suggest a 100$ graphics card

[timu]

at the moment i am using geforce4 mx 440 8x of msi. please suggest a better video card within 100$.
thanks.

 

[The Green Bean]

9600pro

 

[jagec]

9500 pro.

Actually better than the 9600pro in most benchmarks.

 

[KDOG]

If you can find one. Mine is finally dying after being overclocked for a year and a half. But I'll start a new thread about that...

 

[RS3RS]

You should be able to find a 128mb ti4200 on eBay for a little under $100 with shipping and stuff. I'd say that's the best bang for 100 bucks right now.

 

[John]

9500 Pro's in the FS/T Forum

 

[RussianSoldier]

GeForce FX 5200 under $ 90 at Comp Geeks

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: RussianSoldier
GeForce FX 5200 under $ 90 at Comp Geeks

are you insane? that card is dog poop.


and by the way, THREAD = OVER

 

[txxxx]

Originally posted by: nick1985

Originally posted by: RussianSoldier
GeForce FX 5200 under $ 90 at Comp Geeks

are you insane? that card is dog poop.


and by the way, THREAD = OVER

How is the thread over after pointing at a Ti4200? I can see why you got banned.

Anyway to answer the original poster, Ti4200 has no DX9 capabilities. AF + AA performance on a Ti4200 is also poor. I know this because I own a 2 year old Ti4200

This 9600 Pro from Newegg just fits the budget, and does have DX9 support. Overall its a good card and has a chance of standing against DX9 titles so may last a little bit longer.

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: txxxx

Originally posted by: nick1985

Originally posted by: RussianSoldier
GeForce FX 5200 under $ 90 at Comp Geeks

are you insane? that card is dog poop.


and by the way, THREAD = OVER

How is the thread over after pointing at a Ti4200? I can see why you got banned.

Anyway to answer the original poster, Ti4200 has no DX9 capabilities. AF + AA performance on a Ti4200 is also poor. I know this because I own a 2 year old Ti4200

This 9600 Pro from Newegg just fits the budget, and does have DX9 support. Overall its a good card and has a chance of standing against DX9 titles so may last a little bit longer.

well arnt we so polite

and if he wanted to take a chance with refurbished cards, he should have told us. the 4200 may be old, but i can run far cry on medium settings with no hiccup on mine. it runs any game out there, and for $74 its a steal compared to what else is in that price range.

 

[Schadenfroh]

geforce4 TI4200 128mb for $70ish

 

[txxxx]

Originally posted by: nick1985

Originally posted by: txxxx

Originally posted by: nick1985

Originally posted by: RussianSoldier
GeForce FX 5200 under $ 90 at Comp Geeks

are you insane? that card is dog poop.


and by the way, THREAD = OVER

How is the thread over after pointing at a Ti4200? I can see why you got banned.

Anyway to answer the original poster, Ti4200 has no DX9 capabilities. AF + AA performance on a Ti4200 is also poor. I know this because I own a 2 year old Ti4200

This 9600 Pro from Newegg just fits the budget, and does have DX9 support. Overall its a good card and has a chance of standing against DX9 titles so may last a little bit longer.

well arnt we so polite

and if he wanted to take a chance with refurbished cards, he should have told us. the 4200 may be old, but i can run far cry on medium settings with no hiccup on mine. it runs any game out there, and for $74 its a steal compared to what else is in that price range.

Does the Ti4200 have Pixel Shader 2.0 support ? No. Nevermind DX9 Vertex support etc. In other words, there is a difference in image quality that would make the DX9 look attractive. Refurbished come with the same warranty, infact I bet there returned due to just being poor overclockers.

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: txxxx

Originally posted by: nick1985

Originally posted by: txxxx

Originally posted by: nick1985

Originally posted by: RussianSoldier
GeForce FX 5200 under $ 90 at Comp Geeks

are you insane? that card is dog poop.


and by the way, THREAD = OVER

How is the thread over after pointing at a Ti4200? I can see why you got banned.

Anyway to answer the original poster, Ti4200 has no DX9 capabilities. AF + AA performance on a Ti4200 is also poor. I know this because I own a 2 year old Ti4200

This 9600 Pro from Newegg just fits the budget, and does have DX9 support. Overall its a good card and has a chance of standing against DX9 titles so may last a little bit longer.

well arnt we so polite

and if he wanted to take a chance with refurbished cards, he should have told us. the 4200 may be old, but i can run far cry on medium settings with no hiccup on mine. it runs any game out there, and for $74 its a steal compared to what else is in that price range.

Does the Ti4200 have Pixel Shader 2.0 support ? No. Nevermind DX9 Vertex support etc. In other words, there is a difference in image quality that would make the DX9 look attractive. Refurbished come with the same warranty, infact I bet there returned due to just being poor overclockers.

ive never had someone blow up on me for recommending a 4200. jeese...:roll:

and not counting refurbished, the 4200 IS THE BEST DEAL <100.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: nick1985

Originally posted by: txxxx

Originally posted by: nick1985

Originally posted by: txxxx

Originally posted by: nick1985

Originally posted by: RussianSoldier
GeForce FX 5200 under $ 90 at Comp Geeks

are you insane? that card is dog poop.


and by the way, THREAD = OVER

How is the thread over after pointing at a Ti4200? I can see why you got banned.

