Which AGP VGA card is the best under $100 , an FX-5200/5500 or a ATI radeon 9600 ? Or are there other cards?
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A plain 6600 by Asus.  $97.\n\nhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121197
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Go with ATI. its cheaper and my 512 MB card plays EVERYTHING on full graphics. Whether you have pcix, pci, or agp, there isnt much difference because the true speed is determined by your motherboard. If you have an old motherboard, dont waste your money on an expensive video card.
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I've used both, and they both do the job they are suppose to do.  Nvidia can be annoying sometimes though, and ATI graphics cards are usually more solid in proformance.  So if I had to pick, I'd pick ATI.
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If you're wanting to play games, then you should upgrade.  Since your motherboard has the ATI Express 200 graphics onboard, there's an extremely good chance that it has a PCI-E graphics slot.  For ~$100, you'd probably be happy with an X1600 Pro: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Category=38&N=2010380048+1069609641+1305520549+106790809+1067918889&Submit=ENE&SubCategory=48  an A1600XT: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Category=38&N=2010380048+1069609641+1305520549+106790809+1067918888&Submit=ENE&SubCategory=48 an X1650 Pro: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Category=38&N=2010380048+1069609641+1305520549+106790809+1067923258&Submit=ENE&SubCategory=48 or a 7600GS: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Category=38&N=2010380048+1069609641+1305520548+106790717+1067920619&Submit=ENE&SubCategory=48\n\nBTW, ATI video cards have had the best performance since the debut of their 9700 Pro, about 4 years ago.
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Okay, first of all the X1300 is a horrible card for gaming, second of all, I need to see how much 170 euros is in dollars (goes to Google), okay, nice budget you got there.  I would look toward a nVidia 7600GS or 7600GT.  I would go for the GT though if you could, I'd try to get two 7600GS's as they have performance close to a 7900GT when you pair them together over SLi but then you have to have an SLi motherboard and a suffiecently powerful power supply.\n\nIf you're still stuck with AGP look for either the 6600GS or Radeon X1600, they're far from the best but tons better than the worst cards out there.  I hope you aren't stuck with AGP.\n\nSpeaking of which, you'll be buying new cards in about a year for DirectX 10 support and no card made today supports it, they won't be out until the end of the year.  If you need a stop-gap between them, the 7600GT is an excellent choice.
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The 6800xt is by far the strongest card of the lot. No comparsion. However, you might be looking for a older 6800 as they no longer make them in AGP. The 9600xt only comes in AGP. \n\nRadeon X1600 Pro\n500 MHz core\n 780 MHz mem\n 128-bit\n 12.48 GB/s\n 12 pixel pipelines\n 9.0c\n \nRadeon 9600 XT\n 500 MHz\n 600 MHz\n 128-bit\n 9.6 GB/s\n 4 pixel pipelines\n 9.0\n\nGeForce 6800\n 325 MHz Core\n 700 MHz mem\n 256-bit\n 22.4 GB/s\n 12 PPs\n 9.0c\n\nThe 6800 will give you the best performance for the dollar. It operates on a PCI-E interface and most importantly operates on a 256 bit system allowing it to almost double its memory performance speed of the x1600 pro.\n\nThe x1600 pro isn't a bad card, I have one, but if you have the PCI-E slot, get the 6800.
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I think almost all of AGP 4X can work on your PC. If the Color can only be 16 color and 800x600px, maybe you should check the driver. try to download it from web. For example : \nFor ATI RADEON / Other SERIES, try to download a new one from http://www.ati.com\nFor NVIDIA GeForce / Other SERIES, try to download a new one from http://www.Nvidia.com\n\nto check your VGA type, Click right on "My Computer", choose "Properties", go to tab "Hardware", click "Device Manager" and expand the "display adapter" tree. There you can find what's the type of your Graphic Card.
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I am currently using an ATI ALL-IN-WONDER 2006 EDITION -  RADEON 9600 256 MB TV tuner. The nice things about the all-in-wonder cards is they are high quality graphics cards with TV tuners built in. Excellent frame-rate on games and no lag on the TV. There are tuner-only cards you can get (MSI TV Anywhere, ATI TV Wonder) and I know ATI makes a USB TV Wonder, but I personally prefer to have everything in one package. I expect you would have poorer performance on a seperate PCI card or USB adapter.
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Nvidia and ATI are both very good cards. But out of the two, the ATI is faster.
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A Radeon X700 is still a fairly current card;  the next generation of ATI cards (x1600) for that level don't offer any major performance benefits.  I'd suggest waiting at least another 6 months before looking for a card, so prices on GeForce 6800s and 7800s can come down in price.
