Asylum 256, is it any good?

[sirjinx1974]

I am looking for a video card under $200 bucks that will play C & C Generals. I was looking at this Asylum 256 and it looks good to me. This card is around $140 bucks. If not, then what card will play strategy based games like C & C Generals??

Jesse

[stan03]

ummm most cards will do pretty good. what is your budget? stragetgy games don't require that much graphics power. The new 9600XT is a great card. if you need something cheaper than that you could get a ti 4200 and then overclock it. i am not sure, but it might even run cc on stock

[Overclocker550]

what hes saying is get a faster cpu instead, itll help alot more. if your card is really old, the ti4200+ new cpu owns a fx5600 :)

[snyper1982]

well thats kind of a blind statement, since he didnt even post ANY system specs. lol. what are your system specs by the way? and is c&c generals the only game you play?

[sirjinx1974]

AMD Athlon 2000xp+
1 gig of Corsair 2700 ddr
60 gig IBM hard drive
Sony DVD rom
Sony CDR-RW
520 watt Vantec psu
D-Link wireless 802.11b/ D-link wireless router 614+
24-bit Audigy sound card with built in digital 5.1 decoder and digital out.
DFI AD77 infinity with Via KT400 chipset
Radeon 7500 64 meg with DVI out (as of now)
Sony 15in flat panel display with DVI in

[sirjinx1974]

The card says it runs at 280 mhz core clock speed with duel 350 ramdac and it has huge heatsink and fan on it. This card looks beefy. The memory on the chip is made by Samsung. The card has the Geeforce 5200 chipset on it with 256megs of DDR. $149.00

[Yuriman]

5200?!?! The 5200, even at higehr clocks, wont be much faster than your 7500. Buy a radeon 9600pro, it will be MUCH MUCH faster. Generals actualy does use a lot of graphics power.

[Falcon-K]

i would grab a 9600 xt for that price range, avoid the 5200 its not a gaming card ;)

[Evnas]

I suggest this (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?description=14-102-301)

Or this (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?description=14-102-326)

Both in your price range

[Overclocker550]

give your cpu a good overclocking while you are at it. I have the same cpu and on an slk-800 she will do 2.47 GHz

[TruckyJ]

Yeah. A FX 5200 256mb is a total waste of money. You can get a pretty nice card (the suggestions made by Evnas are right on), but the one you choose doesn't cut it.