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Recommended video card for AMD Athlon XP 3200+ system
I was wondering if anyone had any good recommendations for a video
card for a newly built system. It's an AMD Athlon XP 3200+ with 1 Gigabyte of dual channel RAM. I received a motherboard (http://www.chaintechusa.com/tw/eng/p...o=13&PISNo=196) for free from a friend and thought I would see what I could put together. I didn't want to get anything that was overkill for this system, but would like to upgrade from my GeForce 3 that I currently have. I'm not too particular about Nvidia or ATI so either brand would work for me. Thanks Jason |
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Jason Gallas wrote:
I was wondering if anyone had any good recommendations for a video card for a newly built system. It's an AMD Athlon XP 3200+ with 1 Gigabyte of dual channel RAM. I received a motherboard (http://www.chaintechusa.com/tw/eng/p...o=13&PISNo=196) for free from a friend and thought I would see what I could put together. I didn't want to get anything that was overkill for this system, but would like to upgrade from my GeForce 3 that I currently have. I'm not too particular about Nvidia or ATI so either brand would work for me. Thanks Jason You could spend a little or a lot, but it depends on what you want to do with it! You neglected to mention that important detail... -- spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo |
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"Jason Gallas" wrote in message ... I was wondering if anyone had any good recommendations for a video card for a newly built system. It's an AMD Athlon XP 3200+ with 1 Gigabyte of dual channel RAM. I received a motherboard (http://www.chaintechusa.com/tw/eng/p...o=13&PISNo=196) for free from a friend and thought I would see what I could put together. I didn't want to get anything that was overkill for this system, but would like to upgrade from my GeForce 3 that I currently have. I'm not too particular about Nvidia or ATI so either brand would work for me. Thanks Jason I think a FX5900XT would be a good match for it. Either that, or a 9800 Pro. Both are about the same price, but I'd probably use an nvidia chipset video card on an nvidia chipset mainboard. -Dave |
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On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 03:42:52 +0800, spodosaurus
wrote: :Jason Gallas wrote: : I was wondering if anyone had any good recommendations for a video : card for a newly built system. It's an AMD Athlon XP 3200+ with 1 : Gigabyte of dual channel RAM. I received a motherboard : (http://www.chaintechusa.com/tw/eng/p...o=13&PISNo=196) : for free from a friend and thought I would see what I could put : together. : : I didn't want to get anything that was overkill for this system, but : would like to upgrade from my GeForce 3 that I currently have. I'm : not too particular about Nvidia or ATI so either brand would work for : me. : : Thanks : Jason : : :You could spend a little or a lot, but it depends on what you want to do :with it! You neglected to mention that important detail... Just about everything. I'm a geek at heart and like games as well as DVD ripping/burning, etc. |
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Jason Gallas wrote:
On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 03:42:52 +0800, spodosaurus wrote: :Jason Gallas wrote: : I was wondering if anyone had any good recommendations for a video : card for a newly built system. It's an AMD Athlon XP 3200+ with 1 : Gigabyte of dual channel RAM. I received a motherboard : (http://www.chaintechusa.com/tw/eng/p...o=13&PISNo=196) : for free from a friend and thought I would see what I could put : together. : : I didn't want to get anything that was overkill for this system, but : would like to upgrade from my GeForce 3 that I currently have. I'm : not too particular about Nvidia or ATI so either brand would work for : me. : : Thanks : Jason : : :You could spend a little or a lot, but it depends on what you want to do :with it! You neglected to mention that important detail... Just about everything. I'm a geek at heart and like games as well as DVD ripping/burning, etc. Well then, the limits are mostly budgetary! I had a brief look at your motherboard (thanks for the link) and the only hardware limit is that you can't use one of the brand new PCI Express cards. You'll be wanting an AGP 8x graphics card, and there are so very very many (and not just ATi or nVidia based units). So, what's your budget? -- spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo |
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Dave C. wrote:
