Video Card recommendation

[mobogasm]

Hi,

Can somebody recommend a few video cards that would suffice for the folliwng requirements: Around/Under $150 (cheaper is better though), it's going to be used in Windows XP on a Dual AMD XP workstation, and I want it to be able to play Battlefield 1942, and some of the more recent games decently. Does not have to be jaw dropping framerates. I was thinking possibly a Geforce 4 variant. I would rather stick with an Nvidia based card but I've herad a little about Radeon cards, but I'm not all too sure about their compatiblity. I don't want to have any driver problems or compatibility issues. I've been out of the video card market for a while so I'm not really up to date on what is available or best. Thanks.

 

[SOSTrooper]

You can get Ti4200 128MB for around $120 shipped in most places. Or a 4400 at around your limit. If you trust the FS/FT forum then you can even them for even lower prices.

 

Originally posted by: SOSTrooper
You can get Ti4200 128MB for around $120 shipped in most places. Or a 4400 at around your limit. If you trust the FS/FT forum then you can even them for even lower prices.

Is this better than the radeon 8500?

 

[SOSTrooper]

According to Futuremark's list, yeah the GF4 Ti's are a little faster.

 

[ShowdOWN]

ati radeon's compatibilty and driver issues has gotten a lot better in the last year.

if you can stretch that wallet a little bit more, i would recommend the sapphire radeon 9500 128MB(red pcb) card for $160 shipped at newegg.
or the 64MB version for $137 shipped.

this is a card for the future.

 

[Vash341]

well if you want a great cheap video card go with a radion 9000pro 128ddr. This vidio card does a good job of running preaty much every thing out there and it isent har to find for 70 bucks or less. I got mine for $55. Great card for the money.

 

[TheCorm]

Originally posted by: ShowdOWN
ati radeon's compatibilty and driver issues has gotten a lot better in the last year.

if you can stretch that wallet a little bit more, i would recommend the sapphire radeon 9500 128MB(red pcb) card for $160 shipped at newegg.
or the 64MB version for $137 shipped.

this is a card for the future.

out of these two I would go for the 64mb....the ram is usually faster, no?

well if you want a great cheap video card go with a radion 9000pro 128ddr. This vidio card does a good job of running preaty much every thing out there and it isent har to find for 70 bucks or less. I got mine for $55. Great card for the money.

I think this idea is good too....it would still be fast enough for your needs and would leave you with $80 or more to spend elsewhere.

Corm

 

[nwfsnake]

I would recommend a GF4 Ti-4200 with 64 meg memory. There are mulitple deals right now to get them for $79 AR (translates to about $90 after tax/shipping). I picked one up at CompUSA a couple weeks ago and it really works well. As far as I can tell, it is the price/performance leader at this point. However, as both ATI and NVidia are starting to ship their newest boards, the rest of the lineup will start to fall in price quickly.

 

[mobogasm]

thanks for the recommendations. I'm either going to go with the radeon 9000 or the G4 4200

 

[ALstonLoong]

radeon 9500 pro !

 

[StanG]

TI4200... In most cases, you can overclock it to TI4600 levels with no problem.

 

[Markfw]

Radeon 9500 pro !! The pro is much better manufacturing quality wise, faster, and not much more.

 

[jeffrey]

The Radeon 9600 Pro will be out shortly and and will cheaper to manufacture than the 9500 Pro. Hopefully, this will make for a cheaper video card with performance similar to the 9500 Pro.

BTW a Radeon 9500 Pro smokes a GeForce 4 TI4200.