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butzloffrost

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there was a diamond ati radeon 9250 PCI at walmart and ati radeon 9250 PCI<---not diamond(both cards were 256mb) at best buy that was more expensive. the models look different, but is there really a difference?
 
Typically, lower-tier brands are cheaper but have worse performance, less overclockability, etc. You can usually save a good deal of money by going cheaper on the brand (Powercolor, HIS, PNY, etc).
 
really? thanks for the info. Yeah, the vid card that i have is actually really good. it was $100 and i think it was totally worth it. I can play most games in high resolution with it. In my opinion, i think that ati radeon is generally better than nvidia, please prove me wrong if i am!
 
buz... LOL you're a noob... :)

9250 cards are bottom of the barrel when it comes to video cards.

PCI cards costs more because it's a legacy product for older systems.
 
butzloffrost said:
really? thanks for the info. Yeah, the vid card that i have is actually really good. it was $100 and i think it was totally worth it. I can play most games in high resolution with it
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Like F.E.A.R and oblivion? :)
 
Firebat said:
Like F.E.A.R and oblivion? :)
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Oblivion totally eats most systems alive on full settings, I can play it at 1280x960 with graphics maxed fairly smoothly though, 1600x1200 I need to turn the grass down though as for some reason the grass likes to kill my cards.
 
InorganicMatter said:
Typically, lower-tier brands are cheaper but have worse performance, less overclockability, etc. You can usually save a good deal of money by going cheaper on the brand (Powercolor, HIS, PNY, etc).
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"Lower-tier" cards are all validated by ATI and are usually exactly the same as the built by ATI cards. You just pay a tiny bit more (but not always) for your card to say "Built By ATI", when in fact those cards are made by Sapphire who puts an ATI sticker on them.

We've been through this a million times in the ATI forum, just buy whatever card you're comfortable with.
 
Marvelous said:
9250 cards are bottom of the barrel when it comes to video cards.
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9250's good enough for Thief, Thief 2, Quake, Quake 2, Quake 3, Wolfenstein, Doom, Doom 2, The Sims, UT, UT2003, UT2004, many racing simulators - the list is endless.

A great legacy gaming card, I think.
 
phide said:
9250's good enough for Thief, Thief 2, Quake, Quake 2, Quake 3, Wolfenstein, Doom, Doom 2, The Sims, UT, UT2003, UT2004, many racing simulators - the list is endless.

A great legacy gaming card, I think.
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Yea, but then it doesn't handle Fear, Doom3, Halo, Oblivion, COD2, Battlefield2, and Half-Life 2 very well.
 
sculelos said:
Yea, but then it doesn't handle Fear, Doom3, Halo, Oblivion, COD2, Battlefield2, and Half-Life 2 very well.
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Maybe hes not buying the card for gaming?
 
He did, but he may not be a hardcore gamer. If he's only interested in legacy gaming, then spending more than $150-200 on a card is a little fruitless (though I've been playing the original Thief a bit, and it's pretty bitchin' on an XTX). If he's playing current games, and he's happy with the performance, then it's a solid card for his needs.
 
well for $100 you can get a radeon 9800 geforce 6600 easily... Why would you get a 9250?
 
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