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Value Cards (upto $100)
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Recommended Cards
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Best buy: GeForce4 Ti4200 (64 MB/128 MB-8x) version
Other good cards in this price category: Radeon 8500LE/Radeon 9100, Radeon 9000 PRO, Radeon 9200
GeForce4 Ti4200
Pros- Fastest out of all those cards, cheap
Cons- No DX9 support, AA/AF can hurt performance
Comments: There are three types of Ti4200
Ti4200 64mb 4x/8x- cheapest, second fastest(clocked higher), better quality ram
Ti4200 128mb- slowest out of the three, said to have cheap ram to reduce cost(clocked lower)
Ti4200-8x 128mb- 8X AGP, slightly faster than Ti4200 64 MB, uses good ram
Radeon 8500/8500LE/9100
Pros- Cheap, full DX8.1 support, good image quality
Cons- No DX9 support, not so fast, 8500/8500LE are discontinued product
Radeon 9000 Pro/9200
Pros- Cheap, full DX8.1 support, good image quality
Cons- No DX9 support, not so fast
Cards to Avoid
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SiS Xabre 600/400
Pros- Cheap
Cons- Speed comes at the cost of heavy quality loss, very slow when quality on par with ATI/nVidia cards, poor driver support
GeForce4 MX420/MX440SE (64-bit memory)
Pros- Cheap
Cons- No DX8 support, VERY slow due to 64 bit memory
GeForce4 MX440/MX440-8x/MX460
Pros- Cheap
Cons- No DX8 support, basically turbo charged GeForce2 MX with Video processing engine. Slow in DX8 games
GeForce FX5200 (non-Ultra)
Pros- DX9 support, cheap
Cons- Very slow, buy this card if you want to play DX9 games at slideshow speed, most of the 64 MB versions come with 64 bit
memory which can make it as bad as GeForce4 MX420
GeForce FX5200 (Ultra)
Pros- DX9 support
Cons- Lot slower than Ti4200, not powerful enough for DX9 games
Radeon 9200SE
Pros- DX8.1 support, cheap
Cons- VERY slow due to 64 bit memoy bus, not fast enough for many DX8 games
Radeon 9600SE
Pros- DX9 support
Cons- Lot slower than Ti4200, not powerful enough for DX9 games
Special notes for budget graphics card buyers:
Avoid 128 MB/256 MB versions and save money. All of these budget cards aren't powerful enough to make use of 128 MB memory.
Moreover, many 128 Radeon 8500LE/9100 cards are slower than the 64 MB version, because they come with slower memory.
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Lower Midrange Cards ($100 to $200)
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Recommended Cards
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Best buy: Radeon 9600 PRO
Other good cards in this price category: Radeon 9600XT, GeForce FX5700 Ultra
Radeon 9600 Pro
Pros- DX9 support, Inexpensive, excellent DX8 and DX9 performance, very good AA/AF peformance, highly overclockable
Cons- Slower than Radeon 9500 PRO
Radeon 9500 Pro
Pros- DX9 support, excellent DX8 and DX9 performance, very good AA/AF peformance
Cons- Discontinued product, Hard to find
Radeon 9600XT
Pros- DX9 support, excellent DX8 and DX9 performance, very good AA/AF peformance
Cons- Not so good price/performance as Radeon 9600 PRO, Not as fast as Radeon 9500 Pro
Radeon 9600 (non-Pro)
Pros- DX9 support, good DX8 and DX9 performance, Good AA/AF performance
Cons- Not so fast, poor price/performance ratio compared to Radeon 9600 Pro
GeForce FX5700 Ultra
Pros- DX9 support, excellent DX8 performance and quite good DX9 performance, good AA/AF peformance
Cons- Not so good price/performance as Radeon 9600 PRO, somewhat slower than R9600 PRO/XT in DX9 games
Cards to Avoid
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GeForce4 Ti4800/4600/4800SE/4400
Pros- Inexpensive, Runs most games smoothly without AA and AF
Cons- No DX9 support, Get wasted by Radeons, not really worth the price anymore
GeForce FX5600 (non-Ultra)
Pros- DX9 support
Cons- Gets wasted by Radeons. Not good value for money
GeForce FX5600 Ultra rev1.0/2.0
Pros- DX9 support, fairly good DX8 performance (rev2.0)
Cons- Poor DX9 perforamance, Radeon 9600 Pro and faster cards are much better for both DX8 and DX9. Not good value for money
Special notes for midrange graphics card buyers:
Avoid 256 MB versions and save money. 256 MB VRAM is useless with these cards and card manufacturers often use inferior memory
in 256 MB cards.
