Need Advice - The Best for the Cheepest

[joltcola]

Hola,

I need some help friends. A friend of mine is in the market for a new video card, as he is buying all new stuff for his comp. He's got a good amount of money to spend, but wants to spend as little as possible for a good video card.

I was wondering what you all thought.

I showed him the GeForce 4 Ti4200 , and the ATI 9500 Pro and a few others in the below 200.00 price range, but was wondering what you all thought. Best for the cheepest =)

Thanks again,

-- jolt

[jAkUp]

probably the 9500 imo... you can even mod it to the 9700;)

[Rogozhin]

Yep, 9500 PRO

OR 9700 non pro $220

Rogo

[saturnotaku]

Originally posted by madthumbs
Ati's drivers still seem a bit buggy to me as well

The Catalyst 3.2s, yes. But the 3.1s that I'm using now have been pretty much flawless (if slower than the 3.2s) in all my games, even older ones like Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed. I think the 9500 Pro or 9700 non-Pro would be your best bet here.

[Ramshambo2001]

Anything 9500 pro and above is a good choice, if he can wait he can see how the 9600 pro turns out. Does anybody know how much that one will cost?

[nin_fragile14]

9500 Pro is the best bang-for-buck card out there right now.

[joltcola]

Thanks for the input. Thats what I was thinking about as well. I'm an nvidia fan , so I always lean towards nvidia based card, but since its his money, I suggested ATi as well. For some reason he said he was going to get a GeForce 3 Ti500. Not sure why, when he could pick up that 8500 <shrug>


-- jolt

[digitalwanderer]

I agree with everyone who said a 9500 pro. If he can afford it, it's definately the best bang-for-buck. :)

Originally posted by joltcola
For some reason he said he was going to get a GeForce 3 Ti500. Not sure why, when he could pick up that 8500 <shrug>

Because in real-world gaming a GF3 ti500 will toast an 8500 might be one reason.... ;)

[Dazz]

Originally posted by digitalwanderer
I agree with everyone who said a 9500 pro. If he can afford it, it's definately the best bang-for-buck. :)



Because in real-world gaming a GF3 ti500 will toast an 8500 might be one reason.... ;) That used to be the case but ATi's drivers have vasty improved since then and are indeed faster now.