Buying a Video Card is this a good choose ?

[Scottie]

I'm thinking about getting one of these cards.

SAPPHIRE RAD 9600PRO AD 128M DUAL(LITE ----- $159 CND
SAPPHIRE RAD 9600PRO AD 256M DUAL(LITE ----- $169 CND

is one of these a good choose I have right now a ATI Radeon 9200, 128 MB but I want something better, whould these be a better card for games?

I'm giving this card to my daughter for her computer.

Thanks for all your help.

Also I have a choose between these cards.

LEADTEK WINFAST:
nVidia (A340-PRO) FX5500 128MB DDR AGP 8x TV+DVI (RB) -----$129
nVidia (A360LE) FX5700LE 128MB DDR AGP 8x TV+DVI (RB) -----$169
nVidia (A310UTDVIVO) FX5600U 128MB DDR AGP 8x TV+DVI+VIVO (RB) -----$174

MSI FX5600XT-VTDR128 128M DDR(REMOTE CONTROL) ----- $143
MSI FX5700LE-TD128 128M DDR DUAL(TV/DV ----- $147
MSI FX5500-TD256 256M DDR (TV/DVI) ----- $145

[IAIHMB]

The NVidia FX series was a mistake, I'd stay away from those. I don't think a ATI 9600 Pro will be that great for some of the newer games out either. If I were you I'd save up for a Radeon 9800 Pro, or if you can wait save up for a motherboard with a PCI-E x16 slot and get a PCI-E video card. I was a dumbass, and purchased a ATI Radeon 9800 XT for 325$, 200$ PCI-E cards get 10,000s on the 3DMark05, I hardly get 5,000.

[Faustus]

Nothing wrong with the FX series as long as you lookup the right card. Personally I'd look into an FX 5900XT which is the budget version of the 5900, its a little more then what your looking at right now but not much and its a pretty damned good card.

[Scottie]

I'm going to quote the guy from the computer store I'm buying the card from.
ME:
"whould this card be alot better then my ATI Radeon 9200, 128 MB ?"

I'm referring to the The SAPPHIRE RAD 9600PRO AD 256M DUAL LITE for $169

Computer Store Owner:

"light years better than what you have"

with this said I'm going to get this card because as of now I can run every game out there but I just want something alittle better, this card I have now is not going to waste and will be in my daughters computer.

Thanks for your replys.

[glockjs]

i know i own an ati card, 9800pro...the only reason i went with ati is because of the all in wonder... works pretty good, cant complain. if i was just going to buy a vid card it would deffinately be nvidia. better performance for the price. if anything i would look into BFG Assylum made cards, you cannot go wrong with them.

[Faustus]

with this said I'm going to get this card because as of now I can run every game out there but I just want something alittle better, this card I have now is not going to waste and will be in my daughters computer.

Barely, thats not exactly a decent doom3 performer, and if you plan on anything like EQ2 next month I wouldn't hold my breath on any major settings in there either.

I was just trying to show you how a few extra bucks online would buy you alot more card. My 9600 pro is.... eh

[Scottie]

Like I said, it runs all games out as of NOW, I have Doom 3 and it runs fine. and that game you said about coming out later isn't really a game that is out now.

But thanks for your INFO.

I whould love to get a 9800 PRO but it's just not in the cards I'm suprised my girlfriend is letting me get the 9600 Pro because I just spent over $600 upgrading my computer 2 months ago.

[IAIHMB]

with this said I'm going to get this card because as of now I can run every game out there but I just want something alittle better, this card I have now is not going to waste and will be in my daughters computer.

Barely, thats not exactly a decent doom3 performer, and if you plan on anything like EQ2 next month I wouldn't hold my breath on any major settings in there either.

I was just trying to show you how a few extra bucks online would buy you alot more card. My 9600 pro is.... eh

Doom 3 was targeted towards the FX series, my old FX5200 ran it just fine.

[Faustus]

Like I said, it runs all games out as of NOW, I have Doom 3 and it runs fine. and that game you said about coming out later isn't really a game that is out now.

But thanks for your INFO.

I whould love to get a 9800 PRO but it's just not in the cards I'm suprised my girlfriend is letting me get the 9600 Pro because I just spent over $600 upgrading my computer 2 months ago.

actually I was suggesting the FX 5900XT. But anyway as long as your happy with what you got thats what matters.

[Cobra]

As Flaystus says, the FX5900XT gives you a big bang for your buck. My brother has one, and it handles games like Far Cry very nicely indeed. I own an FX5900 myself, and it hammers along just fine.

The NVidia FX series was a mistake, I'd stay away from those.

I agree that the lower GeForce FX cards were very underwhelming in their performance. The FX5200 is now very acceptable due to the much-reduced price tag. The 5900s, however, were how the FX cards were intended. You can't just generalise an entire range like that.

Cobra