I posted this link in response to a hardware forum question, then thought to share it here. Could be of use to someone.
MSI 7300LE for $33 delivered at ZZF
MSI 7300LE for $33 delivered at ZZF
Originally posted by: Krakn3Dfx
Very nice indeed, been looking for something cheap to replace the PCI FX5200 in my Vista Ultimate MCE box, thanks op!
Originally posted by: jeffspam
Finally able to put the ol' 8500 into retirement. Thanks for the post!
Originally posted by: I4AT
If you're willing to wait for an alternative deal this Freetech 6200 is often on sale for $29.99AR.
Unlocks to 8 pipelines, and has 128-bit memory. Last rebate was dated April 24th though.
Originally posted by: BIGFOOTPI
Originally posted by: jeffspam
Finally able to put the ol' 8500 into retirement. Thanks for the post!
8500 (Radeon ATI I presume?)? they are AGP- these are PCI-Express/PCI-E
SO I hope you have a new system to go with this
I found some benchmarks to help with your decision. Looks like the 7300LE has about 3x the 3D power of the 6150:Originally posted by: jalaram
I have a 6150 integrated (with DVI/VGA/Component), so I'm debating this card at the moment.
Originally posted by: crimson117
I found some benchmarks to help with your decision. Looks like the 7300LE has about 3x the 3D power of the 6150:Originally posted by: jalaram
I have a 6150 integrated (with DVI/VGA/Component), so I'm debating this card at the moment.
6150 gets about 600 3DMark05: http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=2626 (but review states results were unexpectedly low, so maybe something's up)
7300LE gets 1894 in 3Dmark05: http://www.hwspirit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=181
In any case, I would definitely spend the $33 on this, jalaram.
Actually it seems the 9800 Pro is more powerful than the 7300LE. This is primarily because the 9800 Pro has a 256-bit memory bus, while the 7300LE has a measly 64-bit memory bus.Originally posted by: Tullphan
I'm "moving up" from an A64 3200 S754 to an X2 3800 (AM2). I presently have a 9800 Pro (AGP, of course).
How much difference will I notice going from it to this budget PCI-e card?
Originally posted by: BIGFOOTPI
Agreed- the 9800pro trounces this class of card
only thing the 7300 has is shader 3 support which is pointless on such a low horse-powered card...
coming from a 9800pro I would not accept anything less than a 7600GT
so Tullphan- are you replacing your motherboard with a PCI-E capable one or...?
Originally posted by: Pabster
Nice deal on a cheap card with hardware acceleration that runs Vista Aero. :thumbsup:
Originally posted by: Tullphan
Originally posted by: BIGFOOTPI
Agreed- the 9800pro trounces this class of card
only thing the 7300 has is shader 3 support which is pointless on such a low horse-powered card...
coming from a 9800pro I would not accept anything less than a 7600GT
so Tullphan- are you replacing your motherboard with a PCI-E capable one or...?
Yes.
I'm pondering the Biostar TForce 550.
Originally posted by: BIGFOOTPI
yes- pretty much any shader2/3 capable video card will run Aero (although I wouldnt expect too much from the fx5XXX series)
Ive never had luck turning off turbo cache, but its SUPPPOSED to only kick in dynamically when gaming, but with VISTA the card will always be in 3d mode, so... yeah- could lose some usable RAM , but then again if you were serious about running windows VISTA you would have 2GB RAM anyway