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Why are all the low end cards garbage?

OS

OS

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There are a bunch of sales on budget video cards this friday but I looked up the benchmarks for all of them and they're all garbage. What the hell. The thing is, my card is a radeon 9100, which is old as f*ck and all those cards are either just as slow or barely any faster than the 9100.

 
cus lots of megabytes + low prices =many (unhappy, i expect) customersl (OMG IT HAS 256MB OF MEMORY, THATS THE HIGHEST U CAN GET SO IT MUST BE THE BEST!!!!!)
 
And most of the PCI-e market is comprised of the same low end sh1t. nForce4 and ATI Xpress are right around the corner and the availability of top PCI-e cards is truly dismal.

Bastaads!
 
Originally posted by: Dethfrumbelo
And most of the PCI-e market is comprised of the same low end sh1t. nForce4 and ATI Xpress are right around the corner and the availability of top PCI-e cards is truly dismal.

Bastaads!
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What I like about the PCIe maket right now is that there are a lot of nice midrange PCIe solutions like the X700 and 6600 cards being offered at nice prices (at least at Newegg). $172 shipped is not a bad deal for an entry-level X700 Pro. The 6600-series cards seem quite plentiful and nicely priced. This is especially good for those of us looking to get a single 6600GT with a NF4 SLI board and then add in another GT later for a cheap performance boost.

 
Originally posted by: OS
There are a bunch of sales on budget video cards this friday but I looked up the benchmarks for all of them and they're all garbage. What the hell. The thing is, my card is a radeon 9100, which is old as f*ck and all those cards are either just as slow or barely any faster than the 9100.
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simple, marketing!!! not all people can afford those high end rich man's stuff... even if they(include me) can save a few bucks each day and afford it one day, i would still not be willing to shell out my hard-earned cash for a high end video card just to satisfy my thirst for eye-candy graphics... thus, to some(if not many) these cards are not garbage at all... hence, you get what you pay for... 😉
 
Saving money is better done by buying used older generation mid-to-high class cards instead of new underpowered cards.

It's not that this is something new 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Rollo
Because you get what you pay for, and stuff that isn't garbage costs more than garbage?
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I think you guys are missing the point. The 9100 is like 2-3 years old and costed the same back then as the budget cards do now. In 2, 3 years there has been basically no improvement in performance at this price point.

 
Originally posted by: OS
There are a bunch of sales on budget video cards this friday but I looked up the benchmarks for all of them and they're all garbage. What the hell. The thing is, my card is a radeon 9100, which is old as f*ck and all those cards are either just as slow or barely any faster than the 9100.
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Because, big numbers make thing sell to uneducated consumers.

Things like "Celeron, 2.8Ghz" or "Radeon 9200SE, 256MB". Same difference, really.

You're just too smart for their marketing dept. 🙂

PS. I'm currently running a 9200 (128-bit) card, so we're in about the same performance boat.

If only you could find brand-new-in-box Ti4200 AGP 8x 128MB cards for $50 on retail shelves, instead of FX5200 garbage. :| (My local Wal-Mart has had some PNY Ti4200s on clearance for ages now, but they're still marked at $150. LOL.)
 
Yeah, they always keep it the same.

There is no need for more power with these POS cards because they're gonna be running internet apps.
 
I know what you mean. I spent $45 on a 3Dfx Voodoo3 LE, and it was awesome. The I upgraded to a $60 Radeon LE, and after a bios flash to make it a full Radeon, it was awesome. I then spent double that to get a $120 GF4 Ti4200, ans it has been awesome for the price. I would now like to spend about the same amount for a better card, but there seems to be NOTHING out there to upgrade to...the low end (< $120) really is garbage now, at least for AGP...
 
But for PCI-E theres the X300. Equal to the 9200 but one difference, the X300 overclocks very well. My overclocked X300 outperforms a 9600XT.
 
Originally posted by: kmmatney
I know what you mean. I spent $45 on a 3Dfx Voodoo3 LE, and it was awesome. The I upgraded to a $60 Radeon LE, and after a bios flash to make it a full Radeon, it was awesome. I then spent double that to get a $120 GF4 Ti4200, ans it has been awesome for the price. I would now like to spend about the same amount for a better card, but there seems to be NOTHING out there to upgrade to...the low end (< $120) really is garbage now, at least for AGP...
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The old cards you mention were all mid-range cards, just the lower clockspeeds. They were no the low-end cards at the time, they had decent memory bandwidth and the full number of hardware units.

You didn't pick up a GeForce MX or ATI equivalent, this is why the situation from the past appears better to you, but it actually wasn't. You just made smart choices.
 
I run HL2/Doom3/etc on a geforce 3, vanilla..on medium details @ 1024, it's not awesome, but it runs just fine. I paid 50.00 for this card 2 years ago.

But i cracked and got a 6800 last night. I think you could find a semi-old card that would run current games just fine. Can't tell you specifics tho, as I haven't kept up with the market.
 
Originally posted by: THUGSROOK
i cant figure out why they make so many different "garbage" low end cards.
i think its to confuse you.
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They confuse people with the naming conventions..

At first it was

Voodoo 1/2/3, Geforce 1
then
Geforce 2 MX, GTS, Ultra
then
Gf4 TI4200, etc
then
GF5 FX29382 ULTRA EXTREME
then
GF6 6800 GT/Ultra/Ultra Extreme/etc..

stupid.
 
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