html

EDIT: I know ATI is popular nowdays, come on! It's not the GFX segment, best from ATI for you is Radeon 9500 PRO - even if it's already getting old.