Great budget Gaming cards!!

[daveybrat]

These look like some nice prices on older DirectX 8.1 hardware cards that will still perform adequately in today's games for a small price.

I ordered from this company back when they had the Visiontek ATI 9100 cards on blowout, seemed like a reputable company (at least i got my order anyway)

here ya go:

Visiontek Geforce3 64MB $46

Visiontek Geforce4 TI4400 128MB $89

 

[jhu]

not bad, although i don't really need a new graphics card.

 

[imported_Salvatore]

Can't you get a 9600 for about the same price as that GF4TI?

 

[mzkhadir]

Add 60 bucks and a 9800Pro from powercolor could be yours from newegg

 

[MaStAViC]

60 bucks is nearly double that price though =P The GeForce 4 looks nice, thanks OP.

-=MaStA ViC

 

[Kelvrick]

Yea, the gf4 looks like a good card. Should play doom 3 decently. You can probably get a used 9500 pro in the f/s forum for 100 though. Probably a better bet in my opinion.

 

[0roo0roo]

decently at what? 800x600?

 

[oogabooga]

640 x 480

but seriously, decent prices for decent cards... dont know about doom3 nicely though...

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: oogabooga
640 x 480

but seriously, decent prices for decent cards... dont know about doom3 nicely though...

Yea, I said decently. Here's doom 3 at 640x480 on my geforce 4 ti4200. screenshot I took right now

 

[usernamemax20charact]

Just out of curiosity, how would a 9600 Pro (~$25 more) or a 9600 XT (~$40 more) compare to the Ti 4400?

 

[cyrax78]

I have a 128meg gf4 ti4200@4600 running Doom3 with high settings and 1280x1024 at around 40fps. Works for me..

 

[dafatha00]

Are all these products brand new?

 

[Richardito]

Excuse me, but those are not hot deals...

 

[Noghri2112]

Wow, a Golden Member not following rules? http://forums.anandtech.com/me...4199&enterthread=y

Thanks for post DaveyBrat

 

[Dantzig]

Saying that a deal isn't hot isn't thread crapping. BTW, I agree that this isn't a very hot deal. For those prices, you can buy much better cards in the FS/FT forum or eBay and for just a little more, you can get a decent brand new DX9 card.

 

[The Green Bean]

I played Doom3 1024*786 medium settings 35FPS!!! TI4400

 

[MJGunn]

Originally posted by: cyrax78
I have a 128meg gf4 ti4200@4600 running Doom3 with high settings and 1280x1024 at around 40fps. Works for me..

What kind of specs is the rest of your system?? I've got a XP 2400+ (running at 2ghz), 768ram, and I was impressed that I was able to pull ~35fps on medium at 800x600 with a GF4 Ti4200.


Anyway, more on-topic to this thread, the ti4400 should be good for most of the games we'll be seeing for awhile, even on my 1400mhz chip (had it before I upgraded to the XP 2400+), I was able to run Doom 3 at ~ 30 FPS on 800x600 at low quality (which of course, still looks fantastic) with my ti4200.

 

[daveybrat]

Excuse me, but those are not hot deals...

You're excused, although i expected that kind of remark from a junior member.

Saying that a deal isn't hot isn't thread crapping. BTW, I agree that this isn't a very hot deal. For those prices, you can buy much better cards in the FS/FT forum or eBay and for just a little more, you can get a decent brand new DX9 card.

Not hot deals eh? Find a better deal on a brand new card from a retailer and post it for us.
And NO, not everyone is interested or knows how to purchase used cards in the FS/FT forums or ebay.

And i never said this was a super hot deal, just that these were nice cards for the price, and their brand new, not used. I'm just tryin to help out

 

[Solema]

Originally posted by: MJGunn

Originally posted by: cyrax78
I have a 128meg gf4 ti4200@4600 running Doom3 with high settings and 1280x1024 at around 40fps. Works for me..

What kind of specs is the rest of your system?? I've got a XP 2400+ (running at 2ghz), 768ram, and I was impressed that I was able to pull ~35fps on medium at 800x600 with a GF4 Ti4200.


Anyway, more on-topic to this thread, the ti4400 should be good for most of the games we'll be seeing for awhile, even on my 1400mhz chip (had it before I upgraded to the XP 2400+), I was able to run Doom 3 at ~ 30 FPS on 800x600 at low quality (which of course, still looks fantastic) with my ti4200.

With some tweaking of the doomconfig.cfg (namely image_cachemegs, image_cacheMinK, and image_usecache) playable rates at 1024x768 Medium Quality are easily attainable with a Ti4200. I have a Ti4200 and XP 2400+ and 1GB of RAM and average 35-45FPS with all effects on.

 

[yougotdeals]

I'd not buy anything less then the GeForce 4. I have a Geforce 3 TI500 which was the top of the GeForce 3 line and it's really time I upgrade as it doesn't do a hot job of playing any current game unless the settings are turned way, way down..... and even then it leaves alot of be desired.

 

[Richardito]

Originally posted by: Richardito
Excuse me, but those are not hot deals...

You guys are way too sensitive. Take a chill pill, get plenty of rest and you will feel better in the morning...

And an OK deal from Buy.com is here.

 

[Richardito]

Originally posted by: Noghri2112
Wow, a Golden Member not following rules? http://forums.anandtech.com/me...4199&enterthread=y

Thanks for post DaveyBrat

Are you a part time cop wanna be? I'm not crapping the thread, just communicating my opinion that these are not hot deals. We all live in a free democratic society, right? I bought my GF3 Ti500 years ago for about $50 and I'm comparing these prices to my personal experiences. Not everything in live is high-fives and cheers.

 

[Bonesdad]

Looks like a pretty warm deal to me...maybe you can get a better card in FS/FT...but I will take new card at this price. Newegg is selling ti4200 for $110 and THAT is a refurb. Nice find.

 

[daveybrat]

Not everything in live is high-fives and cheers.

Yes, your optimistic outlook on life is quite encouraging.

I bought my GF3 Ti500 years ago for about $50

Ok, so show me a "brand new" card today for $50 dollars that equals the GF3 in perfomance?

 

[cbrsmurf]

How is this GeForce3 compare to an ATI8500LE? I can probably sell my LE for $40 and if the geforce3 is better, it'd be a cheap upgrade.