Video Card Advise

soundwave5

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Hello I need some advice I have been thinking about upgrading my Geforce4 MX 420 (Asus Majic something). Despite what people have said about the MX 420 it has acually served me well both for DVD playback which is a must for me since I mostly use my computer as a digital theater/sound system, and for playing the ocassional game of Jedi Outcast and Medel of Honer. Most of all I enjoyed it due to its passive cooling since I do have real issues with fan noise (got my CPU fan hooked up to a Zalman Fan Mate 1 and it works wonders as well as a Zalman power supply which keeps the box literaly whisper quiet). Anyway I have been tinkering with the idea of upgrading the card to either a ATI Radeon 9200 or a Geforce FX 5200 since they both offer passive cooling and many more features then the MX 420. So the big question is should I stick with the MX 420 or go to one of the other 2 cards? If so which one? Or is thier perhaps another alternitive? What I am really looking for is really the best passivly cooled card I can buy (that does not require any special modification such as the Zalman heatpipe heatsink). I have been leaning more towards the FX 5200 as it has such features as DX9 however I just done know enough about video cards in general to make an educated decision. Anyway any advice would be appreciated. Thanks

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Nights_L

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I guess that all the ATI's video cards meet your requirement
Don't take FX5200, you will be disappointed with that card, though Radeon9200 is only a DX8 card, but this card will perform better than FX5200
I know that Radeon9000 (no pro) has only a heatsink with no fan on it, if you are interested..
 

Spitfire_x86

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Buy Radeon 9200. It's better than FX5200 (non-Ultra)

FX5200 will be too weak to handle DX9 games. So it doesn't matter if it contains DX9 support or not.

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tombance

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Lol, the Sapphire R9700 Pro comes passively cooled, no modification required. But if thats too much, then get the R9200.

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