gfx card search

Post by **Triton** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:10 pm

im lookin got upgrade my graphics card sometime in the not too distant future my budget is in the sub 150$ range certianly and i am looking for the most bang for my buck, my computer has an agp slot what do you think is the best graphics card i can get for less than 150$? current card is this one[/url]

Post by **marshallh** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:16 pm

Don't get a gf4 mx 4000! It's basically a faster GF2 and that's it (Not to mention the terrible drivers!)

Harshboy · Post by **Harshboy** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:24 pm

this is a good card for AGP:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... &CatId=318

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If you don't have a DVI moniter, try this card:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... &CatId=318

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Post by **Triton** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:48 pm

i was thinking of this one! http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=AS-A66LE25&c=pw its pretty good but is it the best for the money?

Harshboy · Post by **Harshboy** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:51 pm

that's the lite version of the first card i posted.......for the extra 20 bucks i'd go with the one i posted...but that would work fine.

Post by **Triton** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:57 pm

no dvi monitor

but for 200 i can get a BFGtech geforce 6600 gt OC 256mb agp, that second card looks pretty good tho

Harshboy · Post by **Harshboy** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 6:07 pm

i have seen dvi to vga adaptors. They make them for macs so that they can use projectors........they are very cheap...but yeah....that second one is good for the price......it's really too bad you don't have pci-e.

XPCportables · Post by **XPCportables** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 8:30 pm

Ive got an mx 4000 and it is the worst thing in the world, next to intel integrated ofcourse

sniper_spike · Post by **sniper_spike** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:00 pm

If your buying a new video card and you have either AGP or PCI-E, there is absolutely NO reason to get anything below a 6600GT, if you do, I would have to say you would just be wasting money.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi ... x=0&Go.y=0

Trv · Post by **Trv** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:01 pm

because you are limited by agp slots, i would go with either an ati 9800xt or 9600xt. I have the latter of the two, it is about $50 cheaper and i love it. My cuz has the former and he says it works great.

Post by **Skyone** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:05 pm

Harshboy wrote:If you don't have a DVI moniter, try this card:

Wouldn't come with a couple DVI-VGA adapters?

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:35 pm

Trv wrote:because you are limited my agp slots, i would go with either an ati 9800xt or 9600xt. I have the latter of the two, it is about $50 cheaper and i love it. My cuz has the former and he says it works great.

I have a 9600 XT. Works great for games. Keep in mind that a better proccesor is more important than RAM. My friend thnks his card (cant rember the anme, I think it's an Nvidia MX card) is so much better than mine since its 256MB and mine has 128MB. But his is really quite slow, and mine is not. I just let him think his is better.

If you buy form ATI's site, they somtimes have a $50 off deal if you trade in your old graphics card. I sent them an old 4MB card and got $50 off mine!

timmeh87 · Post by **timmeh87** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 10:17 pm

i have the same radeon 9600xt. i dont play many games, but the card is oh so sexy. it overclocks pretty well too. i think i got it up to like 150%. i dont remember if it crashed after a while or not though...

anyhow. ati rules because they are canadian.

Post by **Triton** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 10:20 pm

im liking that GT, good price!

teraflop122 · Post by **teraflop122** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 8:01 am

I fully agree with sniper_spike on this point. An agp 6600GT from newegg is your best possible choice.