Need help with Choice of card.........

[Taggert_LOA]

I am trying to decide between a geforce 4 mx 440 64mb pci or an ati radeon 7500 64 mb pci. my budget is 80.00 max. trying to keep the overall costs under 250.00. So far i have shelled out 131.00 for Mobo, cpu, and burn in with shipping. 18.00 for 300w PSU.

 

[Xie]

I am trying to decide between a geforce 4 mx 440 64mb pci or an ati radeon 7500 64 mb pci. my budget is 80.00 max. trying to keep the overall costs under 250.00. So far i have shelled out 131.00 for Mobo, cpu, and burn in with shipping. 18.00 for 300w PSU.

I would say stay away from anything mx ... but i'm no expert 🙁

 

[Taggert_LOA]

why?

 

[Taggert_LOA]

it's only for websurfing, web games, e-mail etc...........

 

[Goatman]

Go for the ATi, better 2D performance, and much better colour.

 

[breezie]

either 9800 and o/c it

or fx 5900 and o/c it to 5950u

 

[Black-Syth]

If it's for your Geforce3 Ti rig, don't bother, the Ti beats the **** out of both.

I'd go for the ATi because of brand name, it's not like you'll ever use them to their fullest extent in surfing the web.

 

[Taggert_LOA]

no it'es for a rig i'm building, i found one i'm going with....it's an xtasy 9200se 64MB DDR

 

[LeeJend]

Hmmm, 9200 and se. Isn't that an oxymoron?

If all you're building is a surfing machine buy a used tnt card for $20.

 

[Taggert_LOA]

because if i wanted crap i'd buy a compaq.

 

[Xie]

because if i wanted crap i'd buy a compaq.

hehe you was just gonna get an mx card lol

 

[Taggert_LOA]

http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,100845,00.asp
dosen't sound like crap to me xie......

 

[Xie]

sorry I don't mean to bash its just that most anyone you ask about gfx cards will say don't get a mx as you can get a better quality card for about the same amount of $.

 

[Goatman]

I'd still go for the ATi

 

[Taggert_LOA]

i am, it's the only one in stock where i'm going. but i can go either way, i'm not picky

 

[celticfan11]

the geforce 4 mx 440 isnt a bad card
its like 40$ ive picked them up for OEM
they run good
can run most games smoothly unless u run high res and hig detail etc... its not a gaming card but its a decent card for the price

 

[TheBlueRaja]

Can you stretch an extra 3 quid?

http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/kl.asp?AvdID=1&CatID=24&GrpID=1&t=278&l=2 look for the PowerColor Radeon 9600 256MB DDR, 128bit. Unless your talking $?

WELL worth the money, or try EBay.

 

[Taggert_LOA]

3 quid? i ilve in america dude i'm not paying out the ass for shipping charges for what i can get @home.

 

[devynal]

There are GeForce4 Ti4200 64MB flavors on NewEgg for 80ish, if you want to spend a few dollars more.

The thing with MX is, older versions anyway, it is/was not fully compliant with newer versions of DirectX. They also have slower clock and memory speeds. They are fine for websurfing, e-mail, or the occasional frag-fest -- but you won't see blazing FPS.

 

[Teddy]

it's only for websurfing, web games, e-mail etc...........

Well get either of them then...they'll both be fine for just that. Dont make this in to a drama...buy either and be happy!