is the Ti4200 a LOT better than the Radeon 8500?

cuz at newegg, the 8500 is around 40 bucks cheaper. the MSI Ti4200 was at $120 bucks, while the 8500 was around $80. is there a big difference? if i went with the Ti4200, is the MSI one the best option? is there something better for around 120 bucks????

you can find ti4200s for 89 dollars, i think at newegg, the deal was posted in cyber deals. they are 9 dollars better than 8500s, but not 40 dollars better

edit, and you have to make sure you get a 250/250 8500 if you get one, the 250/200 ones arent that great

that would be nice. what brand was the 90 dollar Ti4200?

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...e=0&propertycode=&propertycodevalue=3107,3677

i think he was refering to those

Jotosuds said:

Iif i went with the Ti4200, is the MSI one the best option? is there something better for around 120 bucks????

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Yes, the MSI is one of the best GF4 Ti4200 vid cards around.

You can get an Abit ti4200 for $83 at excaliberpc.com. So yes, it is $3 better. Not only that, but the Abit's famous for o/c'ing very easily.

But is it $23 better? Newegg has 9100s for $60.

The $60 9100's rock. I got the 128mb version. Unfortunantly, Ipicked the sapphire on sccident, now the built by ati, and its 250/200. Oddly enough, it still gets 9000 3dmarks stock. Im going to flash the bios to 250/250, as it runs 275/275 fine.

hey, i just saw the Abit Siluro board at newegg for $80.00 bucks.

ABIT Siluro FX5200 DT 128MB DDR TV/DVI RETAIL
Specifications:
Chipset:NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 GPU
Memory: 128MB DDR
Bus: AGP 8X with fast writes and sideband addressing
High-performance, high-precision 3D rendering engine
NVIDIA nView 2.0 Multiple Display Technology
CineFX shading architecture supports DX 9.0 Pixel Shader 2.0+ and Vertex Shader 2.0+


is this one better than the ABIT Ti4200's??? i heard the FX boards suck or something.

there's a bunch of Radeons at newegg.com for around 60 bucks, but i have no idea which is the best.

this one is 58.00 bucks

ATI OEM RADEON 9000 Atlantis 64MB DDR W/TV out NO DVI, BULKATI Radeon 9000 Atlantis Model # 1024-1197-00-SA (Video-Out NTSCL)
Features:
Graphics Controller: RADEON 9000 graphics processing unit (GPU) Memory Configuration
64MB DDR, 128-bit memory, max memory Interface: 9.6GB/s with 200MHZ DDR.
Bus Interface: AGP2X/4X

this one is 60.00 bucks

ATI OEM RADEON 9100 64MB DDR DVI/TV out BULK
Specifications:
Chipset:RADEON 9100
Memory: 64MB DDR
Bus: AGP
High resolution 32-bit 3D gaming up to 2048x1536
2.4 gigatexels/second
68.7 million triangles/second peak
Support for DirectX® 8.1 and OpenGL® 1.3 applications

this one is 65.00 bucks

SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9200 64MB DVI/TV-out AGP BULK
Specifications:
Chipset:Radeon 9200
Memory: 64MB DDR
Bus: AGP 8X /4X /2X
256-bit memory interface
Supports the latest Microsoft® DirectX® 8.1 and OpenGL feature sets


this one is 65.00 bucks

ATI RADEON 8500LE 64MB DDR CRT/DVI/TV ,Dual Monitor support DVI-D + CRT only, BULKPowered by the revolutionary RADEON™ 8500 world’s fastest and most advanced graphics processing unit (GPU)
Specifications:
GPU: RADEON™ 8500LE graphics processing unit (GPU)
Memory: 64MB of double data rate memory
Resolutions: 640-480 to 2048x1536 at 85Hz
Bus: AGP
playback w/tv cable only -
Max Res: 2048x1536 85Hz
Max 3D Res: 16.7M colors 2048x1536

this one is 70.00 bucks

ATI OEM RADEON 9000 Atlantis PRO 64mb DDR DVI/CRT/TV out,BULK
Powered By ATI, Produced by Saphire Features:
Graphics Controller RADEON 9000Pro graphics processing unit (GPU) Memory Configuration- 64Mb DDR, 128-bit memory.
Connector Standard DVI (Flat Panel Display) connector
15-pin VGA connector S-Video connector
Bus Interface: AGP2X/4X
Operating Systems Support
Windows 98SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP

this one is 72.00 bucks

ATI OEM RADEON 9000 Atlantis 128MB DVI TV out, , Powered by ATI ,BULK
Specifications:
Graphics Controller
ATI RADEON 9000 graphics processing unit (GPU)
Memory Configuration
128MB DDR, 128-bit memory.
Connector
Standard DVI (Flat Panel Display) connector
15-pin VGA connector
S-Video
Bus Interface
AGP2X/4X


sorry for all that information, but i'm a total NOOB with vid cards, as you can see

i'm seriously confused here.

what would you recommend for under 90.00 bucks??? so many choices.