Best PCI Card.?

[Britdude]

have u had guessed i don't have a agp slot, and i well idunno where my next pc is coming from.there was just 1 thing i was wondering could i get a new motherboard and keep my old powersupply etc? including cpu, fan etc and case atx i think. maybe i need a new case aswell, becoz it only has a number of metal slots and the agp slot might not have an opening, if i can great, but if i can't which is the best PCI cards? if there is any out there?lol, i have 120 pounds.

 

[spitoon]

You can get a GeForce FX5200 PCI card with 128MB of memory for under $100 Canadian. I have one right now and I am able (with some overclocking) to score over 9700 on Aquamark3. I know the FX line has a bad name, and specifically the 5200, but as far as PCI cards go it has been a faithful performer.

Someone else will likely post with info on ATI PCI cards...I believe there was a 9100 made??

 

[Britdude]

which make is ur fx5200? i did a search and theres creative and pny ones. the creative is 20 pounds less.

 

[spitoon]

Mine is the PNY one...I have had 3 PNY video cards and have been happy with all of them, however, I have never had any problems with them, so I don't know anything about the customer service that they offer....

 

[Britdude]

my card now is pny and its been good to me, so ill tihnk ill get the pny5200fx, thanks

 

[Spitfire_x86]

Radeon 9100 PCI would be a much better choice

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[Mloot]

How about a PCI video card review? It should help you make an informed decision about which card would be best for you.

<A HREF="http://www.sudhian.com/showdocs.cfm?aid=445" target="_new">http://www.sudhian.com/showdocs.cfm?aid=445</A>

 

[spitoon]

Having reviewed that article, thanks MLoot, there are definitely better PCI cards out there. The FX5600 if you want to stay with Nvidia, and the Radeon 9100 for an ATI choice. I have no idea how much those ones cost at the moment, so I suppose it depends on how much you have to spend.

 

[Britdude]

are those cards sold in the uk tho?

 

[tombance]

Hi, im from the UK. I would highly reccomend the Radeon 9000 PCI which can be had from most online retailers. Ive found one <A HREF="http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=51529" target="_new">Here</A> which is about £50 inc vat. I highly doubt you would get much better performance from going to an fx5200, and tbh anything better than a gf4 mx is really going to be pushing the PCI bus.

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[Britdude]

hey thanks for the reply.
ive been looking at that particuler card and the price is good, but they don't show the performance stats like gb/s, would u know them by any chance? ive also found a Atlantis Radeon 9000 128mb from sapphire tech.wouldt his be the better choice?

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Britdude on 11/10/03 11:32 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[cleeve]

Here is a great article with PCI video card benchmarks:

<A HREF="http://www.sudhian.com/showdocs.cfm?aid=445" target="_new">http://www.sudhian.com/showdocs.cfm?aid=445</A>

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[Britdude]

yeh a guy posted that already but thanks anyway lol and the 2 good cards in that article arn't sold in uk.well i can't find them.

 

[varlo]

ive been looking at that particuler card and the price is good, but they don't show the performance stats like gb/s, would u know them by any chance? ive also found a Atlantis Radeon 9000 128mb from sapphire tech.wouldt his be the better choice?

Go with the Sapphyre if you can get it in UK, the best ATI cards next to the ATI retail.

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[Britdude]

ok

 

[justin_b31]

I just read somewhere yesterday that ATI manufactured cards will only be available in North America, which is why you can't find 'em in the UK.

Anyway, to keep up with the topic in case someone THINKS to get a GF4MX440, I have one and it sucks..works okay for BF1942 at medium resolutions..Does RTCW great but that's more of a CPU think IMHO or at least older tech than the card's..Enemy territory, I'll not get started on that, suffice to say don't bother..Splinter Cell on a PIII800 with 256SDRAM on medium setting - awsome..

Essentially, ANY indoor game/video rendering I can get 80+FPS, BUT step outside or into an indoor area that renders outside stuff, say a hole in the wall or ceiling or window..and this card nearly comes to a grinding halt..sometimes on ET ALL i can get are 2-3 FPS if I'm lucky I can make it 5 meters..hehe..out of the spawn point before being killed..and that's 5 meters running backward..I don't know, I turn around and face 'outside' the map boundries and FPS is normal..lotta good that does me - which would explain the whole Splinter Cell thing since the entire game is Inside or at night..snowy maps or ice is THE WORST.