ive been a loyal ATI fan for quite some time, but now im starting to regret getting an ATI card, as nVidia has everything i need. what ATI and nVidia card should i get? it needs to be AGP 8X and under $300, also, i play alot of games on this system, Battlefield 2, 2142 and quake 4, so it needs to be able to take alot, also, i have 1.5gigs of ram, and an AMD athlon +3000 2.1 GHz, my current video card is an ATI Radeon X800 Sapphire GTO eddition with 256 memory, i usually overclock it when i play my intense games with the provided program called TRIXX, if you know of any way to make my games run faster, let me know, i alredy kill all the usless tasks when i play, and i have +700 gigs of harddrive memory, im running windows XP. i used to build these things, the one im on being one of the computers i built, so i wont have to pay anyone to install it for me.
2006-10-16 03:26:18 · 4 answers · asked by Bob7k 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
i had an old AGP nVidia 5200 with 256 megs for $75 USD that totally kicked *** compared to what i was running before
2006-10-16 03:33:09 · update #1
To be honest with you, I think that the limiting factor on the PC is the processor, but here is the best AGP card for under $300:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150131
from your question I guess you wanted an ATI alternative as well, so:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814142073
the nVidia in this case is superior, although honestly not a HUGE upgrade over what you have, but an upgrade none the less.
2006-10-16 12:50:49 · answer #1 · answered by mysticman44 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had an ATI all in wonder Radeon card and bought an Asus - that supported Open GL and it made the 3D stuff go much faster and only cost £40 - about $75. That including the sales tax we pay in the UK of 17.5%. But it only had 64 Mb of memory - go for one with more memory if you're a serious game player.
2006-10-16 03:31:55 · answer #2 · answered by Mike10613 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honestly, ATI is not a bad card. I had fond times with my ATI and it helped me with playing HL2 on a crappy system when it first came out. I didn't have a good experiance with my Nvidia card when I bought it, but I do plan on getting another one soon. Just get what is best on the market. Go to best buy and ask them what is the best card and get it. Nvidia just released some new cards, so it might be them.
2006-10-16 03:32:41 · answer #3 · answered by b-rad 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
asus eax1600pro.... kicks asssss
2006-10-16 03:29:35 · answer #4 · answered by Alex R. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