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    Radeon 9200 any good for games?

    Just been given a Radeon 9200 64 gcard, as I only have a standard 4mb agp card so I should be able to play the odd game now! – I know it’s no world beater but will it cope with the likes of MOH and Jedi Knight? And also what do you guys think the equivalent would be in Geforce Terms?

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    i think it's pretty good. probably better than a GF2-GTS and probably equivelant to about GF4 MX .

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    I would say the 9200 was roughly lower ti comparison.
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    Rad9200 is a decent card, you are a good 20% slower than the old Rad8500LE, somewhere near a GF3TI200 which is a good comparison because both have DX8. In fact the Rad9200 is better than GF3TI200 becaue you get MUCH better '2D' image quality, usable AF, hw DVD playback, lower power usage, less heat output, quieter card, DX8.1 (vs GF3's DX8.0), TVout and dual display (with dual RAMDACs). 64MB is evermore limiting but for what the 9200 can play well it won't hurt much anyway. Not a world beater but still enough to play many relatively newer games pretty well. Don't forget your CPU plays a part too, esp in certain games. If your CPU is below 1ghz then I would suggest you always force 8xAF on in the drivers to use up the otherwise untapped gfx card power.

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    idd with the gf3ti200 performace, but the extras could make it a much nicer card to own. not sure though how gf3 and gf4mx compare, but id guess it was probably a lot better.

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    Even the fastest GF4MX (MX460) are a fair bit slower than the slowest GF3 (TI200) and also lack DX8 which is very bad indeed (and getting worse). GF4MX are enhanced GF2 archy so way inferior to the GF3 when it comes to 3D in every dept and game. The GF4 series was made up of the GF4TI (enhanced GF3) and the GF4MX (enhanced GF2). The enhancements are big improvements in the '2D' image quality, 3D speed, a little better AA+AF, hw DVD decoding (MX only), standardised TVout and dual display.

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    Thanks Guys

    i got some 'hacked drivers' from this web site and the card seems really nice! not sure what all the options do! but it played the new Jedi Knight game at 1024 (15" tft) fine... so thats cool!

    got any tips on the setup?

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    These are the drivers i installed

    The Omegas based on the 3.7s

    http://downloads.driverheaven.net/o..._omega_2478.exe

    are they any good?

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    CAT3.7 should certainly be the best to date, the Omega version is an unofficial variant which has some added functionality and allows certain sw optimisations to be used on the 9500 & 9700 which it's believed ATI reserves for 9600 & 9800. SO basically the CAT3.7 are the best official drivers but the Omega variant are VERY popular, both are a fine choice.

    Setting up your driver options ... you mean things like TVout and dual display or optimisations like AA, AF etc. I would suggest you leave it set to application/auto controlled. Rad9200 can do AF with very little hit, most games you'll probably want 4xAF - 8xAF (forced on in driver) but AA is unusably slow so forget that.

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    Originally posted by Austin
    CAT3.7 should certainly be the best to date, the Omega version is an unofficial variant which has some added functionality and allows certain sw optimisations to be used on the 9500 & 9700 which it's believed ATI reserves for 9600 & 9800. SO basically the CAT3.7 are the best official drivers but the Omega variant are VERY popular, both are a fine choice.

    Setting up your driver options ... you mean things like TVout and dual display or optimisations like AA, AF etc. I would suggest you leave it set to application/auto controlled. Rad9200 can do AF with very little hit, most games you'll probably want 4xAF - 8xAF (forced on in driver) but AA is unusably slow so forget that.
    Thanks Austin

    Yeah it all seems nice, i just when to advanced monitor options and there was like 30 diffrent tab menu's! but i guess default settings will be fine. - thanks Jim

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    Radeon 9200

    As long as you get 128-bit memory bus version it will do fine for casual gaming. I have one of these made by Club3d and it has extremely good 2d image and sharp 3d as well. You can even overclock it despite the fact it uses only passive cooler, I got my own 290 core. Memory won't probably overclock much, I left mine to default 200. With cooler on heatsink I could probably break 300 core easily. Another good thing about this card is that it fully supports all DX 8.1 functions. It doesn't need DX 9.0 capability since it just doesn't have enough muscle to run PS 2.0 and VS 2.0 (I'm sure everyone knows Geforce FX has DX 9.0 capability but it's useless for it). All in all grab 64 meg version with 128-bit memorybus for cheap and enjoy. Remember that all so called low-profile cards are made with 64-bit memory bus, avoid them.

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