GeForce4 Ti4800 = GeForce4 Ti4600 AGP 8X; GeForce4 Ti4800SE = GeForce4 Ti4400 AGP 8X
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Higher Midrange Cards ($200 to $300)
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Recommended Cards
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Radeon 9700 Pro/9800 (non-Pro)
Pros- DX9 support, not much slower than Radeon 9800 Pro, inexpensive, best price/performance ratio in this category, very good
AA/AF peformance
Cons- none
GeForce FX5900 (non-Ultra)
Pros- DX9 support, good DX8 performance (on par with Radeon 9700 Pro/9800), good AA/AF performance, inexpensive
Cons- Poor DX9 performance
Comment: Buy this card if you can't buy Radeon 9700 Pro/9800 (non-Pro) and can't spend extra money for Radeon 9800 Pro
Cards to Avoid
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Radeon 9800SE
Pros- DX9 support
Cons- 128 bit memory versions are slower than Radeon 9600 Pro, rare 256 bit memory versions are very hard to find which perform on
par with Radeon 9600 Pro. Both versions are poor value for money
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High-End Cards ($300 and up)
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Recommended Cards
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Radeon 9800XT
Pros- DX9 support, fastest card, very good AA/AF performance
Cons- Very expensive, only little faster than Radeon 9800 Pro 128 MB
Radeon 9800 Pro (128 MB version)
Pros- DX9 support, very fast, very good AA/AF performance
Cons- Expensive
Cards to Avoid
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XGI Volari V8 Duo Ultra
Pros- DX9 support
Cons- Not impressive performance in common benchmarks, very poor performance in games that usually aren't used as benchmark,
quality issues, Very slow SuperSampling AA technology, only 4x AF, extremely poor driver, hard to find, very expensive
Comment: Buy this card only if you want a dual GPU card for your collection. Get a real card for gaming
Radeon 9800 Pro (256 MB version)
Pros- DX9 support, very fast, very good AA/AF performance
Cons- No speed advantage over the 128 MB version
Comment: Don't waste extra money after 256 MB version
GeForce FX5900 Ultra
Pros- DX9 support, very good DX8 performance (on par with Radeon 9800 Pro), Good AA/AF performance
Cons- Expensive, Poor DX9 performance
GeForce FX5950 Ultra
Pros- DX9 support, very good DX8 performance (on par with Radeon 9800XT), Good AA/AF performance
Cons- Very expensive, Poor DX9 performance
Recommended Brands: (sorted alphabetically)
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For ATI based cards:
Best: Built by ATI, Hercules
Good: Gigabyte, Sapphire
For nVidia based cards:
Best: ASUS, MSI, Leadtek, PNY
Good: ABIT, Gainward
Brands to avoid: (sorted alphabetically)
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For ATI based cards: GeCube (formerly known as Gigacube), PowerColor
For nVidia based cards: Daytona Palit, and any unknown/less known brand
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Value Cards (upto $100)
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Recommended Cards
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Best buy: GeForce4 Ti4200 (64 MB/128 MB-8x) version
Other good cards in this price category: Radeon 8500LE/Radeon 9100, Radeon 9000 PRO, Radeon 9200
GeForce4 Ti4200
Pros- Fastest out of all those cards, cheap
Cons- No DX9 support, AA/AF can hurt performance
Comments: There are three types of Ti4200
Ti4200 64mb 4x/8x- cheapest, second fastest(clocked higher), better quality ram
Ti4200 128mb- slowest out of the three, said to have cheap ram to reduce cost(clocked lower)
Ti4200-8x 128mb- 8X AGP, slightly faster than Ti4200 64 MB, uses good ram
Radeon 8500/8500LE/9100
Pros- Cheap, full DX8.1 support, good image quality
Cons- No DX9 support, not so fast, 8500/8500LE are discontinued product
Radeon 9000 Pro/9200
Pros- Cheap, full DX8.1 support, good image quality
Cons- No DX9 support, not so fast
Cards to Avoid
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SiS Xabre 600/400
Pros- Cheap
Cons- Speed comes at the cost of heavy quality loss, very slow when quality on par with ATI/nVidia cards, poor driver support
GeForce4 MX420/MX440SE (64-bit memory)
Pros- Cheap
Cons- No DX8 support, VERY slow due to 64 bit memory
GeForce4 MX440/MX440-8x/MX460
Pros- Cheap
Cons- No DX8 support, basically turbo charged GeForce2 MX with Video processing engine. Slow in DX8 games
GeForce FX5200 (non-Ultra)
Pros- DX9 support, cheap
Cons- Very slow, buy this card if you want to play DX9 games at slideshow speed, most of the 64 MB versions come with 64 bit
memory which can make it as bad as GeForce4 MX420
GeForce FX5200 (Ultra)
Pros- DX9 support
Cons- Lot slower than Ti4200, not powerful enough for DX9 games
Radeon 9200SE
Pros- DX8.1 support, cheap
Cons- VERY slow due to 64 bit memoy bus, not fast enough for many DX8 games
Radeon 9600SE
Pros- DX9 support
Cons- Lot slower than Ti4200, not powerful enough for DX9 games
Special notes for budget graphics card buyers:
Avoid 128 MB/256 MB versions and save money. All of these budget cards aren't powerful enough to make use of 128 MB memory.
Moreover, many 128 Radeon 8500LE/9100 cards are slower than the 64 MB version, because they come with slower memory.
