New graphics card advice

[5150]

I'm in the market for a new graphics card, I currently have a GeForce 2 Ti 4200 128MB AGP and want something better (but still nVidia and AGP).

Because I'm a cheapskate I've found the following cards in my price range but I have no idea how they compare to what I already have so I'd appreciate some comments on them

FX5200 128MB DDR 5ns 8xAGP TV out core 250MHz Mem 200Mhz

FX5500 128MB 64 bit TV out (no other details I'm afraid)

[John Wu]

stay away from the 5200. dont know about the 5500, but from what I heard the whole 5xxx range is not that great value for the money.

I'd go with a cheap 6600.

[Vampire222]

yep, rather be less cheapskatey, coz even on top end fx5xxx fps is shite in some of the most graphics intensive games.

[krynstone]

Definitely head their warnings...they are correct about the fx55xx cards. I am a die hard nvidia van but would never buy a 5000 series card

[5150]

cheers guys

[Skusty]

Yeah, the 5series is fuckedup, go with 6600, or 6200 if they still made.

[Karandras]

get a 6600GT even if u have to wait a little longer to get it.

[Zheo]

FX5200 128MB DDR 5ns 8xAGP TV out core 250MHz Mem 200Mhz

FX5500 128MB 64 bit TV out (no other details I'm afraid)

8xAGP better than 4xAGP

FX5500 better than FX5200 (anything 5000 is 5series) GT i think is better than FX and quardo i believe is better than GT.

250Mhz, and 200Mhz sounds very poor, consider this im saving for a

7800GT 256mb 450 Mhz, 1066 Mhz FSB <-- (FSB = front side bus <-- that affects how fast your card is somewhat)

but the FSM means nothing really if your mother board has poor FSM. think of it like this: Motherboard FSB = road with speed limit, component FSB = car with top speed of = to FSB)

so to speak basically both those cards are crap and you want to go for:

series 6 at least, 128MB will be fine, and preferable 400Mhz FSB and clock speed, at some point you might concider upgrading to PCI-E as im prepering to do...

however graphcis cards mean nothing if everything else is crap. If one component is rubish including ur harddisk then it'll drag everything down with it.

not helpful i know i need £1000+ for my upgrades.

one last peice of advice never EVER buy Dell cos their crap, best comps are ones you get built for you by a specialist in other words someone who knows what their doing ;)

hope that helps somewhat

[Terayon]

FSB dousent affect fps enough to bother mentioning it.

If your realy on that budget... 6200 is good if you want somthing new. You could always buy somthing refurbished or from a forum.... Seen lots of 6600gt's go for 90$ usd on hardoc, then again, thats not all that great now.