I thought since we have one for sound cards, why not one for video cards.
I have got a 128MB GeForceFX 5200 - quite a nice card, does all my games quite nicely. :)
Currently, a 64mb GeForce2 Ultra, but I'll be upgrading to a 128mb Radeon 9700 Pro shortly (unless the 9800 goes on sale ;) )
halo there
FYI, ATI radeon 9800se 128MB is just out already, at least here in singapore. USA tends to get the latest tech first before rest of the world, so it should also be already available where u are...
It is available, I meant "on sale" as in "discounted prices" :D
I also use FX5200 by ASUS
http://www.asus.com/products/vga/v9520vs/overview.htm
Its nice and fast, i'm running it with win2k, 256mb PC2700, a 333FSB AMD 2600, running at 2.083GHZ, 60GB 7200RPM.
I've had no probs up to now, i've ran Halflife (stop laughing!), Max Payne, GTA 3, GTA: Vice City.
The temp rarely goes over 37c.
Mine also has VIVO (Video In Video Out) and captures at full 30fps! TV out is amazing quality too.
Nice Card!!
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I have the ATI Radeon 8500LE 64 mb. I don't plan to upgrade for at least another year.
deanbayley: same chip as my card except mine doesnt have all the other frills about it. I wouldnt mind VIVO but I don't think I will be using it that often.
Well i didn't think i would either, my DVD player burned out and i thought why buy another when i have a DVD rom drive on my pc, i also use WinDVR to record movies and tv shows to mpeg2 :)
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Hehe, I have the opposite.
I had a DVD ROM drive and an MPEG 2 decoder card in my PC. Was still from when I had a AMD K6/2 400. I then later bought DVD player since I moved out of home and had PC at other end of house.
Now my DVD-ROM drive has died... laser packed it in... havent bought another one since don't use DVD on pc at all. Why buy another one if I have DVD player in lounge room.
lol, true.....
I have a cheap sub $100 MSI FX5200 and though it doesnt have
it ran all games and had all features a newbie OpenGL programmer would need. But, now, I am sad to hear HL2 will not properly
on my card (~10fps). Other specs
Intel Pentium 4 3.0C
512 MB PC3500 DDR RAM
52x CD-R/RW
16xDVD (old)
I have a some sub $100 64MB GeForce2 MX 400 card. Works fine, runs FreeBSD and the games like Rogue Spear that I play. That's all I need.
1.2Ghz Althon
640MB PC-133 SDRAM
2x DVD Rom of some kind.
i have built 4 computers for my personal use since my house burned last year, being that money was tight, the first was a super cheap, bought a ati pro rage agp 8 meg used bought for $2 from ebay = $4 shipping, like the card, not very graphics intense but gotr my back on the net. picked up a radeon 7200 32 meg for $8 + $6 shipping (ebay). the next pc had on-board nvidia 16 meg, getting down to the last one. still strapped for cash, i wanted to run a decent machine so bought (all new in box) a aopen ak77pro(a) motherboard (ebay) total, $32. bought a athlon xp 1800+ (ebay) total $56, 1 stick 512 crucial pc2100 ddr ram (ebay) $67. radeon 9000 64 meg ddr video card (ebay) $49. wesern digital 80 gig hd ultra ata 100 7200 rpm (office max) $80 - $20 mail-in-rebate.samsung cdrw 48-24-48 (wall-mart) $48 sony floppy $8 (ebay) samsung dvd 16x (wal-mart) $60 microsoft 10/100 eithernet card (radio shack) $20 soundblaster audigy(ebay) $40(looked used but works fine) allienware case(used)(ebay)$45 , 400w power supply (new) $60(comp usa) kds eflat 17" monitor(wal-mart) $107 put it all together, video card caused errors unless i used 98 or ME, tried everything. bought a geforce 5200 128 meg (wal-mart) $100, everything is perfect. wife loves the radeon 9000 on her asus board though.total before the video card problem, 672, after, $772, love my machine, and was still cheaper than buying a simular proprietary machines.
the radeon saphire 9700 pro series. Great stuff. It's the one with the huge heatsinks(zaleman or something?) Anyway, it's a beast!
There is really no need for a good video card if you never play games.
And HL2 will run fine on a FX 5200, just not at the highest detail settings and resolution. Half-life is going to be very scalable. Besides, the vast majority of people who buy games don't have the latest and greatest card. A game maker would not release a game that only 5% of gamers could run decently.
GF4 Ti4200 128M vivo
I've been pretty happy with it, then again, I play Starcraft and TFC (the Half-life mod), so neither are coming close to stretching the limits of my system. I used the vivo to capture TV shows, edit out the commericals, then output back to TV to watch them with other folks. It does a respectable job at that.
Still, I think I'd really like to put up an AIW 9800 Pro. Sure, $350US, but it's multimedia features leave me in awe. And I could run HL2 at full detail. :)
I have an "XFX Geforce 4 4600 Ti" with 128MB DDR and it flies... :cool: For some of the games I play - it goes up to 90 FPS and is always smooth. It comes with VIVO/DVI and I love it. I've had no problems with it yet, in fact I just bought it a couple weeks ago. I'm using version 45.23 of the nVidia Detonator drivers since the 52.16 drivers don't work with some of my games. :mad: Oh well... the drivers that I'm using now do the job :p
I went from an MSI GeForce 4 MX440 VIVO to an FIC A95P Radeon 9500 Pro. I wanted what I thought was the best performer for the money, especially when considering I don't play a lot of games but when I do I want them to work and look great.