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Posted by SuperCobra on Sat May 7th at 3:56am 2005

Which one will be better? Thanks for the help I am just looking for a CHEAP ugrade for my guest computers GFX card (GeForce 4 Ti 4200 64mb)
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Posted by G4MER on Sat May 7th at 4:02am 2005

I would go with a GeForce 5850 if you can afford it. You wouldn't need an upgrade for some time and it is pretty cheep now.

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Posted by SuperCobra on Sat May 7th at 4:07am 2005

Can you give me a link to this 5850? Cause I can't seem to find it......did you mean 5950? Because that card is about $220 on newegg.com
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Posted by $loth on Sat May 7th at 7:20am 2005

The fx5200 is worse than your current card, btw afaik the x300 will also be and it's pci xpress not agp.
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Posted by Loco on Sat May 7th at 7:48am 2005

I got myself an FX5200, swapped it with a GeForce 2, and then swapped back again because the GeForce 2 was actually faster. I then got an ATi 9600XT and never looked back.
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Posted by Andrei on Sat May 7th at 8:39am 2005

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I got myself an FX5200, swapped it with a GeForce 2, and then swapped back again because the GeForce 2 was actually faster.


I'm pretty happy with my fx5200. The only problem is that nvidia are mongo-bitches when it comes to this card's driver.
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Posted by Dark Tree on Sat May 7th at 8:55am 2005

Are you looking for a low-mid range card, great price and one hell of a bargain? Look No Further. [addsig]



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Posted by G4MER on Sat May 7th at 10:40am 2005

Yes I ment 5950, sorry it was a typo. [addsig]



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Posted by $loth on Sat May 7th at 11:10am 2005

A 9600pro will play HL2/CSS on mid detail easily ( I have one :P) and they are not badly priced at all:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102407

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102295

Around $80-$90.
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Posted by Crono on Sat May 7th at 12:04pm 2005

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A 9600pro will play HL2/CSS on mid detail easily ( I have one image) and they are not badly priced at all:


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102407


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102295


Around $80-$90.


The card he currently has should play HL2 and CSS on high detail. (Obviously, it won't show the DX9 effects, but you get the idea) [addsig]



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Posted by rival on Sat May 7th at 12:45pm 2005

i got a fx5200 and it runs perfect on high model, shader, and texture detail with reflect all on water at 1024x786 on dx9 with pretty good fps.

i go with that one, its pretty cheap and hasnt let me down!





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Posted by Jinx on Sat May 7th at 12:49pm 2005

I think they are right- you should go with at least a 9600 level ATI card, or a 5800 or better Nvidia card. Anything less won't be that much better than what you got. If you can afford it, you may want to go with the X series ATI or 6000 series Nvidia. That's the 'current' generation of cards.

I just upgraded to a 6800GT 256mb.... it is teh sex



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Posted by rival on Sat May 7th at 12:51pm 2005

if hes got the budget then he should definetly go with a high end graphics card (who wouldnt?) but if hes looking for something cheap then the 5200 is the way to go.



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Posted by Jinx on Sat May 7th at 12:55pm 2005

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i got a fx5200 and it runs perfect on high model, shader, and texture detail with reflect all on water at 1024x786 on dx9 with pretty good fps.
i go with that one, its pretty cheap and hasnt let me down!


I'm sure it -looks- great, but I doubt you are getting a good framerate. My 5700le 256 choked on high shader detail in HL2, and I know my system (P4 3.47ghz, 1GB ram) wasn't the bottleneck. Did you just say 'reflect all' on water, too?! You must be used to getting 10-20 fps I guess?! <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/confused.gif">



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Posted by rival on Sat May 7th at 1:08pm 2005

whoops my mistake, i think that the shader detail is acutally on low

but everything else is as it says. ill have to recheck my framerate when i get my steam up and running again





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Posted by $loth on Sat May 7th at 1:08pm 2005

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Did you just say 'reflect all' on water, too?! You must be used to getting 10-20 fps I guess?!


My thought's exactly, I only reflect world.
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Posted by Orpheus on Tue May 10th at 9:08am 2005

? quoting Jinx


I just upgraded to a 6800GT 256mb.... it is teh sex

My 9800 Pro 256 runs so well, I cannot really imagine better. I know it exists fundamentally, but I played HL1 on such a crappy machine for so long that the 9800 looks like heaven incarnate.

I may upgrade to a bigger card eventually, but for now, I wouldn't recommend anything more expensive unless you just have the money to blow. A 9800 is pretty inexpensive by any standard when you compare prices vs. results.

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