"Jason Gallas" wrote in message ... I was wondering if anyone had any good recommendations for a video card for a newly built system. It's an AMD Athlon XP 3200+ with 1 Gigabyte of dual channel RAM. I received a motherboard (http://www.chaintechusa.com/tw/eng/p...o=13&PISNo=196) for free from a friend and thought I would see what I could put together. I didn't want to get anything that was overkill for this system, but would like to upgrade from my GeForce 3 that I currently have. I'm not too particular about Nvidia or ATI so either brand would work for me. Thanks Jason I think a FX5900XT would be a good match for it. Either that, or a 9800 Pro. Both are about the same price, but I'd probably use an nvidia chipset video card on an nvidia chipset mainboard. -Dave I prefer nVidia drivers myself, but in their latest edition ATi have done better. I only wish they had this version available 5 months ago when I first started using an ATi based gaming card. -- spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo |
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I was wondering if anyone had any good recommendations for a video
card for a newly built system. It's an AMD Athlon XP 3200+ with 1 Gigabyte of dual channel RAM. I received a motherboard (http://www.chaintechusa.com/tw/eng/p...o=13&PISNo=196) for free from a friend and thought I would see what I could put together. I didn't want to get anything that was overkill for this system, but would like to upgrade from my GeForce 3 that I currently have. I'm not too particular about Nvidia or ATI so either brand would work for me. Thanks Jason I just finished building an AMD Athlon 3200+ system with 1 gig of RAM, and the video card I picked is a Sapphire-branded ATI Radeon 9600 XT. I'm happy with it. I got it for $189.99 Canadian, before tax. |
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On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 14:57:19 +0800, spodosaurus
wrote: :Jason Gallas wrote: : On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 03:42:52 +0800, spodosaurus : wrote: : : :Jason Gallas wrote: : : I was wondering if anyone had any good recommendations for a video : : card for a newly built system. It's an AMD Athlon XP 3200+ with 1 : : Gigabyte of dual channel RAM. I received a motherboard : : (http://www.chaintechusa.com/tw/eng/p...o=13&PISNo=196) : : for free from a friend and thought I would see what I could put : : together. : : : : I didn't want to get anything that was overkill for this system, but : : would like to upgrade from my GeForce 3 that I currently have. I'm : : not too particular about Nvidia or ATI so either brand would work for : : me. : : : : Thanks : : Jason : : : : : :You could spend a little or a lot, but it depends on what you want to do : :with it! You neglected to mention that important detail... : : Just about everything. I'm a geek at heart and like games as well as : DVD ripping/burning, etc. : : :Well then, the limits are mostly budgetary! I had a brief look at your :motherboard (thanks for the link) and the only hardware limit is that :you can't use one of the brand new PCI Express cards. You'll be wanting :an AGP 8x graphics card, and there are so very very many (and not just :ATi or nVidia based units). So, what's your budget? I don't want to spend more than $150 if I can avoid it. |
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On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 07:31:26 GMT, Al Smith
wrote: : I was wondering if anyone had any good recommendations for a video : card for a newly built system. It's an AMD Athlon XP 3200+ with 1 : Gigabyte of dual channel RAM. I received a motherboard : (http://www.chaintechusa.com/tw/eng/p...o=13&PISNo=196) : for free from a friend and thought I would see what I could put : together. : : I didn't want to get anything that was overkill for this system, but : would like to upgrade from my GeForce 3 that I currently have. I'm : not too particular about Nvidia or ATI so either brand would work for : me. : : Thanks : Jason : :I just finished building an AMD Athlon 3200+ system with 1 gig of :RAM, and the video card I picked is a Sapphire-branded ATI Radeon :9600 XT. I'm happy with it. I got it for $189.99 Canadian, before tax. Sounds good. Any disadvantage in going with an ATI card while using an Nvidia based motherboard (like the one I have)? |
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I just finished building an AMD Athlon 3200+ system with 1 gig of
:RAM, and the video card I picked is a Sapphire-branded ATI Radeon :9600 XT. I'm happy with it. I got it for $189.99 Canadian, before tax. Sounds good. Any disadvantage in going with an ATI card while using an Nvidia based motherboard (like the one I have)? That I don't know for sure. However, I'd be surprise if ATI cards weren't designed to run on all popular motherboards. Wouldn't make much sense. |
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