Help me choose graphics card... please!

Hi,

I have a two year old Geforce Ti4200 card in my computer, and now I feel like getting something a better. I want something moderately priced. What I'm considering is a Radeon 9600 or GeforceFX 5700. The question is, will these cards increase performance significantly from the Ti4200? If it won't make much of a difference other than added features, I'm not that interested and I'd rather just keep what I have already. I could also consider a 128 MB Radeon 9800 if you think it's definitely worth the price.

Another thing with these cards is that they're all quite old now aren't they? Dunno if a sudden price drop is about to expect when new graphics cards show up?

How much better would the cheapest kind of Geforce 6800 (the one slot, 128 MBit one) be compared to the other cards I've mentioned above?

Thanks a lot for any help!

By any chance did you look at the graphics card buyers guide yet at the top of the forum?

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The 9800 would be the best way to go if you had to buy something right now.

You have to ask yourself a few questions first...
Do any of your games run slow?
Do any of your games look like crap?
Can the money be better spent?

If I was trying to run games and it was to slow on a ti4200 and i just happened to have an extra 180 dollars lying around I'd take the splurge.

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The Digit-Life Montly 3D Digest is pretty good, and they do have the latest cards if anyone wants to compare;

<A HREF="http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/digest3d/index0405.html" target="_new">http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/digest3d/index0405.html</A>

The latest one should be out soon, but the russian version (hey the charts are self-explainatory) is up already;

<A HREF="http://www.ixbt.com/video2/itogi-video.shtml" target="_new">http://www.ixbt.com/video2/itogi-video.shtml</A>

And <b>SupaDooD</b>, getting the R9800/pro right now and then selling it for a replacement later, would likely be your best bet IMO. Keep and eye on the current crop of new AGP cards by the end of the year you may see some interesting deals if the statements about replacements is true.

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the buyer's guide needs to be updated = =

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I have TI4200. I'm waiting on X800Pro. The TI4200 plays the games I have. So I have time to wait for the price to drop. Before I buy X800Pro.