I need a new video Card? Any Ideas?

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Dec 25 2004, 9:19 am
My current video card is very old its a NVIDIA GeForce2 MX. It is not fitting my needs. I have very little money and my parents will give little if any. I do not want to spend all my money cause video cards go out of fasion after almost a month after they come out. Any Ideas?
Dec 25 2004, 9:29 am
You can go up a GeForce generation or two for about $50 according to Pricewatch. (I have a TNT2.)
Dec 25 2004, 9:37 am
In response to ACWraith
TNT is actually worse then mine... i think im thinking of looking into GeForce FX 5700.Im gunna be looking into how much money i can scrap up from my parents if i can get 20 bucks i would be happy o.o
Dec 25 2004, 9:55 am
In response to Strawgate
I realize TNT is worse than GeForce. I was just telling you that I'm in the same boat. I'd be happy with a GeForce 3 so I could play Guild Wars properly. My computer could not handle much more.

Anywho, good luck. =)
Dec 25 2004, 10:13 am
In response to ACWraith
Can someone do some research for me?

which is better?

ATI Radeon 9000
or
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX
or
NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX 440(im not sure of its quality, its $20)
Dec 25 2004, 11:00 am
In response to Strawgate
I have a 9000... it's ok. I need to up the anty to play CS:S or HL2, though *sob*

~Kujila
Dec 25 2004, 4:47 pm
In response to Strawgate
The GeForce 2 MX and GeForce 4 MX are basically the same card. The latter has an extra something-or-other, I forget what exactly.

I don't recommend you get either of them. Increasingly, modern games simply will not run under those cards. And I don't mean that they'll just run slowly; they will actually pop up an error dialog and point-blank refuse to start up. I know for sure Thief: Deadly Shadows and Deus Ex: Invisible War do this, and also several others; game developers are completing rejecting the older cards and older versions of Windows, which I think is a terrible idea.

Get a card with full DX9 shader support. (Don't just look at the bit that says "Compatible with DirectX 9.0"; all video cards are compatible with it. The question is whether they can use all of its features; full shader support is particularly important.)
Dec 25 2004, 4:49 pm
In response to Crispy
Like a Radeon 9600 :)

That's what I'm looking into, but it might be worth the money to just get the 9800...

~Kujila
Dec 25 2004, 4:51 pm
In response to Kujila
Radeon 9600 XT, it's the best bang for the buck :)
Dec 25 2004, 4:56 pm
In response to Darkness
Still quite a ways past the $100.00 mark, though :-/

~Kujila
Dec 25 2004, 5:01 pm
In response to Kujila
Dec 25 2004, 5:06 pm
In response to Crispy
well got a $60 dollar card? tell me and ill look into it... but im currently looking into

nVidia GeForce 4 MX4000 128MB DDR 8x AGP w/TV VGA card
Dec 25 2004, 6:27 pm
In response to Artekia
*Pulls out gift visa*

:P

~Kujila
Dec 25 2004, 6:29 pm
In response to Strawgate
GF4 is a pretty solid buy, IMHO... all the PC's at school have those in 'em, and they run Halo PC pretty darn well! ^^;;

~Kujila
Dec 25 2004, 7:09 pm
I am completely content with my Geforce 2 MX 100/200 card. Sure I don't play most new games on the highest video settings, but I don't even do that with old games. I don't see why people want the best looking games out there, as long as they can play them they should be fine. I run Half-Life 2 at about 40 - 50fps on mid-low settings. I can also run games like Doom 3 at about 25 - 35fps on mid-low settings, and thats extremely playable. However, if you want a new card, look at http://www.pricewatch.com, or http://www.newegg.com.
Dec 25 2004, 7:22 pm
In response to Kujila
As Crispy explained, the model number doesn't mean a whole bunch. There are PCI Geforce 4 cards that are complete crap and won't run much of anything. Right now I'm running an old Geforce 4 Ti4200 until my better card is fixed. I'm able to run Half-life 2 at 75 frames on high settings(minus a few things). The rest of my parts probably make up for the card's loss, but I got it for $60 about two years ago..

Eek, newegg doesn't have much for that model anymore.. Cheapest Ti4200. Ugh, worth a try.
Dec 25 2004, 8:27 pm
In response to Kusanagi
Kusanagi wrote:
I am completely content with my Geforce 2 MX 100/200 card. Sure I don't play most new games on the highest video settings, but I don't even do that with old games. I don't see why people want the best looking games out there, as long as they can play them they should be fine.

I agree, but the problem is that many of the games I want to play refuse to run with a GeForce-anything-MX. I don't look forward to the day when I have to return the GeforceFX I'm borrowing. =P
Dec 25 2004, 8:49 pm (Edited on Dec 25 2004, 9:16 pm)
Geforce FX 5200

....like $50.00 on pricegrabber, and it's better than a lot of poo. DX9 compat and all...sexy. :P

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And yes, I will most likely be buying one of these babes.

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[EDIT2]

http://www.newegg.com/app/ ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-164-023&depa=0

Or 66 dollars for a Radeon 9600....hehehe

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~Kujila
Dec 26 2004, 4:49 am
In response to Kujila
holly crap... I was gunna buy the 5200 to lol. im getting 40 dollars from my family. so that leaves 20 bucks for me to pay which i didnt think i would spent that little


Kujila wrote:
Geforce FX 5200

....like $50.00 on pricegrabber, and it's better than a lot of poo. DX9 compat and all...sexy. :P

[EDIT]

And yes, I will most likely be buying one of these babes.

[/EDIT]


[EDIT2]

http://www.newegg.com/app/ ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-164-023&depa=0

Or 66 dollars for a Radeon 9600....hehehe

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~Kujila
Dec 27 2004, 12:49 am
Best deal, beats all.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ viewproductdesc.asp?description=14-145-076&DEPA=1

You CANNOT beat the price for this 256mb card! >.<
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