Good Graphic Card for Cheap

[tifc8lraz]

I have a $70 budget with an agp 8x slot. Can anyone suggest a good card for my system? Hopefully one better than my 6200 64-bit GeForce now.

 

[nickslick74]

Here are a couple, but they are probably not huge upgrades over the 6200 (but at least not 64bit!)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102410
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102338

btw - the XT's are generally better than the pros.

 

[tifc8lraz]

What about the X1300 agp?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814161015R

 

[nickslick74]

Hmm... Missed that one when I was looking. To be honest I'm not sure about the x1300 series. I know that some of them use hypermemory (shares the RAM) but this one doesn't seem to.

 

[wolfram]

It could be a little slower than the 9600XT. The 9600 has a 500 MHZ core and 600 MHZ RAM and 4 pipelines, and the x1300 has 450 MHZ core, 500MHZ GDDR2 RAM, and 4 pipelines.

Maybe they're similar, or the X1300 with its 256MB and GDDR2 can compensate for the slower frequencies.

 

[nickslick74]

Hey Wolfram! Yeah, I was kinda thinking the same thing but I wasn't sure if the x1300's had any of the issues that the x1600's have had. I guess if it were me I would go with the 9600xt just for the higher clock speeds.

 

[wolfram]

Yeah, I would get the 9600XT. I had one it was damn good. It even played Far Cry @ 1280*1024 fairly good.

But I don't know if the X1300 can compesate with its 256MB and GDDR2. I'm pretty sure the X1300 doesn't have the same issue as the X1600.

 

[IBN]

You need an nVidia 6600 at the least. You could search around for one, but it'll be just above your budget. Any lower spec card and its not worth upgrading honestly.

 

[tifc8lraz]

I personally do not like Nvidia Vid Cards. They seem too overated, and are menat for games like Doom 3 and Quake 4, which I do not play. I stick to games like Oblivion (don't own it, just an example). ATI cards have been proven to work better and faster on brighter games that do not use as many shaders. I usually do not play games with these anyway. What about the 9800?

 

[wolfram]

A 9800 should be better than a 9600XT, but not too much. I still recommend the 9600XT, or if you wanna spend more, a X800 would be a great choice.