looking into pci-e video card $150 $200 range

[mobb098a]

what would be my best bang for my buck

n-vida or ati

looking for the best video card in the 150 to 200 dollar range any sugestions

 

any noticeable difference between radeon x1600 and the x1650

 

 

thanks in advance

[Blackadder.]

I havn't researched but not much probably not much difference between the two, maybe slightly more goodies and maybe an extra pixel pipeline, but that's it at the most

[Tornado Rex]

What country are you in

[Loman]

If I were getting PCI-E instead of AGP, I would get either the Geforce 7900, or the Radeon X1800/X1950. Since I'm stuck with AGP, though, I'm getting the Geforce 7600GT. I would get the 7800, but I have to buy a power supply, with my graphics card, and don't have quite enough money.

 

You should post your computer's specs (CPU speed, amount of RAM, etc), too.

 

Here is a short comparison of three X1650/X1600s:

 

 

Radeon X1650XT

Core clock: 630MHz

Pixel Pipelines: 24

Memory Clock: 1460MHz

Memory Size: 256MB

Memory Interface: 128-bit

Memory Type GDDR3

Price: $159

 

Radeon X1650PRO

Core clock: 625MHz

PixelPipelines: 12

Memory Clock: 1400MHz

Memory Size: 512MB

Memory Interface: 128-bit

Memory Type: GDDR3

Price: $189

 

Radeon X1600PRO

Core clock: 500MHz

Pixel Pipelines: 12

Memory Size: 512MB

Memory Interface: 128-bit

Memory Type: GDDR2

Price: $132

 

If I were getting one of those, I'd get the X1650XT, it looks better than the others

Edited December 14, 2006 by Loman

[Fozzy Fozborne]

If you can stretch your budget an extra $5.50, this 7900GT is only $200 after rebate!

 

That'll DEFINITELY get you going at full blast with your games!

 

Or,

 

Of the cards Loman posted, definitely go for the 1650XT, Pixel Pipelines and clock speeds are much more important than memory size, especially on mid-range cards.

[mobb098a]

i live in canada burr!

 

i used to have a agp mobo with a ati radeon x1600 pro but my new mobo dont support it i got amd got pissed off at intel

my celeron was running extreemly hot and slow but was not oc'ed i emailed intel and they said it was not professionally installed so they basically said f*** you aint gettin a return so i told them to f*** off and you also lost a customer

switched to a amd 4000+ athlon and life's been great but need a pci-e vid card to see the true power of er

 

also how much better is that n-vida card? i had bad luck with them once but returned it and got my money it would crash .......crash ...............and crash

Edited December 15, 2006 by mobb098a

[mobb098a]

my specs are

mach speed viper mk8-939a socket 939 it has agp also but its tied to the pci bus also incompatible with all my video cards except my oldest one i got so basicically its built for pci-e when i got it i thought it was a full agp support and pci-e

but the agp was a joke it has a agp slot and a pci-e but its more like agp emulation but besiides that its a great mobo

amd 4000+

512 mb ddr will upgrade soon

2x 80gb western digital drives

 

ok i got the ati x1650xt its a good card and theirs a noticeable difference from my x1600 probably because its pci-e

thanks for the help

Edited December 25, 2006 by mobb098a