The GeForce FX5600 or 5700.
 
For ATi's side of things, the Radeon 9200 would be a steup up in the right direction.

Originally posted by shassouneh:

Quote:HI All, 
Can anyone help me with this. I found a decent deal on a 9600 SE. Here is the link
 
Radeon 9600 SE 128 MB
 
Is this card any good?
 
Thanx

For the price, no. The memory bus is cut from 128 bits to 64-bits.
If it were, say $30, it'd be alright, but for the price it runs, it's not worth the money paid. It's on the same recommendation as the GeForce FX 5200. Sappire is a good brand tho.

first dont buy from a store that says geforce4 fx they dont know what they're talking about, it doesnt exist
 
second, any GeForce FX card above 5600 will do
third make sure you get one with 128mb of memory
 
so pick whichever yuo got enough money for
 
*EDIT*
with that said i strongly suggest you get 5700 128mb over 5600 i think it has much more bang for your buck
[Edited by BabyBoy-- on 2004-05-02 03:37:34]
 

Its not a geforece 4 fx 5600, iots geforce FX 5600
 
(or 5700)
 
 
 
 

I used to ride the GeForce wagon, used to bash ATI and their support. But when I actually got one of their cards, 9600PRO 256MB 8X AGP, I was very happy and excited! My GeForce 4 Ti 128MB 4400 couldn't even compare. As for support, what support do you need, it's a friggin video card not an OS! The drivers work great, they release new ones all the time, and i have yet to have any issues at all...

Originally posted by shassouneh:

Quote:Thanx for the input. So What you are saying Is I should be looking for either an Nvidia Geforce 4 FX 5600 or Nvidia geForce 4 FX 5700 128MB AGP 4/8x ?(note the workding: GeForce 4...)
 
Ignore the GeForce 4 as these cards are technically a GeForce 5, nVidia gave them the brand name of GeForce FX instead of the numeral 5 Looks like the NV4x series may go back to the numeral system and be branded the GeForce 6 series.
 
As for you question, the FX 5700 has basically replaced the FX 5600 model. However there may not be too much of a performance difference on your machine but of course if price is the major concern here you most likely will be able to get an FX 5600 for a pretty good price now.

Take it from personal experience....DO NOT BUY an AGPTEK card you'll be lucky if they have the correct specs and last a year. Imagestore, Fookstore, & 99 cent store sell them through eBay. I've played CIVIII with a geforceMX2 with hardly any problems.
 
Good Luck,
gj

Hmmm, I read all two pages thinking this was all new. Then I noticed the last post number was about 22,000 posts after the one before it. Why do people revive old posts?