Pros and Cons to the Ati Radeon 9550

[Rockfan1815]

I was looking at a Graphics card with the Ati Radeon 9550 GPU processor and was wondering if that GPU/VPU is any good. Any comments on it and where would I be able to get one for a good price.

 

[Liquidlen]

It's like any component .what are you going to do with it ? and how much money can you spend ?
computerpoweruser.com has an article in special issue v2.0 just out ,about sub $100.00 vid cards . take a look at their website.

 

[Rockfan1815]

The most I will pay is about 80, the only thing I use my computer for is Internet and Games, Mainly Call of Duty, Nascar Thunder 2004, Half Life 2 with all mods, NFS underground 2, Halo and other games like those. It also wouldn't bother me if I had to put the graphics inbetween medium and high because I've played all of these games on a budget card (Geforce Mx 420 and 440 pci 64mb) with the graphics on medium and no lag, I just want a card that can handle some of the latest games long enought until I get a job and can afford a top end card.

 

[knuckleball]

people have their own opinions. but i always find great deals on brand new parts on ebay. now yes, you can get scr@wed on ebay if you dont pay attention. but if you do it right, theres all sorts of great deals. i built 2 high performance computers and most of the parts are from ebay( all brand new)

 

[Liquidlen]

The 9550 and the 9600 se can both handle DX 9 so they can play games but , you realize not a the top levels as these are economy cards, which is fine.
I have had good reliable cards with the ATI chips.
Newegg.com and Computergeeks often sell older models at a reasonable price.
Have Fun and tell us what you did.

 

[Rockfan1815]

I decided to get this card: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-125-140&depa=1
The costomers reviews were good and It seemed Like no one had any problems so I decided to go with that. In about 2 weeks I should be playing Call of Duty, Half Life 2, NFSU 2, Halo and Nascar Thunder 2004. Thanks for you opinions.

 

[Nick Lee]

I don't know if it's my system or the way the programs are installed.
ASUS motherboard
ati 9550 (CATALYST 5.3 and CATALYST Control Center)
512mb DDR ram
cd rom52x
anthlon 64 2200+ 1.79gig.
40 gig samsung
110 gig wdc wd400
300w power supply


my problem is that i play battlefeild 1942 and the game is very sticky, my computer meets the reqerments and a lot more. Anyone please help advice,
I tried everything i know.

p.s. I woun't/ will not reformat my com. and start from sctrach.