What card to get

Evil_Eye · 04-27-05, 07:04 PM

I finally deep fried my good old buddy , a Radeon 9000, in an accident which involved a can of compressed air and a stubborn ramsink. But now that it's gone, it's time to get a new video card!

I'm stuck between three main competitors the Radeon 9200,9250, and 9500. I can get these for a relativly good prices but, being that I am a light gamer, I want the best for my money. Which one should I choose?

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All of the cards do not have a suffix to them (SE,Pro etc) and all of them have 128 megabytes of memory. Also, I have been out of the video card loop for well over a year. Last time I checked the 9500 was pretty good, but i'm not so sure now.

silvervalkyrie · 04-27-05, 11:08 PM

For the love of god do not get a 9200. I have one and it's nice and what not for last years games but anything from mid 2004 and newer runs strained at higher resolutions.

I'd recommend a 9500 or saving a little bit more and getting a 9800 (which is sstill plenty good to today's games).

IWasHungry · 04-28-05, 12:23 AM

Could get a 9500 and flash it into 9700.

04-27-05, 07:04 PM	Thread Starter #1
Evil_Eye Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Up in Canada somewhere.	What card to get I finally deep fried my good old buddy , a Radeon 9000, in an accident which involved a can of compressed air and a stubborn ramsink. But now that it's gone, it's time to get a new video card! I'm stuck between three main competitors the Radeon 9200,9250, and 9500. I can get these for a relativly good prices but, being that I am a light gamer, I want the best for my money. Which one should I choose? -PS- All of the cards do not have a suffix to them (SE,Pro etc) and all of them have 128 megabytes of memory. Also, I have been out of the video card loop for well over a year. Last time I checked the 9500 was pretty good, but i'm not so sure now. __________________ CPU: Sempron 2800+ (stock) CPU Cooling: Zalman CNPS7000B-AlCu Mobo: Asus K8V-X SE GPU: Sapphire 4650 AGP 1GB Memory: 2x Kingston ValueRam 512MB PC3200 (DDR1) PSU: Sparkle FSP350-60PN
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04-27-05, 11:08 PM	#2
silvervalkyrie Registered Join Date: Mar 2005	For the love of god do not get a 9200. I have one and it's nice and what not for last years games but anything from mid 2004 and newer runs strained at higher resolutions. I'd recommend a 9500 or saving a little bit more and getting a 9800 (which is sstill plenty good to today's games). __________________ AMARA AMD Opteron 165 ASRock 939Dual-VSTA 1GB Kingston 333MHz PC2700 DDR RAM Seagate 200GB HD, Maxtor 160GB HD, WD 10GB HD Sapphire Radeon X800XL @ 451/585 Pioneer DVR-111BK DVD+/-RW Asus 52x32x52x CD-RW Asus 16X DVD-ROM
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04-28-05, 12:23 AM	#3
IWasHungry Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Seattle, WA	Could get a 9500 and flash it into 9700.
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