For better graphics and a faster bit rate.(smoother gameplay)
2006-11-20 02:20:24 · 3 answers · asked by rikimaru10 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Eeeeesh. You mean you are limited to a PCI slot. Well, in that case it would be the Radeon 9600 BUT let's take a look at some other options. Note that none of the PCI graphics cards are going to be powerhouses but if it's the best you can do... it's the best you can do...
The best you can do in a PCI graphics card is probably at Radeon X1300 for $115, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814129062
As I said, it's not powerhouse but is far superior to either the 9250 or 9600. If you have really reserved yourself to the 9250 or 9600 keep in mind that not all Radeon 9250 cards support DirectX 9, most only support DirectX 8 (that's bad...) so go with the 9600 if those are really your only two choices.
I was also unable to locate a PCI version of the Radeon 9600 from Newegg (though other stores may have it), I will only shop and buy from them. The final word is, neither model you have picked is that great and if you really must go with PCI the the Radeon X1300 is the way to go.
2006-11-20 02:29:26 · answer #1 · answered by conradj213 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you shopping at Wal-Mart/Best Buy or from a website? What card slots does your computer have? If you have an AGP, that's better than PCI, and there is a newer version of PCI now too. How old is the computer?
These are questions we "volunteer computer techs" at Yahoo need to know.
Maybe you are not sure what you are looking at online too. PCI is NOT the same across the board, PCI Express is NOT the same as PCI, don't get caught buying something your computer cannot manage! You might not be able to return it, even to Wal-Mart if you have opened the packaging up.
Besides that, Diamond and ATI are two different companies, as far as I have seen on Diamond's website, they advertise the chip as just "Radeon" and not ATI Radeon, meaning they have purchased rights to use Radeon chips on their cards. So they don't have the EXACT control of the chip that ATI cards do (ATI manufactures cards as well, you pay a markup, cause they make the perfect controllers for the Radeon chips they sell).
2006-11-20 02:52:40 · answer #2 · answered by aug_r 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
google for them they usually specify what has a better capacity on the site information.
2006-11-20 02:44:08 · answer #3 · answered by Matthew B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