Graphics Card for Future

[esemte]

im building a simple gaming machine and saving most of my money for the Video Card, i was thinkin what would be a good mid-range card good for the next few years.
i was thinkin of the ATI 9100, ATI 9500, or Geforce 4 Ti4200 AGP 8X.

any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

[Nuclear Krusader]

ATi 9500 all the way.

[pam123]

Ditto.

[whargoul]

Personally I would get a Pro if anything. Even better, a Radeon 9700 for $242 at newegg.com.

[esemte]

i heard that newegg dont do international orders :(
ive had a look around and im thinkin either the 9500 or the 9500 pro. is HIS EXCALIBUR a trusted and reliable brand or should i stay well away?? whats a good ati brand other than ATI SAPPHIRE or HERCULES

[Xayd]

Hercules and Gainward are ok. If you can afford it the best of them will always be the retail ATI-made cards, though.

For gaming performance along with "extras" and the performance of all of the said extras, the All In Wonder 9700 Pro is about the best consumer-level video card ever made in my opinion.

[ILLPHIL]

id say the 9500, it you want to do the software or hardware mod, if not go with the 9500 pro if you cant go higher.

[Spyda]

i have always thought the best ATis were the crucial ones, as they have crucial memory on them

[oleblue73]

Go with a Drirect X 9.0 card. Go Radeon 9500 or 9700. Anything else will be totally obsolete by summer.

[Nuclear Krusader]

Does the Radeon 9000 support DX and AGP8x?

[pam123]

NK,
The 9000 is a DX8 card and it is 4X.
I think ATI was paying a little too much attention to what NVidia did with the GeForce 4 MX.
NVidia's move was dishonest and should not have been copied.

[Nuclear Krusader]

Thank you very much for the heads up, Pam. :)

You just saved me from a bad purchase.