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#1 Jun 23 2004 at 12:26 PM Rating: Decent
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Hi there,

Finaly got my new PC :D so now... :p
Do you know what's the best video card :

* Gforce 4 MX4000 by Nvidia, 64 DDR
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* Hercules 3D prophet 9200 powered by ATI, 128DDR.

I know I shoudn't choose depending on the biggest amount of RAM, anyone knows please ? I'm still looking on the internet..

Thank you
#2 Jun 23 2004 at 2:03 PM Rating: Decent
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Don't buy an MX if you plan to game, they basically suck. Not sure on that particular ATI. I'd suggest going to www.tomshardware.com and checking reviews.

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#3 Jun 23 2004 at 4:21 PM Rating: Excellent
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the 9200 is marginally better than the MX. Neither is going to be very good for gaming. Save your money and get at least a mid range card. you will thank yourself later.
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#4 Jun 23 2004 at 4:26 PM Rating: Decent
http://www.pricewatch.com

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#5 Jun 28 2004 at 6:17 PM Rating: Decent
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Thank you for your answers. Indeed this video card isn't good enough...
I'm going to check the sites you gave me.
#6 Jun 29 2004 at 3:45 PM Rating: Decent
Neither, get a ATI Radeon 9800 Pro. If you plan to game, you need a gaming video card. The best video card out right now is the ATI Radeon X800 XI 256MB. It costs somewhere around $500. But if you just want to stick a card in your PCI slot, get a ATI Radeon 9200SE 128MB PCI. Only get a PCI card if you can't handle a AGP8x card.
#7 Jun 29 2004 at 3:49 PM Rating: Decent
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the 9200 is marginally better than the MX. Neither is going to be very good for gaming. Save your money and get at least a mid range card. you will thank yourself later.


If you play other games on your PC, and only have about $100-$150, a 9200 will get you about 300 FPS on Counter Strike 1.6. Well, it does for me.

And my friend has a GeForce4MX440 64MB PCI in his other computer. It ran EQ with all Models on and no lag. All he had was 384MB of RAM. So, if you want to not waste $100 on a video card, get a GeForce FX 5200 128MB PCI. Costs $44, cheap and it runs nice.
#8 Jun 29 2004 at 3:54 PM Rating: Decent
Oh, and the best manufacturer to get is Asus for Radeon. I think it's PNY for GeForce or something. I don't know about a lot about GeForce cards.
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