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Best budget Video Card??

  • 24-03-2004 12:19am
    #1
    Dr Bolouswki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,335 ✭✭✭


    Ok - for less than €80, I just bought this card...

    http://ie.europe.creative.com/estore/product.asp?prod=442

    to try and squeeze some more life out of an old PIII 800mhz... (currently runs most games using an MX440)

    Have I impulsively wasted money? Keep in mind I know its not the greatest for DX9 and that I could have gotten a 9600 for about 120 or so but tbh I think that for €80 there is not many other cards out there that will beat it...

    Am I right or what? Any better cards for same price?


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  • #2
    Giblet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,989 ✭✭✭✭Giblet


    That is probably the best card to suit that system. You'd be wasting money trying to get more performance on an old machine like that,


  • #3
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 66,118 ✭✭✭✭unkel
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    Originally posted by Killah_B
    Ok - for less than €80, I just bought this card...

    And that's including delivery and it obviously comes with a full warranty - still pretty good value imo

    The cheapest 9600 pro delivered would have set you back at least €50 more and I don't think performance on your system would be much better with that card

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  • #4
    Dempsey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,553 ✭✭✭✭Dempsey


    Thats a good buy. Its a great budget GFX card for any system. You'll be very happy with its performance for the money you have paid.


  • #5
    Dr Bolouswki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,335 ✭✭✭Dr Bolouswki


    Nice one

    I urge all you other budget shoppers to take the advice above and get yourself some juice!!!


  • #6
    swiss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,745 ✭✭✭swiss


    Very good price and a very good buy.

    I had a Daytona GeForce4 Ti4200 which I bought about 2 years ago for the pricely enough sum of around €200. One of the RAM chips decided to burn out, and the manufacturer refused a refund (but that's a different story :mad:). I might just buy that graphics card myself for a backup rig.

    Although I do have to say that Creative are bunch of lying bastards. I sent them an email about a month ago asking whether there were any of those old GeForce4 Ti cards around and they sent me an email back assuring me they were all out of stock.


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