video card selection

messiah101

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i am currently seeking a new video card to play DIRECT X8 gmaes only, i dont care for DX9 at the moment

my price cap is around 200 CDN
must be an improvment over a MSI Geforce 4 MX 420, the same one in my sig

i am looking right now at a Pandex Geforce 4 TI4400 128mb AGP 8x for $180 (www.cbit.ca)

i am unsure of any other choices at this point as all TI4600's are 300+ and i can get a good dx9 card for that, thanks for the help!
 
If your going to do it and you have 200 to spend you can get a card that will be ok for dx9 games and rock in dx8 games.

Look at either a ati radeon 9600xt or a geforcefx 5900 non-ultra.

Just about everywhere has the 9600xt 128MB for $200 and I know that Frysoutpost has the 5900 128MB for $200.

Personally, I would spend about $40 bucks more and get a ati 9800 non pro. You will see a huge jump in performance over the 9600xt from the 9800's 8 pipelines as opposed to 9600's 4.
 
for 200CDN...

i don't know the exact exchange rate. but i'd probably reccomend a radeon 9600 pro if the price in USD comes out to what i think it is.
 
At todays rate it would be about $160 bucks :)

Originally posted by Nihilanth99
for 200CDN...

i don't know the exact exchange rate. but i'd probably reccomend a radeon 9600 pro if the price in USD comes out to what i think it is.
 
ok, lets try again

I NEED A DX8 CARD, THAT IS LESS OR EQUAL TO 200 CANADAIN, which is 140 AMERICAN YOU YANKEES

PLEASE GIVE ME IDEAS, IT MUS BE BETTER THEN a GEFORCE 4 MX 420 and beat a TI 4200 FOR 180 CDN, THANKS FOR READING
 
Originally posted by messiah101
ok

i am currently seeking a new video card to play DIRECT X8 gmaes only, i dont care for DX9 at the moment

my price cap is around 200 CDN
must be an improvment over a MSI Geforce 4 MX 420, the same one in my sig

i am looking right now at a Pandex Geforce 4 TI4400 128mb AGP 8x for $180 (www.cbit.ca)

i am unsure of any other choices at this point as all TI4600's are 300+ and i can get a good dx9 card for that, thanks for the help!
BFG GFFX 5900 for $184 shipped. Er, nm, that's US$.
 
Originally posted by messiah101
ok, lets try again

I NEED A DX8 CARD, THAT IS LESS OR EQUAL TO 200 CANADAIN, which is 140 AMERICAN YOU YANKEES

PLEASE GIVE ME IDEAS, IT MUS BE BETTER THEN a GEFORCE 4 MX 420 and beat a TI 4200 FOR 180 CDN, THANKS FOR READING

I think your caps lock button is broken...

But yes...9600pro
 
I would say the Radeon 9600 for $162 would be your best bet. Either that or if you got the extra money the 9600 pro for $224. The only NVIDIA cards in the pricerange are the FX5600's and the ti4400 you suggested. I know the Radeon 9600 is better than the 5600 and probably better than the ti4400. You might want to check on that for sure.
 
OK, first of all, given the reasonable budget you have, there is little point in not getting a DX9 card since $140 US is plenty of money to get a decent DX9 card. That being said, there are quite a few options. Here is a NewEgg search for card that cost from $100 to $140 US and support DirectX 9.

NewEgg Search
 
Originally posted by messiah101
thanks for the post :D, i migth by the sapphire

update: its oem so nm
Only difference with OEM is no cables, software bundle, or box. Best for when you are on a budget.
 
Originally posted by Misadventure
Newegg doesn't ship to Canada so that doesn't work lol
Seriously? Wow, that's weird. Well, it still gives a good idea of the cards that fit the bill.
 
Powercolor 9600Pro EZ at CanadaComputers for 191, don't know how that stacks up to NP tho...
 
Originally posted by dotZIP
Powercolor 9600Pro EZ at CanadaComputers for 191, don't know how that stacks up to NP tho...
Check it out here:
http://www.canadacomputers.com/video.html#gra

Here are the cards I would recommend from them:
ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 128MB DDR more info $219
PowerColor Radeon 9600 128MB DDR $161
PowerColor Radeon 9600PRO EZ 128MB $191
Sapphire Radeon 9600 128MB DDR OEM $154
Sapphire Radeon 9600 256MB DDR OEM $172

EDIT: They have a pretty bad ResellerRating.
 
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