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HI,
I'm cheap. Is this card better than the ATI 9200SE?

Those cards are equally shitty.

the card is good enough if you dont game at all. but for gaming, the videocard sucks big time. both the ATI 9200SE and the geforce FX5200 sucks big time. but to use the videocard for a regular workstation is well enough.

Ok,
Both are crap, what is the best nvidia DDR card for gaming? Midrange, I'm not "Trump"

best midrange from nVidia would be the upcoming 6600gt (~$200). the next step up would be a 6800nu for ~$80 more.

ill have to recommend Ati for Midrange cards. only the 9600xt and 9800pro being the current "budget" cards that actually support DX9, with the 9800pro being lots faster.

and to rub in how horrible the 5200 is, its slower than a geforce4 ti4200. it is comparable to a geforce4 MX card.

i thought the 9600 PRO is much better than the XT as far as bang-for-buck factor goes.

if he were to overclock it (substantially), then yes, the 9600pro does have a greater value to it.

i just like how 9600xt sounds so much nicer than 9600pro

those ATI marketing guys really know what they're doing.

That qualifies as midrange only in that the card is cheap, the motherboard on the otherhand that has PCIe isn't all that cheap, and if your running AMD, well you're out of luck for the time being.

depends on what you would like to spend and how much you want to game. you can get a geforce 3 ti200 for $40 or $30 if you look around; shouldn't be too hard. those cards hold themselves very well, and have only began to show real weaknesses in the newer games like farcry and doom3. if you're a gamer like me though, that's unacceptable lol. a 9800 pro can be had for real cheap right now because so many people are getting rid of their lastgen cards to buy new ones. you can buy a 9800 pro here for $100. of course, read what the guy has posted about it to make sure you don't think you're getting something your not. only an example, not suggesting you actually go for this particular deal.

you can also find gf4 cards for right around $75... not a bad deal, they run well. a 9600xt could be had for a fair price, those are good. don't go for the 9500np, they can be modified to a 9700 pro, but people have caught on to this and they cost about the same now anyway, so it makes no difference.

also a good card right now is the 5900xt. it's value is great, and used i'd say you could find one for a great price. brand new they wont break you, but the 6600gt would be a much better choice if you were going to go the new route.

without regard to price, i would say that the best card you can get right now is probably the 6800gt as they overclock well, or the x800pro vivo. these bad boys (the x800pro vivo) can be flashed to an x800 XT PE. not a bad deal at all

all around in the video card good things are happening right now. competition is nice and healthy, and the performance of video cards from last generation to this generation has doubled... along with pricing being drastically lower compared to other generations.

really, if you get any next-gen card, you'll be hard pressed to go wrong. everything that's out this generation is just excellent.

what does PEG have to do with those cards? they do have agp models you know; quite a bit easier to find than the PEG models as a matter of fact (well, the 6600gt isn't out yet, but when it is it will be the same story).

true. PCIE makes any videocard budget or not way more expensive.

LOL !! Thx