Which graphics card?

[peter7]

Hey, last bit of advice here. Im looking for a moderately good graphics card for around £40 ($72) and i've whittled it down to 2, which would u recommened?

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-FX5512

or

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?ASU-107348

Thanks!

 

[Tranq]

id definitely go with the ASUS 9550 1-good maker (ASUS) 2-i like ATI better

 

[thijsp]

i would go for the ati, the graphic cards are very simular but the ati supports 2 screens and the geforce only one (at least i thought so) and the ati has a later version of API

 

[peter7]

ok cool. what does anyone else think?

 

[vnf4ultra]

Of the two, I'd get the 9550. Is the 9600 or 9600pro available to you? If so for how much more. If the difference is small and either is available, choose one of them instead.

 

[peter7]

hey, ive decided to get the 9600Pro check it out: http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?ASU-108482

how good is that gcard?

 

[vnf4ultra]

Here you can see how the 9600 pro does. For comparison, the 9550 should perform between a 9600se and a 9600 IIRC., about ~18,000 pts in aquamark 3 would be my guess, while the 9600 pro gets 26,000 pts.
http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20041004/vga_charts-04.html#aquamark_3

 

[peter7]

not bad for an extra $18 is it? thanks for the advice/help here guys!