Ok i went ge4 4200 128 ram over a Powercolor 9700. Good choice?

[Jecc33]

Ok last night as i weighted all my options about video cards and i saw the light. I pull up Newegg site and there is the ASUS 9280TD on the front page for 149.99. I read a bunch of reviews all over the place about this card and it easy OC's to 4600 range. Well newegg is out of the PC 9700 so i say for $100 less i can grab 4600 speeds. That seems like a great deal to me. The way I look at it is going from my old system A7v133 and geforce2 gts 32 ram to this new system is going to be like drive a BMW after having a chevy chevette for 2 yrs LOL.

Of course newegg had the 9700 in stack abot an hour after i placed the order. Please tell me this is a good idea on my part, the way i look at it for 149 now i can use that card OCed till X-mas. By that time the price of 9700 pro will hopefully be in the 250 range. Let me know what you think.

Jon

[Juan Sanchez]

I would of waited the hour and gotten the 9700. You can find one on newegg for about $230 and it overclocks higher than the 9700 Pro. Or you could of gotten the 9500 Pro and OC it to perform like a 9700 non-pro. If you can cancel that order I would recomend it. The Geforce 4 Ti are really old hat by now even if you do OC it to 4600 speeds its still gonna be slower than a stock 9500 Pro never the less a 9700. But if you plan to get a new card for christmas thats not a horrible idea. But if you got the 9700 it would of lasted you beyond christmas there for you wouldn't need to upgrade yer vid card again for a while. But if yer running a 4200 your gonna be yerning for those DX9 cards come christmas and if you want one thats not neutered (RV350, NV34 a cut up versions of their big bro's) your still gonna spend about $200. I'm know an overclocked 9700 or 9500 Pro will walk all over the RV350 and NV34. Its up to you, but new egg is a very good retailer and should take your return and exchange it for the vastly superior 9700 if you decide to go that route.

[eagle1]

The 9500 or 9700 is a superior card but you'll be alright with that 4200! At $150 is a good buy. You will enjoy the difference in performance on your games!
If you plan to buy a card for X-mas, don't cancel the order! Stay with the geforce until then. Heck, by x-mas there should be like 4 different new cards.!

"coming soon" should always be a tech moto keep what you got its a good deal wait till later...companies will throw stuff out wayyy cheap around x-mas especially if we {the usa} end up in a war...the market is soooo down and companies are affraid to market new stuff because of falling sales just wait till later in the year and alot of stuff will be cheaper

[thekingofpain]

Get Rivatuner for best results http://www.guru3d.com/files/rivatuner/
Itl give that 4200 a good boost and take some of the sting out of not waiting to get the 9700...

[akinsey]

I agree with the majority of posters so far: you got a REALLY good card for what you spent, and trust me, you WON'T be disappointed. (Your reference of a BMW vs. Chevette aren't far off!)

And eagle1 is correct: by the end of 2003 there will be a bevy of new cards.