Simviation Forum - To Buy or Not to Buy Another Radeon

Jun 23^rd, 2003 at 2:49pm

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Well I'm sure you guys know the trouble I had with the Radeon 8500. Now I'm probably really stupid but I'm going to take another crack at them. The reason is Nvidia are getting expensive and ATI cards are built just in the next town over from me. I also believe that the 8500 I bought was faulty.

Now I was looking at the ATI 9200 now but it doesn't have to be that one. I don't want to spend a lot, not over $200 Canadian. My biggest concern is I want one that will actually work properly this time. Here's my system.

ECS K7S5A Mainboard 4X AGP pipeline
AMD Duron 950
512Mb PC-133 ram.
Soundblaster Live! Platinum 5.1
250w power supply.

I currently own a Geforce2 MX400. Read my previous post on the 8500 to get an idea on what problems I was having.

I only pretend to know what I'm talking about. Heck, that's what lawyers, car mechanics, and IT professionals do everyday. Wink

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Reply #1 - Jun 24^th, 2003 at 5:36am

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Well for $120 Canadian you could order one of these GeForce TI 4200's which are STONKING cards for the price!

try www.pricewatch.com for a supplier.

Also, you mainboard will take PC2100 DDR RAM. You could get the RAM with your change from the video card if you shop wisely. Wink

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Reply #2 - Jun 24^th, 2003 at 10:57am

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Thanks Congo but I found a Geforce FX5200 128mb for $90.00 Canadian on Ebay from a reputable dealer. I know its not as good as some others but its suits my needs. Its a Jaton too, good cards.
I won't get new ram because I just upgraded to 512 from 320.

I only pretend to know what I'm talking about. Heck, that's what lawyers, car mechanics, and IT professionals do everyday. Wink

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Reply #3 - Jun 24^th, 2003 at 1:14pm

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you better should buy a 9500pro at ebay,instead of that 4200. Grin

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Reply #4 - Jun 24^th, 2003 at 4:35pm

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Well if you want to get a Radeon I would strongly suggest getting a new power supply like 350W+.

Also if you can get a hold of one try and get a 9700 non pro or pro as there is little difference.

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Reply #5 - Jun 24^th, 2003 at 6:07pm

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Like I said, I'm going to go for the FX because its at such a good price.
Paul mentioned something about getting a new power supply. Can I just get a new unit separately or do I have to buy an entirely new case?

I only pretend to know what I'm talking about. Heck, that's what lawyers, car mechanics, and IT professionals do everyday. Wink

&&The Rig: &&AMD Athlon XP2000+ Palomino, ECS K7S5A 3.1, 1GB PC2700 DDR, Geforce FX5200 128mb, SB Live Platinum, 16xDVD, 16x10x40x CDRW, 40/60gb 7200rpm HDD, 325w Power, Windows XP Home SP1, Directx 9.0c with 66.81 Beta gfx drivers

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Reply #6 - Jun 25^th, 2003 at 4:03pm

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Orenda, no you just have to buy a new power supply and it should fit in your existing case.

Paul2k10

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Reply #7 - Jun 26^th, 2003 at 1:05am

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Like I said, I'm going to go for the FX because its at such a good price.
Paul mentioned something about getting a new power supply. Can I just get a new unit separately or do I have to buy an entirely new case?

I have heard that the Geforce 4 ti 4200 64mb is better than the FX5200 128mb.

Or like Congo said you could go to www.pricewatch.com and find a good Readon Card for a good price.

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Reply #8 - Jul 30^th, 2003 at 2:01pm

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I have a Raedon 9600 pro 128 M agp card. Works great in FS2002.

I just got ACOF. I am having a "flicker" problem with some screens in that prograam. Others with ATI cards are expeiencing the same thing. Not sure if it is an ATI issue or a M$ issue or coincidence.

SO keep that in mind.

BUT... also see my old thread about the problems I had with Direct x 9.0, Win XP, and the new 256 Meg Nvidea cards running FS2002 in the various forums from about a month a go or so. No one was able to solve it including the mfgr's tech reps.

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Reply #9 - Jul 30^th, 2003 at 7:48pm

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I have heard that the Geforce 4 ti 4200 64mb is better than the FX5200 128mb.

I think for the money the FX5200 is excellent value. (Nice choice orenda635 Wink

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Also, its got Direct X9 support, something any 8000 series Radeon or Geforce4 has'nt got.

Sure, the ti4200 is good, with DX9 benchmarks, the lowly FX5200 seems to be the better card from what I've read.....

Another thing, Ati's drivers over the years hav'nt exactly had a reputation for stability, an issue that seems not to affect Nvidia's drivers.

Posting drivel here since Jan 31st, 2002. - That long!

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Reply #10 - Aug 3^rd, 2003 at 3:18am

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i am a GeForce user and I strongly recommend it. G4 Ti or GFX either would be a good buy

Still have a nice PC but I just switched to a hella nice mac

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Reply #11 - Aug 23^rd, 2003 at 9:29pm

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heres my opinion

the ti4200 is capable of matching the ti4600 with performance by overlocking....the ti4800 is a very very nice card but tad expensive. the ti4400 is pointless because the ti4200 beats it easily with a bit of tweaking

the fx cards are slightly dearer and slightly better performing but again i state my point that the ti4200 is an overclockers dream and could probably out perform the 5200 even with stock cooling

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