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Article #275075Re: Suggestions for best AGP card for the buck?
From: S.P. Goodman
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 13:09
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 13:09
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"Ixnei" <ixnei@ixnei.ixnei> wrote in message news:3E0B6E01.6020400@ixnei.ixnei... > It depends on your system specs. No reason to get anything faster than > a geforce2 gts if you're still running PC133 SDRAM on anything under > 1800GHz. Why not try searching google in the appropriate groups, or > posting specs. > > I have been noticing those brownbag gf3 ti200's going for $60-70 shipped > 'buy-it-now' on ebay. That seems like a good deal. I've got a GF4 > ti4200 128MB - to do it all over, I'd have gotten 64MB golden sample > gainward model instead (funny thing - these gf4 vid cards are still > going for the same price they did over 6 months ago - interesting). > > Avoid the geforce MX's like the plague! Also, I'd avoid that ATI shit - > way overpriced, and lots of driver/compatability issues... > > > S.P. Goodman wrote: > > I'd like to spend less than $150 - but don't need all the i/o whiz bang > > stuff, just good, fast 3d graphics and regularly-produced drivers. > > > > Suggestions for the best AGP video card are therefore welcome! > After a stroll through the stores here in the UK I have to ask what's the problem with the MX's? Where I am in the UK, there are a load of them on the shelf for the equivalent of $60 US, and I'd like to know whether they've got bugs galore, or just the "old model"? The machine this is going into is a 950MHz Asus/AMD, and will never be running at 1800 to say the least. Thanks again and Happy New Year! -- SP Goodman aka Spud Patrol! * http://www.earthlight.net
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