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  1. March 21st, 2006, 11:02 AM #1
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    Question New (older model) video card purchase help

    Hey all,

    I'm looking at purchasing a newer video card than the one I have. I currently have an ATI Radeon 9200SE. I play some games, particularly America's Army, and the game runs fine with that card but I know it could be a lot better. So I want to know which of the two following cards will give me the best bang for the buck. My mobo supports AGP 8x. It's an Asus A7V8X-X mobo. Here are the two cards I'm considering:

    JetWay Radeon 9800PRO 128 MB 256-bit DDR

    eVGA GeForce 6600GT 128 MB 128-bit GDDR3

    Let me know what you think.
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  2. March 21st, 2006, 11:14 AM #2
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    http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/07/...vii/page4.html

    6600GT all the way
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  3. March 21st, 2006, 11:55 AM #3
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    Ditto

    I've had an eVGA 6600GT for a few months now, it runs fine and the price is right. I used to have a Geforce FX5700 Ultra and the 6600GT is about 4 times faster.
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  4. March 21st, 2006, 04:04 PM #4
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    Thanks for all of your help guys. I really appreciate it. I've purchased the 6600GT. Now I'm just greedily waiting... =)

    On a similar note, I want to buy a cheap card for one of my daughter's PC's that is similar to, but a little better than my 9200SE that I'm replacing with the new 6600GT. I'm trying to decide between these two cards:

    Sapphire Radeon 9550 256 MB 128-bit DDR

    XFX Geforce FX5200 128 MB 128-bit DDR

    The Radeon card has twice the memory and it looks like everything else is the same. So I believe the Radeon is the way to go. I'm only looking at this because there is a $15 rebate. Let me know what you think between these two cards. Thanks for your help.
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    I wouldn't base your decision on memory on lower-end cards.

    And i would stay away from the 5200, worst of the Nvidia range.

    I would bump those up a little as the ATI 9600 is a lot better than the 9550, and the 5500 (Which i have now) is a lot better than the 5200, little bit more expensive, but worth it IMO, 5500's are here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...Subcategory=48


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  8. March 22nd, 2006, 04:45 PM #7
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    Geforce FX5700 Ultra and the 6600GT is about 4 times faster
    I have both, the 6600GT in this and the 5700U in my other system. Your right!
    The 6600gt is a good card for the money.
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