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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)

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.

y is it not good for gaming??

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.

are there ne (cheap) 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)

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.

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.

What about Asus or Nividia GeForce?

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Originally posted by toddy
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.

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are these games direct x 9 or 8.1??

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Originally posted by leejeffery
are these games direct x 9 or 8.1??

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how do u find out ???