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I have an AMD 2600+ (Barton) 333FSB 512 L2 Cache with an ASUS A7V8X-X Mobo and Kingston PC2700 512 DDR Ram.
I have now decided to get rid of my old Asus 3800C NV AGP Card.
Any advice as to what I should replace it with? My budget stretches to !50 Sterling.
TIA,
Vijay
Edit .. Corrected spelling.
2nd hand GForce4Ti?
either a 2nd hand gf4ti4200, or perhaps a 2nd hand radeon8500 (might be a few quid cheaper aswell), bear in mind tho that both those cards are only directx8 (maybe 8.1 for the radeon - i'm unsure), but regardless i'm sure it will be a huge performance leap from your old card :)
mark
Thanx guys will go and hunt for bargains.
Vijay
:confused: Asus 3800C? Was that a Rad7500? If it was you'd be in GF2GTS / GF4MX420 type territory so anything will be a BIG step up. However shopping for cards below £100 really cripples your PC's gaming perf.
:( In terms of new cards the FX5200, Rad9600SE, Rad9000PRO, Rad9200PRO are the best choices (of a bad bunch). GF4MX, Rad9200, 9100 and 9000 are a fair bit slower. You will find clock speeds and hence perf varies with these entry level cards so you may not even get the perf you should.
:cool: For 2nd hand cards you should pick up a GF4TI4200 if you can as they are as fast as Rad9600PRO and GF-FX5600ultra in raw 3D speed (you miss out on DX9 and AA+AF), but way faster than the sub £100 new offerings available. As said Rad8500 (inc 8500LE) are still good cards but again clock speed always varied a LOT for thse, ensure you are at least 250/250 (250/500 inc DDR talk). Rad8500 are still better even at 250/250 than the fully clocked Rad9000-9200PRO. GF3 can be an option for good raw perf. TI500 & original GF3 are equal to a Rad8500 while TI200 often o/c to similar speeds. GF3 like GF2 are VERY weak outside of gaming though, suffering from poor '2D' image quality etc.
2nd Hand Radeon 8500, or a GF4 ti4200 are def. the best bets. Anything new for around that price just isn't good enough.
I currently use a GF4 ti4200, and play Day of Defeat (the only game I play, I'm in a decent clan, and addicted!) at 1600 x 1200 and get a solid 100fps. (max refresh rate). Come very highly recommened, just don't try it with and DX9 games :(
EDIT : I picked up a Radeon 8500 for £30 3 months ago :) - Just be patient, or put in a Wanted ad.
Tks for the info will be on the look out and will let uknow asap.
Vijay
Sorry guys just read my orignal post.
I meant 100 -150 Sterling and not 50 sterling . The exclamation mark was supposed to be a 1.
Sorry once again
Lol.
In that case you want what I've just ordered - an All in wonder (AIW) Radion 9800SE for £150 - £165 depending on where you buy from [Ebuyer were at £150 for a 'made by ATI' and OCUK are selling the Herculese (sp) branded one for a bit more].... there was some speculation on the herc one giving a fractionally higher mod success chance.
:D £150 is more like it. For that money you have the following options ...
RADEONS:
* Rad9600PRO - great o/c'er, easily exceed 9600XT speed.
* Rad9600XT - higher stock speed and should use intelligent fan, still some o/c in it too.
* Rad9800SE - 2 versions, you want the 256bitDDR 380/340 version. That's as fast a 9600XT. It lacks o/c'ing potential but you have a 30%ish(?) chance of softmodding it to a 9800PRO.
* Rad9500PRO - still better than all the above cards esp when you o/c. No longer produced so 2nd hand deals only.
* Rad9700/PRO - easily faster than all the above and as good as 9800 esp when you o/c. No longer produced so again look for 2nd hand deals.
GF-FX (dodgy architecture?):
* GF-FX5600ULTRA - 2 versions out and even the faster flipchip model is still well below a Rad9600PRO.
* GF-FX5700ULTRA - faster than 9600XT in pure 3D but the FX archy means you gamble a bit esp in the longer term.
I have this:
http://img.hexus.net/msiti4200/Top.jpg
http://img.hexus.net/msiti4200/Inside.jpg
Im selling it now for £40
Its the 128MB 4200 with all the games n what not except the drivers disk. But u can get them from Nvidia.com
Let us know