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This is like asking which is better Ford or Chevy.\nYou'll probably get answers from both sides (notice I said sides).  Most people have one video card.  Specs and testing again are like cars.  Some specs are better for one side some specs favor the other side.\nnVidia fans will trash ATI. ATI will trash nVidia.\nThese are the two major players and both have their advantages.\nAlso best graphics card for DVD playback?...for gaming? ...photoediting? PCI Express or AGP? \nBelow is a good link.
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Buy an internal graphics card, but make sure that you have the right slot type. There are two types, AGP and PCI Express. AGP is older, but is still around, where as PCI Express is newer and faster. If you are buying and ATI card, I would personally recomend buying ATI brand cards, but if you wish to purchase an nVidia card, since they don't make their own cards, only the chips, I would do online research to find the best manufactur (spelling?) of the graphics card.
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pci express. \n\nagp has been outdated by PCI-e.  \nAGP transfers information at about 2 gigabytes per second, which is still alot.  however, AGP uses the send info, get info, send, get.\n\nPCI-e transfers information at about 4 gigabytes per second.\ninstead of the old fashioned send and recieve, it both simultaneously sends and recieves, increasing the graphics superiority over AGP as it could stream better. also, it is more power efficient. \n\nAGP still has some good cards, such as the 7800 GS from nVidia, but when they measure up to PCI-e, they aren't that good.  but if you want something cheap, go with AGP.  But if you care about graphics and movie editing and all that, head out to PCI-e.  in a sense, both are cost efficient but pci-e gives you the extra bang as it has more features and has HD output on some cards.\n\nedit: master_of_computer: to say that AGP is the latest technology is not true.  it is NOT the latest technology as AGP has been around for 10 years now i think?  pci-e has been around for just 2.
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It is obvious that  AGP is faster ( bandwidth : 64 bits ) than PCI ( bandwidth : 16 or 32 bits.\nbut new motherboards do not have AGP slot any more. Instead they use PCI_Express ( Bandwidth : 128 or 256 bits ) which is 2 or 4  times faster than AGP ( bandwidth : 64 bits )\n\nAnother issue is new VGA Cards for PCI_Express have very powerful GPUs (Graphic Processing Unit ) that use High_Tech architecture ( more pipe linings and instructions ) which do all processing themselves and do not take the time of CPU  for\nrendering pictures.\nAnd At last new VGA cards have DDR2 or DDR3  memories which act very fast in pulling and pushing data.\n\nthese are some info, for detailed you can contact me.\n\nbest wishes ,\nMohammad
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Eeeeesh.  You mean you are limited to a PCI slot.  Well, in that case it would be the Radeon 9600 BUT let's take a look at some other options.  Note that none of the PCI graphics cards are going to be powerhouses but if it's the best you can do... it's the best you can do...\n\nThe best you can do in a PCI graphics card is probably at Radeon X1300 for $115, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814129062\n\nAs I said, it's not powerhouse but is far superior to either the 9250 or 9600.  If you have really reserved yourself to the 9250 or 9600 keep in mind that not all Radeon 9250 cards support DirectX 9, most only support DirectX 8 (that's bad...) so go with the 9600 if those are really your only two choices.\n\nI was also unable to locate a PCI version of the Radeon 9600 from Newegg (though other stores may have it), I will only shop and buy from them.  The final word is, neither model you have picked is that great and if you really must go with PCI the the Radeon X1300 is the way to go.
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I did some research because I'm faced with the exact same ponderance. For me, the best answer is the ATI X1600 PRO 512 MB AGP card. *I THINK* \n\nBoth the ATI website and the Best Buy website would sell it to me for $299. Newegg.com sold it to me for $139. In a fit of hindsight, since I have time to kill waiting for it to be delivered, I'm looking into what it takes to install the card once it gets here and if I can do it myself or will I have to pay more to get someone to do it correctly. The thing I love about PC games is that the kind of people who are hardcore Gamers are not known to be the most jobful people in the world, yet computer games and parts are among the most astronomically priced things you can buy... TODAY. Tomorrow, the part you just paid upwards of $697 for can be found on the floor of Big Lots swept into a corner because no one would be willing to be seen holding it. \n\nThe Newegg website tells me I have approximately 5 days left before I can expect delivery of my card. If I install it without frying my PC I'll come back and tell you, otherwise you'll read about "Crazed Incoherent Man Shoots at Graphics Card Manufactuer Employee, Self" on the bottom of the back page of the last section of your local paper in 6 days.
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It depends on what your motherboard can take. I would recommend the following card:\n\nnVIDIA 7600GT\n\nYou can buy this online from £90-£120 and is a fantastic high end mid-range card. I personally have the PCI Express version which is much faster then it's AGP counterpart.\n\nDont just look at how much memory the card comes with. As some of the better cards come with less, but the memory technology is more modern and much faster - therefore the card performs better.