Cheap graphics card

2006-10-18 14:55:51

#1

coke: Aye up duck!; +440|7159|England. Stoke

Right my comp crashed a few times and then wouldn't boot, screen just went black and monitor onto standby before it supposed to go into windows. So I formatted annd reinstalled windows loaded up fine, went install nvidia drivers and fucked up, wouldnt recognise card. Now I can get the comp to recognise the card (Geforce 5700 ultra) it says it working fine and that I need to restart, but when I do same problem as before wont boot. It only works with no drivers installed. Under display settings my adapter is listed as VgaSave.
Anyway I tried everything I can think of to get it to work but no joy. So I think the card is screwed so I wanna get a cheap replacement (dont wanna spend too much cus cant really afford at the mo and gonna try and upgrade to PCI at christmas so no point spending too much).
Anyway I seen this card: HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon 9550 256MB priced at £35 (normally wouldnt go for ATI but it cheap), my main question is this much better than my old 5700 ultra. It has more ram but slower clock speeds etc. I looked and couldnt find any benchmarking info.
Thanks for help in advance...

2006-10-18 14:58:24

#2

RifledZen: Member; +1|6858

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.h … VzaWFzdA==
check out this card. If I am not mistaken with Ati's latest driver set they are not supporting the older 9000 series of cards so you will have to use an older driver set. For the price this is an awesome card.

2006-10-18 15:01:18

#3

URE_DED: BF2s US Server Admin; +76|7069|inside the recesses of your...

Stores are giving away that ATI 9550 card...I've seen it for about $35 USD after rebate. I'd steer way clear. Get an ATI x1600 or Nvidia 7600 series card for about $100 USD and you'll probably be good for a year or two.

2006-10-18 15:02:14

#4

RifledZen: Member; +1|6858

I have an x1600 at the moment and it is a great card. I run everything on high with no problems with the 256mb card.

2006-10-18 15:02:58

#5

coke: Aye up duck!; +440|7159|England. Stoke

Thanks but not lookin to spend that much really like i say. Really wanna spend £50 at max if possible and like i say hopefully gonna upgrade soon, or my mate is and he said I could have his 6600 so I just need a stop gap for a few weeks/months

2006-10-18 15:03:04

#6

fatmarik: Member; +23|7032|Anywhere i am needed

if ur looking for a cheap card get the nvidia 7300gs version, it has all the lastest shader model and it is like 80bucks and also gives good frame rates and as for me i have the nvidia 7900gtx so i am happy

2006-10-18 15:03:24

#7

znozer: Viking fool - Crazy SWE; +162|6994|Sverige (SWE)

Don´t sound´s rely good so i won't recommend it

2006-10-18 15:03:35

#8

Hama-Raptor-UK: Member; +58|6873|West Midlands

what you want is a ATI RADEON X850XT that is a really nice card for the price around £99

2006-10-18 15:08:00

#9

coke: Aye up duck!; +440|7159|England. Stoke

Ok thanks for the help but like I say I looking to spend literally as little as possible now before major upgrade later. Something comparable or slightly better than my current 5700 ultra will do me for the time being.

2006-10-18 15:11:31

#10

scottomus0: Teh forum ghey!; +172|7087|Wigan. Manchester. England.

IMO save up another £50 to get atleast a somewhat decent card. Sacrafice playing the game. Yoyr better off...

2006-10-18 15:39:04

#11

coke: Aye up duck!; +440|7159|England. Stoke

If i could afford to do that I would, but I cant. So like I say at the minute I just want something that will give the same or slightly better performance than my 5700.

2006-10-18 16:09:32

#12

theknuck: It's pronounced Knuck, like in Knuckle!!; +45|7062|balls

9550 will get low to medium settings. i know, i had one. hope you got more than 1gb of ram though

2006-10-19 07:12:10

#13

coke: Aye up duck!; +440|7159|England. Stoke

Yeah got 1.5 gig. My 5700 could run with low/medium settings so that all I want really. But like the I say the core/memory speeds for the 9550 are lower than the 5700 but it has twice the memory, therefore will it run smoother or not?

