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May 9th, 2005, 05:09 PM
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|  ATI Radeon 9250 helppp!
Hey I was wondering if you could help me out. I have an E-machines, with an Intel Celeron Processor, 2.6 GHz, with Intel Extreme Graphics (woopie). I really don't have a lot of money and I am playing "Guild Wars". I was going to get an ATI Radeon 9250 , 256 mb, 8x Agp. Is that a good card to play guild wars on? Is it an alright card where I can get buy without AWESOME graphics, but just alright and i can play games without having lag (in guild wars, i'll click somewhere and it will take a few seconds to move). Please help me out!  | 
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May 9th, 2005, 05:31 PM
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well if your going to get that card i would also strongly recommend that you get at least 512mb of ram( that will be a huge performance increase, but that card should be alright...that or a fx 5200 should be fine
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edit: thought it said 256mb as system mem 
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May 9th, 2005, 05:36 PM
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From what I has seen others post the 9250 won't be much of an improvement over your onboard - that may be a bit of an exaggeration, but not much.
I have seen many recommend the 9550 - not the SE model - with 128-BIT memory interface and 128MB or 256MB of DDR ram. The 256MB really won't provide a performance increase and the 128MB is usually a few bucks cheaper.
Here is a $68 example from newegg... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121511
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May 9th, 2005, 05:37 PM
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the FX5200 should be better as it supports DX9 as the 9200 series doesn't....
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May 9th, 2005, 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by JLK03F150 From what I has seen others post the 9250 won't be much of an improvement over your onboard - that may be a bit of an exaggeration, but not much.
I have seen many recommend the 9550 - not the SE model - with 128-BIT memory interface and 128MB or 256MB of DDR ram. The 256MB really won't provide a performance increase and the 128MB is usually a few bucks cheaper.
Here is a $68 example from newegg... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121511 |
good quote.. you would notice alot better graphics from the 9550 ... it also overclocks extrmemly well (if your into that) ... | |
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May 9th, 2005, 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by mateo leet-o well if your going to get that card i would also strongly recommend that you get at least 512mb of ram( that will be a huge performance increase, but that card should be alright...that or a fx 5200 should be fine
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i think he meant 256mb on the video card...
anyways... how much pc mem do you have ? | |
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May 9th, 2005, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by sweeper2 good quote.. | Of course it is  it's mostly your threads where I learned about this card!  I'm gonna get one for a backup rig to replace a GF2 GTS. | |
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May 9th, 2005, 06:12 PM
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May 9th, 2005, 06:23 PM
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yea i meant 256 mb. card. but yea, i'm not into having the best graphics you can get. i just need a card that will make guild wars for example, run smoothly with no like frame skipping (i dunno what its called, maybe lag) where it jumps around and it is slow. i just wanna be able to click, and the guy goes. thanks for your help guys. | |
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May 9th, 2005, 06:26 PM
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and yea, i'm a beginner with this stuff. i have a cheap emachines. i don't have those fancy computers you guys have. (i wish i had money) | |
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