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Old August 2nd 03, 09:06 PM
Mickey Mouse
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Default Asus Gf4 4200ti vs. generic vs. Asus fx5200

I just purchased from

www.newegg.com

a Sapphire 9000 for a little over $50.00 (US DOLLARS). This is an ATI
product and when I installed it on my sons Asus A7N8X Deluxe motherboard it
has functioned without any problems. It is about 3 times faster than the
ATI Radeon 7000 VE which I also Own.

If you have the VE then you might try uninstalling all the drivers and first
downloading and installing DX 9.0b from Microsoft. The new drivers for that
card require it and seem to work pretty well.

I recommend you check out the link below. This is at Toms Hardware. It
shows a chart with a wide range of video cards so you can compare them in a
logical manner.

http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic...2.html#aquanox

This is the most recent comparison of video new video cards it is a guide
and not a straight comparison. It is different and recommends buying a
specific card for the free video games it offers. I guess that could be a
possible option. My kids liked playing Baldurs Gate we got one time free
with a video card.

http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic...714/index.html

Hope this helps a little bit.


"Mitchua" wrote in message
le.rogers.com...
I'm looking to spend about CAN$100 before taxes (15% here) for a new video
card since my Radeon 7000 64MB sucks donkey kong. Everyone tells me how
great the Gf4 4200ti is and I've been drooling over the benchmarks but

with
the Asus and MSI versions being at least $180, it's a little out of my

price
range. I'm sure I'd see a big preformance increase going to the Asus

FX5200
($112) but the benchmarks are significantly under the 4200ti so I don't

know
if it's worth buying now. To complicate matters more, I found a generic
(comes in white box, made in taiwan, cyberlink CD, VIVO, 1-year warranty)
GF4 4200ti for $109. Is a "crappy" generic 4200ti better than an Asus
FX5200? Will I really get what I pay for? What should I be considering
here?

Thanks for your help,
Mitchua