Best card for ~$250

[Torque]

Hi,

My ti4200 died, and I'm lookin for a good gaming card. Any suggestions?

I heard good things for the Ice-Q...
Just wondering what was the "best" for that price range, or one of the best.

thanks

 

[cleeve]

9800 PROS can be had for ~$210

$250 should net you a nifty 9800 PRO with a whooping 256 megs of RAM... probably not worth the premium you pay over the regular 9800 PRO, though.

The 9800 PRO Rulez! And in most cases the core overclocks to 9800XT speeds! Heck, I hear the new 9800 PROs from sapphire actually come with 9800XT chips in them...

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<b>Radeon <font color=red>9500 PRO</b></font color=red> <i>(hardmodded 9500, o/c 340/310)</i>
<b>AthlonXP <font color=red>~2600+</b></font color=red> <i>(2400+ @ 2145 Mhz)</i>
<b>3dMark03: <font color=red>4,055</b>

 

[daddywags214]

Yes. Buy a 9800 Pro 128mb, and go out to Taco Bell every day for a couple weeks.

AHHH <b>MOTHERLAND!!!!!</b>

 

[Torque]

When i go to newegg, there are like 30 different kinds of 9800 pro.
Could you possibly give me a link to one that you would recommend?

Thanks for the help

 

[cleeve]

Good= Ati, Sapphire, gigabyte, hercules, ASUS (I probably forgot some)

Bad= the rest

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<b>Radeon <font color=red>9500 PRO</b></font color=red> <i>(hardmodded 9500, o/c 340/310)</i>
<b>AthlonXP <font color=red>~2600+</b></font color=red> <i>(2400+ @ 2145 Mhz)</i>
<b>3dMark03: <font color=red>4,055</b>

 

[Titanion]

The BBA is like $222 and the Sapphire is $210...

<font color=red><b>NF7-S/Mobile Barton 2600+
211x11.5 1.808v SLK900A
1GB Corsair XMS PC3200
Sapphire 9500np-Toasted</font color=red><font color=black>
NF7-S/Barton 2500+
200x11.5 1.76v
512MB XMS PC2700
XFX Ti4200

 

[coylter]

Hahahaha

Athlon 2700xp+ (oc: 3200xp+ with 200fsb) , Radeon 9800pro (oc: 410/360) , 512mb pc3200 (5-3-3-2), Asus A7N8X-X

 

[HardWareBoss]

Send you old TI4200 to ATI. They will give you $50 US for it on tradein on 9800Pro. Your cost on 9800Pro $199.

 

[pitsi]

What's the point? He can get the Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro from Newegg for $210, avoiding at the same time from all the extra trouble!

 

[ChipDeath]

Cry me a river you forum nazi. I asked a question, got a good answer, and thanks to people like you, got a good laugh at a forum troll.

Touché!

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Epox 8RDA+ rev1.1 w/ Custom NB HS
XP1700+ @205x11 (~2.26Ghz), 1.575Vcore
2x256Mb Corsair PC3200LL 2-2-2-4
Sapphire 9800Pro 420/744

 

[addiarmadar]

Find yourself a radeon 9800 pro.

Mobile Barton 2500+ @ 2420mhz 11x220 1.7v
Asus A7N8X Dlx 440 FSB
1gb Geil GD pc3500 Dual Channel (2-3-3-6)
Segata 80gb SATA 8.5ms seek
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro to XT(420/730)

 

[Vapor]

Nazi?? Last we heard that word used as an attack, the person was banned. Maybe it's your turn, n00b (you should be banned, frankly).

Maxtor disgraces the six letters that make Matrox.

 

[DonnieDarko]

Seemed like he was joking, I don't think he was attacking.

 

[Obtuse]

<A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-161-109&depa=0" target="_new">Here</A> is the best for under $250. Look at that fan & heatsink, you can almost hear them, "c'mon baby, I'm not like those other cards, you can overclock me anytime you want, I won't mess up or make you cry, I promise". Buy it... you know you want to.

 

[Slava]

Send you old TI4200 to ATI. They will give you $50 US for it on tradein on 9800Pro. Your cost on 9800Pro $199.

No they won't. They will charge you a $50 security deposit + the retail price of the 9800Pro card. Once they receive your Ti4200 they will REFUND the $50 they charged you previously. THIS IS NOT A DISCOUNT!

Also, you will pay ATI a minimum of $15 shipping charge and you have to pay for shipping your Ti-4200 to ATI.

Finally, by participating in this mockery of a trade-in program you will lose your chance to get $20-30 for your Ti-4200 on eBay or a friend you could sell your card to!

Additionally, as of this morning, the only 9800Pro available in the ATI trade-up program was the $349.00 ALL-IN-WONDER 9800 PRO 128MB AGP

<font color=green>"The creative powers of English morphology are pathetic compared to what we find in other languages." (Steven Pinker, The Language Instinct)</font color=green> <P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Slava on 05/24/04 02:58 PM.</EM></FONT></P>