Looking to upgrade my aging 64mb video card (agp). Looking for best deal around $200 bucks. Mainly upgrading for EQ, so thinking might be better to stick with NVidia?
Any ideas/suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks.
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You should be able to find a Geforce FX 5900 for around $200.00 an Ultra model (twice the ram) can be found for around $250. I highly reccomend that card.
I was about to ask the same thing. Pricewatch has these listed (that are within my budget at least).
$168 - GeForce FX 5900 128MB
$157 - GeForce FX 5800 128MB
$158 - GeForce FX 5700 256MB
$146 - GeForce FX 5700 128MB
$94 - GeForce FX 5600 Ultra 128MB
$105 - GeForce FX 5600 256MB
$87 - GeForce FX 5600 128MB
$149 - RADEON 9800 128MB
$171 - RADEON 9600 XT 256MB
$150 - RADEON 9600 XT 128MB
$111 - RADEON 9600 Pro 256MB
$103 - RADEON 9600 256MB
I've read through Tom's Hardware and Anandtech's sites but I feel like a dog that's chasing it's tail about half way through reading them and totally lost by the time I finish each article.
Right now I'm using a MSI Geforce4 4200Ti 128MB DDR 8X. Also in this box is a Asus P4PE with 1Gb of PC2100 a 2.4Ghz processor and a 640k up/down dsl connection.
In terms of playing EQ with a large number of people, polygons, etc would any of these cards give me a noticable improvement? I realize a faster card is better and all but would these cards reduce the lag or am I needing something else to get out of the 5-7 fps scenario on large raids?
Thanks again for any input.
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$168 - GeForce FX 5900 128MB
$157 - GeForce FX 5800 128MB
$158 - GeForce FX 5700 256MB
$146 - GeForce FX 5700 128MB
$94 - GeForce FX 5600 Ultra 128MB
$105 - GeForce FX 5600 256MB
$87 - GeForce FX 5600 128MB
$149 - RADEON 9800 128MB
$171 - RADEON 9600 XT 256MB
$150 - RADEON 9600 XT 128MB
$111 - RADEON 9600 Pro 256MB
$103 - RADEON 9600 256MB
I've read through Tom's Hardware and Anandtech's sites but I feel like a dog that's chasing it's tail about half way through reading them and totally lost by the time I finish each article.
Right now I'm using a MSI Geforce4 4200Ti 128MB DDR 8X. Also in this box is a Asus P4PE with 1Gb of PC2100 a 2.4Ghz processor and a 640k up/down dsl connection.
In terms of playing EQ with a large number of people, polygons, etc would any of these cards give me a noticable improvement? I realize a faster card is better and all but would these cards reduce the lag or am I needing something else to get out of the 5-7 fps scenario on large raids?
Thanks again for any input.
Well, I can put in my vote for a GeForce fx 5700 Ultra. Got mine a bit ago for bout 220. Any way, the card did'nt have much of a frame rate increase over my old GeForce 4 Ti4800, but when encountering large amounts of paticle effects, (Large raids anyone) it held at a high FPS. I guess looking at the price watch quotes you could step up from that, but I'd recomend getting it at like a Best Buy case there are any serious issues. Much easier to return.
And keep in mind that if you go Ultra, you'd better have some good cooling. Ultra require an extra power supply plug in, using the same type that goes in to a hard drive. Even with a 5 inch fan blowing in to my system, plus the standard case fans, the chip core stays at about 39 degrees C, bout 105 F playing EQ. My last card got messed up by heat, was pre mega-fan.
And keep in mind that if you go Ultra, you'd better have some good cooling. Ultra require an extra power supply plug in, using the same type that goes in to a hard drive. Even with a 5 inch fan blowing in to my system, plus the standard case fans, the chip core stays at about 39 degrees C, bout 105 F playing EQ. My last card got messed up by heat, was pre mega-fan.
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Whatever you do, dont buy the Sapphire 9600xp 256 Card. Paid a good $200 gil....err dollars for one of these. Does nothing but crash any real game like FFXI. If fact, my girlfriends OEM 9600 Pro 128 (power...something) ran faster, better FPS, and just plain played and looked better. BUYER BEWARE!!!
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Edited, Mon Feb 2 02:43:14 2004 by BattleSpyke
Edited, Sun Feb 1 21:43:50 2004 by BattleSpyke
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