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Old April 6th 04, 01:54 PM
-----Fred-----
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Default Which Video Card is better?

Hello, I need to upgrade the video card on my computer.
However, since I am a student I don't have a whole lot of
cash. So, I researched some "budget" cards and came up
with the following:

1) ATI Radeon 9200
2) nVidia GeForce FX5200 (From MSI Corp.)

The above two cards are affordable for me, but I just can
not decide which is better. I have Windows XP
Professional, SP1, and DirectX 9.0. The card will be
used for maily games and a 3D modeling application.

Any Thoughts?

Thanks in advance.

Fred
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Old April 6th 04, 01:55 PM
Bob Knowlden
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Default Which Video Card is better?

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...1552184,00.asp

"3D Price/Performance Shootout"

It's a gaming comparison, rather than one for graphics applications.

I believe that the Radeon 9200 is not a DirectX 9 part; rather, it's a DX
8.1 card. (See www.ati.com.) That may not be important for most games at
this time.

If the MSI card is a vanilla FX 5200 (rather than a 5200 Ultra), it will
have slower graphics processor and (I expect) memory clocks than the Ultra.

You might do better with a Radeon 9600 family product. (www.newegg.com
allows you to search video cards by chipset, so you'll find several makers
of cards that use the 9600 GPU.) The non-Pro has a lower clock than the Pro,
but some models are less than $100US. Avoid the SE version.

HTH.

Address altered. Replace nkbob with bobkn.

"-----Fred-----" wrote in message
...
Hello, I need to upgrade the video card on my computer.
However, since I am a student I don't have a whole lot of
cash. So, I researched some "budget" cards and came up
with the following:

1) ATI Radeon 9200
2) nVidia GeForce FX5200 (From MSI Corp.)

The above two cards are affordable for me, but I just can
not decide which is better. I have Windows XP
Professional, SP1, and DirectX 9.0. The card will be
used for maily games and a 3D modeling application.

Any Thoughts?

Thanks in advance.

Fred



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Old April 6th 04, 01:55 PM
Bob Knowlden
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Default Which Video Card is better?

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...1552184,00.asp

"3D Price/Performance Shootout"

It's a gaming comparison, rather than one for graphics applications.

I believe that the Radeon 9200 is not a DirectX 9 part; rather, it's a DX
8.1 card. (See www.ati.com.) That may not be important for most games at
this time.

If the MSI card is a vanilla FX 5200 (rather than a 5200 Ultra), it will
have slower graphics processor and (I expect) memory clocks than the Ultra.

You might do better with a Radeon 9600 family product. (www.newegg.com
allows you to search video cards by chipset, so you'll find several makers
of cards that use the 9600 GPU.) The non-Pro has a lower clock than the Pro,
but some models are less than $100US. Avoid the SE version.

HTH.

Address altered. Replace nkbob with bobkn.

"-----Fred-----" wrote in message
...
Hello, I need to upgrade the video card on my computer.
However, since I am a student I don't have a whole lot of
cash. So, I researched some "budget" cards and came up
with the following:

1) ATI Radeon 9200
2) nVidia GeForce FX5200 (From MSI Corp.)

The above two cards are affordable for me, but I just can
not decide which is better. I have Windows XP
Professional, SP1, and DirectX 9.0. The card will be
used for maily games and a 3D modeling application.

Any Thoughts?

Thanks in advance.

Fred



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Old April 6th 04, 01:55 PM
Will Sutton
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Default Which Video Card is better?


"-----Fred-----" wrote in message
...
Hello, I need to upgrade the video card on my computer.
However, since I am a student I don't have a whole lot of
cash. So, I researched some "budget" cards and came up
with the following:

1) ATI Radeon 9200
2) nVidia GeForce FX5200 (From MSI Corp.)

The above two cards are affordable for me, but I just can
not decide which is better. I have Windows XP
Professional, SP1, and DirectX 9.0. The card will be
used for maily games and a 3D modeling application.

Any Thoughts?

Thanks in advance.

Fred


Wait, wait and wait and you will find that cards like the Radeon 9600xt
will be affordable. Basically the others are junk


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Old April 6th 04, 01:55 PM
Will Sutton
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Default Which Video Card is better?


"-----Fred-----" wrote in message
...
Hello, I need to upgrade the video card on my computer.
However, since I am a student I don't have a whole lot of
cash. So, I researched some "budget" cards and came up
with the following:

1) ATI Radeon 9200
2) nVidia GeForce FX5200 (From MSI Corp.)

The above two cards are affordable for me, but I just can
not decide which is better. I have Windows XP
Professional, SP1, and DirectX 9.0. The card will be
used for maily games and a 3D modeling application.

Any Thoughts?

Thanks in advance.

Fred


Wait, wait and wait and you will find that cards like the Radeon 9600xt
will be affordable. Basically the others are junk


 




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