2006-10-19 07:33:20

#14

DoctorFruitloop: Level 13 Wrongdoer; +515|6996|Doncaster, UK

Depends on the rest of your system. Remember BF2 is very processor hungry so having a slow processor can really bottleneck your system.

I had a 9550 until recently and I could run on all low except for geometries and 100% view distance and get a playable fps, but I had 2Gb RAM and a P4 3.4Ghz.

2006-10-19 07:54:07

#15

Des.Kmal: Member; +917|7068|Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Here are some options I made for you:

An x1300. Not the greatest brand but it got good rating. THAT will get you medium with little to NO prob.
I used to have this card. But it was ATi brand. I ran on low, with some medium, and could fraps with 30-40 fps!!
Open box, but meh. Get the drivers from a site or something. 's easy.
Another open box. This should get you mediums...

There you go.

Add me on Origin for Battlefield 4 fun: DesKmal

2006-10-19 08:23:44

#16

DoctorFruitloop: Level 13 Wrongdoer; +515|6996|Doncaster, UK

All of those options are PCI-E, I think he's stuck with AGP.

Have a look here. I know they're over your budget but unless you're willing to spend that little bit more I don't think you're gonna see any improvement over what has just died on you.

2006-10-19 09:28:34

#17

Agent_Dung_Bomb: Member; +302|7186|Salt Lake City

Too bad you're way over there across the big pond. I just ordered an X1950XTX and will be shifting my X800XT AIW to my secondary system, and am selling my X800 Pro w/Zalman cooler. I would have sold it to you for $60.

2006-10-19 09:30:20

#18

coke: Aye up duck!; +440|7159|England. Stoke

thanks for suggestions
If i spent a bit more what about this card HIS ATI Radeon X1300 ICEQ TURBO 256MB, 5th down on page:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/ … Cards.html

2006-10-19 09:35:41

#19

Shem: sɥǝɯ; +152|6977|London (At Heart)

coke wrote:
thanks for suggestions
If i spent a bit more what about this card HIS ATI Radeon X1300 ICEQ TURBO 256MB, 5th down on page:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/ … Cards.html

Funny, my friend bought that when it was £300, it's a pile of cr@p

2006-10-19 09:39:18

#20

URE_DED: BF2s US Server Admin; +76|7069|inside the recesses of your...

Look for an ATI 9600 - for that generation of card it blew away Nvidia - and it can be had really really cheap and plays BF2 quite well.

http://www.pricewatch.com/video_cards/5162-1.htm

Last edited by URE_DED (2006-10-19 09:40:18)

2006-10-19 09:42:23

#21

URE_DED: BF2s US Server Admin; +76|7069|inside the recesses of your...

Shem wrote:
coke wrote:
thanks for suggestions
If i spent a bit more what about this card HIS ATI Radeon X1300 ICEQ TURBO 256MB, 5th down on page:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/ … Cards.html
Funny, my friend bought that when it was £300, it's a pile of cr@p

The budget version of ANY card from ANY generation is crap. x1300 is HORRIBLE. It's the newest "generation" of graphics so you pay $150 (instead of $400 for the x1900) but its GARBAGE.

Which is why I would steer clear of the Nvidia 7300 also.

What you want is a mid-range card from an old enough generation that the price fits your budget. That's why I'm suggesting an ATI 9600 of some flavor.

Last edited by URE_DED (2006-10-19 09:43:09)

2006-10-20 09:36:05

#22

Gh0sT_RIder: Member; +35|6875

URE_DED wrote:
Look for an ATI 9600 - for that generation of card it blew away Nvidia - and it can be had really really cheap and plays BF2 quite well.

http://www.pricewatch.com/video_cards/5162-1.htm

I have that card + 2 GB of ram and a 3.00 GHZ proccesor and i can play bf2 fine with most on high.

It seems to play 2142 better though.....

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