What video card to get?

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I'm shopping around for a new video card. My current videocard is an ATI Radeon 7000. I play the game Half-Life: Counter-strike and watch movies on my computer. My motherboard only supports 4x AGP. Should I buy a new videocard and if so what is a good videocard for a user like me? I don't want to be spending a whole lot of money.
 
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I would like to spend around 50 to 100, but 150 is okay also.
 

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K, give it a bit of time .... like a day for answers.
Check every once in awhile, people may want more info.
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The loving are the daring!<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Flinx on 08/08/03 07:06 PM.</EM></FONT></P>
 

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GeForce FX 5200 Ultra Video Card, AGP, 128MB DDR
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256-bit graphics core
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650MHz Memory Data Rate
10.4 GB/sec. memory bandwidth
1.3 billion texels/sec. fill rate
81 million vertices/sec setup
4 pixels per clock (peak)
16 textures per pixel (max in a single rendering pass)
DX9 with Vertex Shader 2.0+ and Pixel Shader 2.0+
Dual 350MHz RAMDAC’s
Max display resolution 2048 x 1536 x 32 bpp at 85Hz
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GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
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4 pixels per clock rendering engine
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Support for sRBG texture format for gamma textures
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Optimized for 32, 24, 16, 15, and 8-bpp modes
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Video Mixing Renderer (VMR) supports multiple video windows with full quality and features in each window


Type of Video Card: 2D/3D Video w/TV Support
Slot Type: AGP
AGP Support: AGP 8X
Chipset Brand: NVIDIA
Chipset: GeForce FX
Installed Video Memory: 128 MB
Memory Technology: DDR
RAMDAC Speed: 350 MHz
Max Resolution: 2048 x 1536
Refresh Rate at Max Resolution: 75 Hz
Port Connectors: VGA, DVI + S-video(TV-out) outputs

Graphics Support: DirectX® 9.0
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CD which includes
GeForce FX drivers
NVIDIA GeForceFX demos
Verto 3D World Desktop software
NVDVD software


In the Box: Verto GeForce FX 5200 Ultra graphics card
Installation Guide
S-video cable
DVI to VGA adapter


System Requirements: Intel Pentium® III, AMD Duron or Athlon™ class processor or higher
128MB system RAM
A 250W system power supply
A motherboard with an AGP 2.0 slot
17 MB of available hard disk space (50 MB for full installation)
CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
Windows® 98 or higher, ME, 2000, XP, or Windows® NT4.0. (Service Pack 5 or 6)
VGA or DVI-I compatible monitor
 
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Which card are you recommending? I see more than one.
 

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You'd probably be best off with a GeForce 4 4200. The 4200 is a better performer than the 5200, and should cost around $120.

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For about $80 you can get a GF4 Ti4200, which is BY FAR the best card for that price.

If you want to get a more recent card for about $100, the 5200 or 5200 Ultra is probably the best, but neither is really faster than the Ti4200.
 

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I'm not going to recommend a card since your price range is not what I was looking at for myself. I gave you some links where you could find some information for yourself.

The cards recommended by people will do the 4X thing. It is only that some Mobos only take 8X. The graphics cards do 8X/4X as a matter of course. (Go to a store and check the boxes and talk to the sales people yourself to verify. I even asked someone here myself a similar question :smile: ).

If you have been reading around on the posts you will have noticed that a fair number of problems occur because power supplies are too weak; when bigger graphics cards are used. If you have something like a 250W power supply you may have to watch out for that.




The loving are the daring!<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Flinx on 08/08/03 09:23 PM.</EM></FONT></P>
 

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Is there any particular brands we should look out for if Im buying the Ti4200 128mb?

Coz i found this Inno3d brand at 98 while Asus is selling at 130+
 

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my bad.. didnt realize there was a forum specifically talking abt my qn.. ..

so my qn now wld be.. wld anyone recommend any cheap n decent manufacturer?

like i said, inno is at 98, and im trying to keep it as low as possible..

tnx
 

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Go with a Leadtek or Gainward...at least that is what I would choose...of course you pay more cash for those names. If I wanted a bit 'less' cash (what's 20-30 bucks anyways when buying a video card) I'd go with an Abit or Chaintech. Of course...check the reviews first. I do know that Gainward and Leadtek were some of the best back when the Ti 4200 128MB came out.

Whatever you do...don't order from 3btech....I had major problems with them...but they did refund my money...but they were pretty schiesty.

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wat abt BFG? i heard from a couple frens they're decent and they giv lifetime warranties.. ..

and shld i go with the 8X or the 4X?

tnx