help needed with vid cards

[mad_mike]

hi all i need a new vid card for my pc i only want a 64mb as it only has to go in my pc for a few months till i get my newbuild sorted as my pc has agp and my new mobo has pci-e . the vid cards i was looking at were the Hercules 3D prophet and the ati radeon 7000 they both are going for £20 ish on ebay so will be cheap enought. just want to know which is better i know there are much better cards on the marcket at the moment but they will be saved for my new build. so if some one could please help me as to wich is better as there is one of each finishing on ebay in about 2 hours and i would like to get one of them.

cheers mike

[glc]

Toss a coin - do you prefer ATI or Nvidia?

Don't be so quick to jump on Ebay - you can get a 128mb 9200 or 9250 for around 20 quid from Ebuyer. That's going to be worlds better than a 7000 or an old 3D Prophet.

[mad_mike]

cheers for that just found a really cheap radeon on ebuyer for £25 128mb with tv out and duel moniter

cheers mike

[Kiwi]

I recently assembled a PC for a young grandson, and then tested it with two of the games he wanted to play on it -- Crimson Skies and Rogue Squadron. I feel that the currently mounted video adapter's performance is lagging in spots; I also have had problems with getting a game port joystick working for another one he wants, the DOS-based X-Wing Fighter. The MB tech folks suggested trying other PCI slots for the sound card -- that's going to happen soon.

Meanwhile, I am thinking about the video card. Tell me, someone, where the GF 6200 fits in? I have experience with various older GF's, from the TNT2 and Ti 200/ Ti 500, to the Ti4200 and FX 5900. I don't have any experience at all with any ATI cards after that disaster, the Rage Pro 128.

I can get a Radeon non-Pro 9600 for substantially less than the $100, but the 9600 Pro, new, is hard to come by in the same price range. I already know that the FX 5200 and FX 5500 just don't have the cojones to do the job, but only the 5700LE fits into the budget. Does the 6200 come in an array of LE/ SE/ NU/ Pro/ GT/ XT/ Ultra gradations, or is it more like the FX 5500 - you get what you get, and that's it?

I would just mount my GF-4 in his PC if it would run more of the Dx9 goodies .. but one of his strategy gaming choices demands nothing less than Dx9.

[glc]

There's plenty of 9600 XT's out there for under $100. If you can justify $140, there's plenty of 9800 Pros out there. Nvidia just doesn't really have any decent DX9 AGP cards below the 6600 - if you want Nvidia that's your best bet for about $110.