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Old January 28th, 2005, 03:03 PM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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ATI Radeon 9250

Since my computer is only limited to PCI cards, is the ATI Radeon 9250 PCI 256MB card work well enough? I want to run some games like Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 and the Sims 2. Don't tell me t get a new motherboard or a new PC, because I don't have the money for that.

Is there any other PCI card that will work better than the ATI Radeon 9250 256MB PCI card? Or should I just stick with that? I heard its the best PCI card ATI can offer...

Anybody who is using this card can tell me all about it! I'd love to know how a brand new PCI card works instead of the built in Intel Extreme Graphics!


Oh, and one more thing! I was thinking for a bit, and wondering, since the graphics I use right now is the laughably horrible extreme graphics, is onboard, and uses the system's memory, and the 9250 is a separate card that doesn't scam resources off the system, will it make my computer go faster, RAM-wise?

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Old January 28th, 2005, 03:51 PM     #2 (permalink)
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How much system ram do you have right now?
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Old January 28th, 2005, 05:06 PM     #3 (permalink)
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Old January 28th, 2005, 05:14 PM     #4 (permalink)
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i think you can get a 5700 LE in pci

the free ram will make your system go a little faster but what will be more important is the cpu cycles it was using up.....obviously the most noticable place will be in games
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Old January 29th, 2005, 08:27 PM     #5 (permalink)
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The fastest PCI video card for gaming is the Xtasy Radeon 9100 (dont be confused by the 9*** names, higher isnt always better) Only problem is, its very hard to find it as they stopped making them. Good luck tho!

Edit: Oh, and if you are going to get the 9250, MAKE SURE you see the words "128-BIT" on it. DO NOT get if it is 64-bit. Its a horribly crippled version.

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Posted another post, so you see my edited post above ^ Important edit.
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Old January 29th, 2005, 09:58 PM     #7 (permalink)
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The fastest PCI video card for gaming is the Xtasy Radeon 9100 (dont be confused by the 9*** names, higher isnt always better) Only problem is, its very hard to find it as they stopped making them. Good luck tho!

Edit: Oh, and if you are going to get the 9250, MAKE SURE you see the words "128-BIT" on it. DO NOT get if it is 64-bit. Its a horribly crippled version.

Where should I look for on the box so it says 128-bit on it?
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Where should I look for on the box so it says 128-bit on it?

Yes the box will say if it is 128-bit or 64-bit
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I'd rather get a PCI Nvidia FX5200 or FX5500, much more powerful than an ATI 9250, and do support DirectX 9.

Probably more expensive though...
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I'd rather get a PCI Nvidia FX5200 or FX5500, much more powerful than an ATI 9250, and do support DirectX 9.

Probably more expensive though...

God you could be no more wrong.
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