Cheap Vid Card

**Gimlin** · Mar 16th, 2002, 01:03 PM

I want to buy a good CHEAP Video Card, for my other computer. Is this decent?

Visiontek Xtasy 5332 32Mb 64Bit AGP 2D/3D Nvidia for $68.99 CND

**JungleMan** · Mar 16th, 2002, 01:10 PM

Other computer being the old one right?

Well that card is pretty low end, about equivalent to a TNT2 or a Voodoo3.

**Gimlin** · Mar 16th, 2002, 01:14 PM

Meh, It doesnt have to be great just aslong as it works

**JungleMan** · Mar 16th, 2002, 01:16 PM

Originally posted by Gimlin
Meh, It doesnt have to be great just aslong as it works

OK well just get any old card, a TNT2 or something

If you can get your hands on an ATI card, get one, as they aren't bad for DVD playback, if this thing has a DVD player

**Gimlin** · Mar 16th, 2002, 01:17 PM

Pine TNT2 PCI Graphics Card $89.99 CND

Better?

**JungleMan** · Mar 16th, 2002, 01:19 PM

Originally posted by Gimlin
Pine TNT2 PCI Graphics Card $89.99 CND

Better?

Hehe, no stupid, it's MORE money

Just get the cheapest thing you can find, that GF2 MX200 is fine

**Gimlin** · Mar 16th, 2002, 01:22 PM

OKOK

which is better ?

ATI RADEON 7000 32MB DDR 32-BIT,3D,PCI 2X/4X MPEG-2

VS

ATI RADEON 7200 64MB SDR 32-BIT 3D,AGP 2X/4X MPEG-2

**JungleMan** · Mar 16th, 2002, 01:24 PM

Originally posted by Gimlin
OKOK

which is better ?

ATI RADEON 7000 32MB DDR 32-BIT,3D,PCI 2X/4X MPEG-2

VS

ATI RADEON 7200 64MB SDR 32-BIT 3D,AGP 2X/4X MPEG-2

The Radeon 7000 is PCI, just telling you

The 7200 I think would be better, although it's discontinued now and not many people have it, so I'm not awfully sure

Is there a possibility you can just get a Radeon 7500 for your main PC and put your 7000 in your old PC? You're going to want an upgrade anyway. And the 7500 would blow away the 7000

**Gimlin** · Mar 16th, 2002, 01:26 PM

Is this a mistake?

ATI RADEON 7000 64MB AGP DDR 32-BIT,3D, 2X/4X MPEG-2

I didnt know the 7000 came in 64 DDR?

**JungleMan** · Mar 16th, 2002, 01:29 PM

Originally posted by Gimlin
Is this a mistake?

ATI RADEON 7000 64MB AGP DDR 32-BIT,3D, 2X/4X MPEG-2

I didnt know the 7000 came in 64 DDR?

It's not a mistake, but the 7000 is a slow chip

And unlike most DDR video cards, it uses 64 bit DDR as opposed to 128 bit DDR. which basically puts us back where we started

Have you considered my idea about buying a good card now for your Soltek rig? Because you're going to want one anyway and there's no point having 3 video cards.

**Gimlin** · Mar 16th, 2002, 01:30 PM

I just dont have that sort of cash, mabye later i'll check the prices of the 7500

**JungleMan** · Mar 16th, 2002, 01:31 PM

Originally posted by Gimlin
I just dont have that sort of cash, mabye later i'll check the prices of the 7500

OK then whatever floats your boat. You can probably always take out a loan from your parents

But yeah the MX200 should be fine.

**Gimlin** · Mar 16th, 2002, 01:33 PM

this isnt too bad

ATI RADEON 7500 64MB DDR AGP4X 2D/3D OEM $146.90

**JungleMan** · Mar 16th, 2002, 01:37 PM

Originally posted by Gimlin
this isnt too bad

ATI RADEON 7500 64MB DDR AGP4X 2D/3D OEM $146.90

Yep, you can get that for your XP and put the 7000 in your P3

It's marginally better than GeForce2 Ti and GeForce4 MX440 (which are equivalent in performance). It doesn't have pixel/vertex shaders like the GeForce3 series but oh well.

You might see the high 5000s in 3dmark.

3DRealms has a motto "framerate is life" so at least they won't be using those for a while.

**Gimlin** · Mar 16th, 2002, 01:40 PM

What is OEM ?

**JungleMan** · Mar 16th, 2002, 01:43 PM

Originally posted by Gimlin
What is OEM ?

OEM means you don't get the pretty box and the warranty.

The Radeon 8500 OEM cards are actually clocked lower than the retail editions, haven't heard of a similar phenomena with the 7500 though.

**Gandalf_Grey_** · Mar 16th, 2002, 01:44 PM

i have a geforge MX 200, it suits me fine, plays DVD's fine, plays quake fine, it isn't a top of the line card but i am eventually going to upgrade it to an ATI .... eventually

**CyberSurfer** · Mar 16th, 2002, 01:56 PM

OEM stands for "Original Equipment Manufacturer", and means exactly what Justin said it does

I have an ATi Xpert 2000 Pro 32MB, which although not particularly high end, is cheap and reliable, and performs reasonably well even on new games like SS:TSE and C&C Renegade.

**Gimlin** · Mar 16th, 2002, 05:07 PM

JB look at your PMs

**JungleMan** · Mar 16th, 2002, 05:21 PM

Originally posted by Gimlin
JB look at your PMs

Thanks for being honest

**Gimlin** · Mar 16th, 2002, 05:36 PM

Is everything good now?

**JungleMan** · Mar 16th, 2002, 05:53 PM

Yes...back on topic with your video card...are you getting the 7500?

**Gimlin** · Mar 16th, 2002, 06:07 PM

Mabye going to see how many funds I can raise

**meander** · Jun 5th, 2004, 07:14 PM

go to tigerdirect and get an 8MB S3 vid card for like $10

**Pino** · Jun 8th, 2004, 04:34 AM

**BodwadUK** · Jun 9th, 2004, 02:55 AM

AVOID S3 CARDS

I have a geforce 4 64mb i need to sell

**DiGiTaIErRoR** · Jun 9th, 2004, 03:13 PM

The ATI Radeon 9000 is cheap, and decent.

**dsheller** · Jun 15th, 2004, 09:10 PM

Go with what Digital suggested if you can, my brother got one for a little under $100.00 at Tiger Direct, 128 mb version. Works fine for every game we play, and Id say most intense game we have is either Halo PC or BF1942.

**DiGiTaIErRoR** · Jun 16th, 2004, 03:47 AM

Originally posted by dsheller
Go with what Digital suggested if you can, my brother got one for a little under $100.00 at Tiger Direct, 128 mb version. Works fine for every game we play, and Id say most intense game we have is either Halo PC or BF1942.

I got mine for ~90.

They resell currently for ~60 USD. Pretty good(with AGP gart, very good) aslong as you don't run any hardcore DX9 games.

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