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5500 vs. 9550

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demons9872

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my ti 4200 died today and i wanna play far cry and i have it down to two choices a radeon 9550 128 mb or a pny 5500 128 mb my specs for my system are 512 mb of hyper x ram 3 ghz p4 and a 120 gig sata hd..which is better im going in tomorrow morning to comp usa to buy a card what am i better off with? how about a 6200 of newegg are they anygood looking @ CHAINTECH nVIDIA GeForce 6200A Video Card, 256MB DDR, DVI/TV-Out, AGP 8X, Model "SA62A-256" -RETAIL
 
You'd be sorely sorry if you bought either of those.

Go for a 9600pro/5900xt at least

~Adam
 
i have about 100 dollors and i cant wait i need it a.s.a.p its not my rig its for a friend of mine well my cousin.any other ideas on good cards for cheap?
 
just tell your friend if he waits about a week (shipping time), he'll get a MUCH better card for his $100, than if he buys it right now at a chain/retail store.

like i said before, get a used 9800pro. theres quite a few refurbished 9800 pro's on newegg.
 
demons9872 said:
oh i see..will a 5700ve be any better? its a pny verto agp 8x 256mb
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The 5700 Ultra was the only decent 5700 card. The VE is probably a 5700LE or something. Honestly I'd get the 9600Pro for $94. More well rounded card.
 
dude, you arent listening to me are you? like a said before, refurbished 9800 pro on newegg.

5700's arent good. a 5900xt is better. but why would you even get that when the 9800pro's so much better???

whatever, i give up. no point of helping when people dont listen. just get whatever card you want.
 
haha i hear ya i hear ya i just cant wait i need one like tomorrow cause his comp doesnt have onboard vid and he has school and crap so
 
demons9872 said:
haha i hear ya i hear ya i just cant wait i need one like tomorrow cause his comp doesnt have onboard vid and he has school and crap so
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Boy try buying stuff from ebay then we well talk about waiting. And theres this thing it's called paper. School paper thay go hand in hand.
 
demons9872 said:
so whats so wrong with this two cards? ..thanks so much for helping me out by the way
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For starters, both of them will be a downgrade from the dead Ti4200.

Second, if you buy it at a retail store, they both will be severely overpriced - the same cards sold online will often cost half that much or even less.
 
this card any good CHAINTECH nVIDIA GeForce 6200A Video Card, 256MB DDR, DVI/TV-Out, AGP 8X, Model "SA62A-256" -RETAIL
 
The 9600pro would trounce that 6200 unless you can somehow unlock it to a 6600 and OC the ram and frankly you aren't looking to try that with time constraints, it's difficult to find a good one.

~Adam
 
6200 (non TC), 6600, and 6600GT are all based on same core. You can probably unlock that 6200 and then OC it like crazy. It's not hard to do. It can be done in about 5 minutes.
 
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