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Lower Midrange Cards ($100 to $200)
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Recommended Cards
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Best buy: Radeon 9600 PRO
Other good cards in this price category: Radeon 9600XT, GeForce FX5700 Ultra
Radeon 9600 Pro
Pros- DX9 support, Inexpensive, excellent DX8 and DX9 performance, very good AA/AF peformance, highly overclockable
Cons- Slower than Radeon 9500 PRO
Radeon 9500 Pro
Pros- DX9 support, excellent DX8 and DX9 performance, very good AA/AF peformance
Cons- Discontinued product, Hard to find
Radeon 9600XT
Pros- DX9 support, excellent DX8 and DX9 performance, very good AA/AF peformance
Cons- Not so good price/performance as Radeon 9600 PRO, Not as fast as Radeon 9500 Pro
Radeon 9600 (non-Pro)
Pros- DX9 support, good DX8 and DX9 performance, Good AA/AF performance
Cons- Not so fast, poor price/performance ratio compared to Radeon 9600 Pro
GeForce FX5700 Ultra
Pros- DX9 support, excellent DX8 performance and quite good DX9 performance, good AA/AF peformance
Cons- Not so good price/performance as Radeon 9600 PRO, somewhat slower than R9600 PRO/XT in DX9 games
Cards to Avoid
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GeForce4 Ti4800/4600/4800SE/4400
Pros- Inexpensive, Runs most games smoothly without AA and AF
Cons- No DX9 support, Get wasted by Radeons, not really worth the price anymore
GeForce FX5600 (non-Ultra)
Pros- DX9 support
Cons- Gets wasted by Radeons. Not good value for money
GeForce FX5600 Ultra rev1.0/2.0
Pros- DX9 support, fairly good DX8 performance (rev2.0)
Cons- Poor DX9 perforamance, Radeon 9600 Pro and faster cards are much better for both DX8 and DX9. Not good value for money
Special notes for midrange graphics card buyers:
Avoid 256 MB versions and save money. 256 MB VRAM is useless with these cards and card manufacturers often use inferior memory
in 256 MB cards.
GeForce4 Ti4800 = GeForce4 Ti4600 AGP 8X; GeForce4 Ti4800SE = GeForce4 Ti4400 AGP 8X
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Higher Midrange Cards ($200 to $300)
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Recommended Cards
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Radeon 9700 Pro/9800 (non-Pro)
Pros- DX9 support, not much slower than Radeon 9800 Pro, inexpensive, best price/performance ratio in this category, very good
AA/AF peformance
Cons- none
GeForce FX5900 (non-Ultra)
Pros- DX9 support, good DX8 performance (on par with Radeon 9700 Pro/9800), good AA/AF performance, inexpensive
Cons- Poor DX9 performance
Comment: Buy this card if you can't buy Radeon 9700 Pro/9800 (non-Pro) and can't spend extra money for Radeon 9800 Pro
Cards to Avoid
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Radeon 9800SE
Pros- DX9 support
Cons- 128 bit memory versions are slower than Radeon 9600 Pro, rare 256 bit memory versions are very hard to find which perform on
par with Radeon 9600 Pro. Both versions are poor value for money
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High-End Cards ($300 and up)
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Recommended Cards
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Radeon 9800XT
Pros- DX9 support, fastest card, very good AA/AF performance
Cons- Very expensive, only little faster than Radeon 9800 Pro 128 MB
Radeon 9800 Pro (128 MB version)
Pros- DX9 support, very fast, very good AA/AF performance
Cons- Expensive
Cards to Avoid
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XGI Volari V8 Duo Ultra
Pros- DX9 support
Cons- Not impressive performance in common benchmarks, very poor performance in games that usually aren't used as benchmark,
quality issues, Very slow SuperSampling AA technology, only 4x AF, extremely poor driver, hard to find, very expensive
Comment: Buy this card only if you want a dual GPU card for your collection. Get a real card for gaming
Radeon 9800 Pro (256 MB version)
Pros- DX9 support, very fast, very good AA/AF performance
Cons- No speed advantage over the 128 MB version
Comment: Don't waste extra money after 256 MB version
GeForce FX5900 Ultra
Pros- DX9 support, very good DX8 performance (on par with Radeon 9800 Pro), Good AA/AF performance
Cons- Expensive, Poor DX9 performance
GeForce FX5950 Ultra
Pros- DX9 support, very good DX8 performance (on par with Radeon 9800XT), Good AA/AF performance
Cons- Very expensive, Poor DX9 performance
Recommended Brands: (sorted alphabetically)
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For ATI based cards:
Best: Built by ATI, Hercules
Good: Gigabyte, Sapphire
For nVidia based cards:
Best: ASUS, MSI, Leadtek, PNY
Good: ABIT, Gainward
Brands to avoid: (sorted alphabetically)
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For ATI based cards: GeCube (formerly known as Gigacube), PowerColor
For nVidia based cards: Daytona Palit, and any unknown/less known brand
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