Which produces better graphics Diamond Multimedia Stealth ATI Radeon 9250 PCI or ATI Radeon 9600?
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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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Sorry Sasho -- not correct. Matrox is outdated and their top tier cards are only good for some workstations. Look to any nVIDA based 7900-7900-8800 class card forthe best, or an ATI based card X1900. ATI has the best IQ (image quality) in my opinion, save the newest $650.00 behemouth nVIDA based 8800GTX -- but the 8800 is DX10 based and XP won't be able to see any DX10 benefits (only Vista will use DX10). So right now I would say a Sapphire X1900XTX or eVGA 7950GTX would be the best right now unless you can afford the 8800GTX and will use Vista very soon.
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Contrary to some misinformation being reported, the integrated ATI Xpress 200 graphics more than meets the requirements of Vista.\n\nATI Xpress 200 graphics is a real DX9-class accelerator derived from ATI's X300 GPU, which meets Vista's video/graphic requirements (DX9-class VPU/GPU that supports Shader Model 2.0 and Windows Display Driver Model).  It will run the full Vista GUI with all eye candy effects enabled, including Aero 3D Desktop, though not as well as a good graphics card.\n\nWhether a graphics solution is integrated or discrete has little to do with supporting Vista.
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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 geforce 7800 gt oc is a PCI Express card\n\nnvidia geforce 7800 gs oc is a AGP card
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PNY Verto GeForce 6200 / 256MB DDR / AGP 8x/4x / DVI / VGA / TV Out / Video Card and  Diamond Radeon X1300 / 256MB DDR2 / AGP 8x/4x / DVI / VGA / TV Out / Video Card\nbut just buy a cheap pc with pci e
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Nvidia GeForce 7800, PCI-X, preferably with 512Mb of RAM. Very expensive, though.
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Get the Pny Geforce7300GS. The Radeon X1300 is not nearly as powerful.
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ATI   FireGL V3100  PCI Express    \nOutput 1  Output 2 VGA  \nMAX DVI 2048 x 1536 \nMax Analog 2048 x 1536 \n128MB\n$215
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the best and most exspensive on the market right now is NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8828136606&category=3762 ...go to http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_attrib.php/page_id=5/form_keyword=video%20card/rd=1/popup1[]=15:387 and explore different memory amounts, brands, and compare prices
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BFG GeForce 7800GS is about the best you will still find for AGP. It's time to start thinking of a PCI-e system.\n\nEdit:\nGalaxy brand?!? FX5500?!? Is this meant to be a joke?\n\nBFG has great product and customer support. The card I linked to is $213.77 shipped. Seriously though, it's time to start considering putting those funds towards a more current, ground up build.
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The fastest PCI video card you can buy is the 256MB ATI 9250: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102527  If you meant PCI-e, then this would be the best card for the money: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814131319 although you'd probably be happy with this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814161161
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Here's the best deal in AGP video cards at the moment: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102666  It will play any game out right now, including F.E.A.R., the game that makes most video cards cringe, at 1280x1024 resolution.  It will play almost any other new game out at that resolution or higher, with the "eye candy" turned up pretty far. Eye candy meaning full-screen Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering (both of which make a considerable difference in how games look.\nI know, I bought one recently, and couldn't be happier.\n\nHere's the best deal I could find on a 6600GT, which isn't as fast as the X1600 Pro, if you're using AA and AF (the eye candy): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814133137
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Which card was that, the ATI? try looking for a generic driver for your cards brand, otherwise look for the generic 3d accelerator driver, not like you really need the maximum performance for go tv.
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Go with the GeForce 7800.  I never buy the latest greatest product as it's usually too expensive.
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It looks like the motherboard has an AGP 4X slot.\nA further constraint is imposed by the psu which is 250W at best (in the mini tower configuration).\nThis rules out the nVidia 6600 & 6800 and (I'm guessing - the 7800).\nThe only AGP 4X cards this leaves at my usual source (scan.co.uk) which will drive two monitors have only a single DVI connector plus a D-Sub(analogue) and TV-out.\nThe nVidia 6200 has only a 64bit memory bit rate, so I would recommend an ATI offering - I am unaware of any power problems - but do your own research!  \nGiven the AGP/power limitations - don't expect to get a card than can play the very latest games, even with the eye-candy turned off, but I do know that the 9550 would play both HL2 and Doom3 at 800x600 on my son's AMD2500+. noAA.\nI couldn't find any reference to on-board graphics on the link below, but I did notice that desktop configuration will take only a half-length card (17.65cm)... I don't think that's an issue - it's 15 cm to the back of the AGP slot - faster cards may well be bigger...\nhttp://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=174195\nhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814153008
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i would go ATI anytime, but in this case...\nthe 7300 will give anywhere between 50 and 200 % more frames per seconds...