Nvidia Fx 5200 or ATI 9250

ez4u2nv · Post by **ez4u2nv** » 16 Mar 2005, 23:34

Both are 128 MB. Are these good video cards. I want something that is good and something that when i play a game i can set the graphics better than normal. If you don't like these then list one that you do. Also tell me why you like or don't like these. I'm looking at spending between 75 and 150 US dollars. One last thing, I know this has been discussed but for the sake of this thread which company is better: ATI or Nvidia?
Thanks for your comments and opinions.

I already have onboard video w/ (96 MB

PC Specs are as follows
Motherboard is: GIGABYTE GA-8IG1000 Pro-G
Intel P4 3.0LE GHZ 1.0 MB of L2 cache
512 MB of RAM (2x256) 400Mhz /w hyperthreading enabled (memory runs at Dual Channel)
800 Mhz FSB (Front Side Bus)
80 GB HD

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 16 Mar 2005, 23:49

Both suck. You won't get far with them. Save a little and take a 6600 GT.

And believe me, both companies are good. It's just that competitive models sometimes differ a little much, like core and memory speeds.

ez4u2nv · Post by **ez4u2nv** » 17 Mar 2005, 00:06

Both still have 128mb of memory though.

^Sparco^ · Post by **^Sparco^** » 17 Mar 2005, 01:00

get a nvidia 6600gt, or an ATI 9600XT if you dont have enough money for the Nvidia 6600GT

EmptyWords · Post by **EmptyWords** » 17 Mar 2005, 02:08

yeah, if you dont have the money for a 6600 which is a 120 dollar card, buy a 6600gt which is 200, yeah, really genious

PSZeTa · Post by **PSZeTa** » 17 Mar 2005, 02:42

Because the 6600GT is way faster. It's not all about numbers. *shrugs*

ez4u2nv · Post by **ez4u2nv** » 17 Mar 2005, 16:53

So why wouldn't you get a 256, or is that just too expensive?? Another possibility is the the 6600 GT is just about as good a 256 right??

^Sparco^ · Post by **^Sparco^** » 17 Mar 2005, 17:58

128Mb 6600GT pwns 256Mb 6600GT

Basically all the 128Mb low/medium level gfx cards beat their respective 256Mb versions. It is pure marketing, they go slow with that amount of memory

256Mb is good in high level gfx cards (Ati X800/850, Gforce 6800series)

proxnet · Post by **proxnet** » 17 Mar 2005, 18:18

ez4u2nv wrote:So why wouldn't you get a 256, or is that just too expensive?? Another possibility is the the 6600 GT is just about as good a 256 right??

true....i suugest u save some more cash and then go in for the 6600 gt