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Peerzy
11-07-2004, 05:21 PM
Anyone heard about the: (http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=2864163564&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=62208)Sapphire Radeon 9550 128MB DDR AGPx8 TV-Out DVI-I Lite Retail Box? (http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=2864163564&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=62208)

I havnt heard anything abou hese graphics cards really and need a cheap(ish) DX9.0 graphics card. Will i see an iomprovment over a MX400?

kaiweiler
11-07-2004, 05:56 PM
From what I've read it's comparable to the 9200 series cards from ATI and the 5200 from nVidia. Definately not a high performing card or a card you'd like to use for serious gaming.
What were you looking to use the card for? Are you into gaming?

Peerzy
11-07-2004, 05:58 PM
Into gaming yes, however i dont really have alot to spend, maybe £70 most.

kaiweiler
11-07-2004, 06:00 PM
What are the rest of your specs?
There's no point in saving up for a high end card really if the rest of your system will just bottleneck it's speed anyway.

Peerzy
11-07-2004, 06:09 PM
AMD Athlon 2500
512mb PC2700 Ram
160gb Hard Drive
Geforce 4 Mx440
WIndows Xp SP1

I dont find the Mx440 slow at all really. it plays most of the games i want at medium the only reason im getting a new one is becuase he MX440 doesnt have Pixall Shared 2.0 this means it simply wont play many new games. however the ones it does play seem to play as well as i would expect.

kaiweiler
11-07-2004, 06:18 PM
Okay, well I'm sure you would see some performance increase over the MX440, not sure how much, but not a huge amount I don't think. Whether it justifies the price tag or not is up to you.

BawA
11-07-2004, 07:09 PM
anything after 7000 series is good, but never ever buy a 7000 series they suck big time.

Mr. Elmo
11-07-2004, 08:05 PM
i heard it was somewhere between 5200 and 5600

kaiweiler
11-07-2004, 08:52 PM
i heard it was somewhere between 5200 and 5600
In general it does slightly outperform the 5200, however there are a few tasks in which the 5200 will come out on top of the 9550.
You are correct though. :)

Mr. Elmo
11-07-2004, 11:19 PM
Elmo is always correct!!!


actually, i was considering that card for my system...something simply to play cs. read all the reviews from newegg and that's basically what the owner of the card had to say

Dark Ride
11-08-2004, 12:03 AM
Into gaming yes, however i dont really have alot to spend, maybe £70 most.

Get the GeCube 9550xt (Extreme Edition). Best price/performance out in that range of cards. Many have successfully modded it to 9600xt speeds -/+ a few mhz. It's $99.

GeCube Radeon 9550 XT(Extreme Edtinion) (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-240-021&depa=0)

Read the REVIEW (http://bit-tech.net/review/331/)!

:cool2: :01:

http://images10.newegg.com/productimage/14-240-021-01.JPG

twister
11-08-2004, 12:38 AM
i would save up a little and get a 9600 it wiill be much better for newer games

Mr. Elmo
11-08-2004, 02:12 AM
well newegg has a deal for a 9600le from jetway...from what i've heard, the "LE" basically means nothing, its the same bandwidth, same 8x, same memory clock and same core. the 9600le is about 70 on newegg