Anyway to answer the original poster, Ti4200 has no DX9 capabilities. AF + AA performance on a Ti4200 is also poor. I know this because I own a 2 year old Ti4200

This 9600 Pro from Newegg just fits the budget, and does have DX9 support. Overall its a good card and has a chance of standing against DX9 titles so may last a little bit longer.

well arnt we so polite

and if he wanted to take a chance with refurbished cards, he should have told us. the 4200 may be old, but i can run far cry on medium settings with no hiccup on mine. it runs any game out there, and for $74 its a steal compared to what else is in that price range.

Does the Ti4200 have Pixel Shader 2.0 support ? No. Nevermind DX9 Vertex support etc. In other words, there is a difference in image quality that would make the DX9 look attractive. Refurbished come with the same warranty, infact I bet there returned due to just being poor overclockers.

ive never had someone blow up on me for recommending a 4200. jeese...:roll:

and not counting refurbished, the 4200 IS THE BEST DEAL <100.

i agree with nick, that refurb probably got the living sh!t overclocked out of it, do you really want something like that? save your money and the trouble and get that 4200 nick had linked. it may only be DX 8.1, but its still a good card, WILL RUN ANY GAME ON THE MARKET at acceptable framerate, should the details be set correcty. that refurb 9600 pro is not worth the price increase over a new 4200. the 9600 may have a hand in DX9, but the 4200 will beet it in OpenGL and the majority of pre DX9 games.

 

[Ionizer86]

9600 Pro 256MB for $105 from Compgeeks; when it's in stock of course.

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: Ionizer86
9600 Pro 256MB for $105 from Compgeeks; when it's in stock of course.

http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/over2003/

note: the 4200 beats the 256 9600pro in almost every test. the crippled memory on the 256 version makes it a worthless purchase.

 

[Ionizer86]

Thanks nick1985. I didn't even notice that the clock on the 9600 Pro with 256MB was slower. I assumed it'd be the same as that on a normal Pro.

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: Ionizer86
Thanks nick1985. I didn't even notice that the clock on the 9600 Pro with 256MB was slower. I assumed it'd be the same as that on a normal Pro.

yer welcome

 

[txxxx]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: nick1985

Originally posted by: txxxx

Originally posted by: nick1985

Originally posted by: txxxx

Originally posted by: nick1985

Originally posted by: RussianSoldier
GeForce FX 5200 under $ 90 at Comp Geeks

are you insane? that card is dog poop.


and by the way, THREAD = OVER

How is the thread over after pointing at a Ti4200? I can see why you got banned.

Anyway to answer the original poster, Ti4200 has no DX9 capabilities. AF + AA performance on a Ti4200 is also poor. I know this because I own a 2 year old Ti4200

This 9600 Pro from Newegg just fits the budget, and does have DX9 support. Overall its a good card and has a chance of standing against DX9 titles so may last a little bit longer.

well arnt we so polite

and if he wanted to take a chance with refurbished cards, he should have told us. the 4200 may be old, but i can run far cry on medium settings with no hiccup on mine. it runs any game out there, and for $74 its a steal compared to what else is in that price range.

Does the Ti4200 have Pixel Shader 2.0 support ? No. Nevermind DX9 Vertex support etc. In other words, there is a difference in image quality that would make the DX9 look attractive. Refurbished come with the same warranty, infact I bet there returned due to just being poor overclockers.

ive never had someone blow up on me for recommending a 4200. jeese...:roll:

and not counting refurbished, the 4200 IS THE BEST DEAL <100.

i agree with nick, that refurb probably got the living sh!t overclocked out of it, do you really want something like that? save your money and the trouble and get that 4200 nick had linked. it may only be DX 8.1, but its still a good card, WILL RUN ANY GAME ON THE MARKET at acceptable framerate, should the details be set correcty. that refurb 9600 pro is not worth the price increase over a new 4200. the 9600 may have a hand in DX9, but the 4200 will beet it in OpenGL and the majority of pre DX9 games.

Overclocking it without Voltage increase wouldnt damage the card :roll:

I AM the owner of a Ti4200 Ive seen FarCry run a on 9600XT , and there was a big difference in image quality. Enough to recommend the 9600 Pro over it. Oh well, I guess image quality doesnt really count nowadays... in which case, get a ti4200 and play current gen games.

 

[txxxx]

Originally posted by: Ionizer86
Thanks nick1985. I didn't even notice that the clock on the 9600 Pro with 256MB was slower. I assumed it'd be the same as that on a normal Pro.

No, 128MB 9600 PRO's are 600Mhz, it even says in the spec. Some of the EZ and SE cards are 400mhz. Again clearly marked.

 

[high]

nick needs a life

but in all fairness, to run far cry on a dx9 midrange card is garbage, and all the effects will have to be turned down anyways, so I don't know if IQ is a factor at all.

 

[txxxx]

Originally posted by: high
nick needs a life

but in all fairness, to run far cry on a dx9 midrange card is garbage, and all the effects will have to be turned down anyways, so I don't know if IQ is a factor at all.

Try it yourself, its not as bad as you'd think.

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: txxxx

Originally posted by: Ionizer86
Thanks nick1985. I didn't even notice that the clock on the 9600 Pro with 256MB was slower. I assumed it'd be the same as that on a normal Pro.

No, 128MB 9600 PRO's are 600Mhz, it even says in the spec. Some of the EZ and SE cards are 400mhz. Again clearly marked.

notice how i said 256, not 128.

 

[Kunzinator]

I agree with the 4200 128mb, its what I have been using up until my 5700 ultra comes in the mail this week, and If I wasn't such a graphics whore I would have just stuck with my 4200, hell, I'll sell you mine if you want, $60