Best For Your Buck

[YouSycophant]

Hey im looking for a decent video card. Though i dont want to spend too much. Nothing superpowered but something to play all the games fairly well. Though anythnigs better than my crappy voodoo 3 that can barely play any games

[atiVidia]

u can ebay this 1: voodoo 6

if u find anything at all it would probly be no less than 2000 bucks as only 1000 were made b4 3dfx declared its doom

its performance is equivalent to a radeon 9600xt (approx)

3dfx devoted all of its r&d to it and thats why it went bankrupt

it came out in 2k i think, not exactly sure

[raiserblade2003]

budget?

[YouSycophant]

under 100 preferably, im really not lookin for a superchip , jsut soemthing that can play the games, and im enver buyin another vodoo, no support , and only crappy 3rd person companies

[raiserblade2003]

right now for uner 100, u can get a 9600 or a fx5600...most ppl tell u to go w/ the 9600

[YouSycophant]

word, anythnigfs better than my 16 mb voodoo

[Dray_04]

anythings better than my geforce fx 5200

[YouSycophant]

Does this sound good for $99? Sounds good to me but im a noob when it comes to the finer points of hardware. Im also worried the rest of my comp wont be able to keep up.



ATI RADEON 9200 128MB DDR AGP Graphics Card

Model: 100-436006

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id...27&type=product (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1051826238597&skuId=5429627&type=product)


Product Details
Warranty Terms - Parts 3 years limited
Type of Video Card Graphics
Video Compression NA
Video Format MPEG-1, MPEG-2
Video Memory 128MB
Maximum 2D Resolution (at 32-bit color) 2048 x 1536
Maximum 3D Resolution (at 32-bit color) 2048 x 1536
Megapixels/Megatexels 1.1 billion pixels/sec
Number of Polygons per Second 16.7 million
Number of Processors 1
Software Included CATALYST 3D acceleration, HYDRAVISION multimonitor management
Stereo Sound No
Supports MPEG-1, 2 Yes
S-Video Output No

[raiserblade2003]

y are u going to buy that for 99 dollars put in a extra $10 and get a fx5600 or 9600 from newegg

[YouSycophant]

the 9600 is listed for $129 im not sure bout the other, how much better is the 9600 than the 9200

[raiserblade2003]

Originally posted by YouSycophant@19 December 2003 - 18:34
the 9600 is listed for $129 im not sure bout the other, how much better is the 9600 than the 9200
well if you're going to be upgrading...might as well get a card thats gonna last at least a year....which mean dx9 support which the 9200 series does not offer.

you must be looking at the 9600 pro ez version if its 129 cuzconnect3d 9600 128mb = 109 usd (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-142-012&catalog=48&depa=1)


i suspect its going to be faster but not goign to be a hugh jump from the 9200 to 9600...but if u insist on 9200 you can also find it here for 69 usd (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-142-011&catalog=48&depa=1)

P.S. never buy comps stuff off bestbuy....rip off unless its a holiday sales.

[YouSycophant]

youve got me convinced, thanks dude

Thanfullness from
Lord Tallen