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O.P. Should i buy it???
I can get a ATI Radeon 9200 256MB AGPx8 Graphics Card for £40.
Should i buy it or not??
(i dont know if this is good or not as i am a noob:P)
06-21-2004 05:59 AM
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RE: Should i buy it???
If you plan on playing current of future games don't.  If gaming isn't your cup of tea then yea, go for it.

ps: Should be posted in Tech Talk.

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O.P. RE: Should i buy it???
y is it not good for gaming??
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RE: Should i buy it???
http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20031229/index.html

Read all about it there.  Put simply it is a Budget Direct X 8.1 card, so not really capable of DX9 games & only okay at DX 8.1 games.
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06-21-2004 06:11 AM
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O.P. RE: Should i buy it???
are there ne (cheap:P) graphics cards that u would recommend that would be capable of playing modern and future games??

EDIT: Also do i actually need 256MB or is 128MB enough (beware i am a serious gamer:D)

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06-21-2004 06:18 AM
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RE: Should i buy it???
9600XT, 9700 Pro, 9800 Pro, 5900XT, 5700 Ultra  all dropping in price and all capable of holding their own for a while.  At the moment 128MB is pretty much same performance wise if not better than most 256MB cards.

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06-21-2004 06:57 AM
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i have an ATI Radeon 9200 256MB AGPx8 Graphics Card and it works fine with all my games, most of which are new. for example
-colin mcrae 4
-fifa 2004
-harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban
-need for speed underground
and quite a few other games that came out this year.
06-21-2004 11:20 AM
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What about Asus or Nividia GeForce?
06-21-2004 11:25 AM
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i have an ATI Radeon 9200 256MB AGPx8 Graphics Card and it works fine with all my games, most of which are new. for example
-colin mcrae 4
-fifa 2004
-harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban
-need for speed underground
and quite a few other games that came out this year.


are these games direct x 9 or 8.1??
06-21-2004 02:58 PM
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Originally posted by leejeffery
are these games direct x 9 or 8.1??
how do u find out ???
06-21-2004 03:15 PM
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