Looking for advice on buying card

I'll be purchasing a new system soon with the P4 3GHz 800FSB and D875PBZ
combo but I don't want to spend hundreds on a video card. What card would
you suggest I should get? There're so many...Radeon, Leadtek, Asus...I have
no idea.

Thanks.

You would have to give an exact amount you are willing to spend.

"02935" <abey123@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'll be purchasing a new system soon with the P4 3GHz 800FSB and D875PBZ
> combo but I don't want to spend hundreds on a video card. What card would
> you suggest I should get? There're so many...Radeon, Leadtek, Asus...I
have
> no idea.
>
> Thanks.
>
>

Gigabyte do a quality Radeon 9700 Pro (128MB) for £215 shipped (dabs.com).
Raised my 3DMk01 from 10,000 to 16,000 and 3DMk03 from 1,000 to 5,000.



"02935" <abey123@hotmail.com> wrote in message
newseoJa.42468$111.41862@news04.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com...
> I'll be purchasing a new system soon with the P4 3GHz 800FSB and D875PBZ
> combo but I don't want to spend hundreds on a video card. What card would
> you suggest I should get? There're so many...Radeon, Leadtek, Asus...I
have
> no idea.
>
> Thanks.
>
>

"02935" <abey123@hotmail.com> wrote in message
newseoJa.42468$111.41862@news04.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com...
> I'll be purchasing a new system soon with the P4 3GHz 800FSB and D875PBZ
> combo but I don't want to spend hundreds on a video card. What card would
> you suggest I should get? There're so many...Radeon, Leadtek, Asus...I
have
> no idea.
>
> Thanks.


Why would you spend, what I consider a premium, for a state of the art PC
subsystem, but not be willing to spend a proportional amount on the video
card?

If $200 dollars is too much for a video card, how is it that $363 isn't too
much for the CPU?

Either you are full of it, or you need a lesson in PC integration.

I think they don't have much experience with video rendering. Look at the
brands, the OP listed. Perhaps they need to refine their question to
something more like: Which chip? And, what vendor? Also, listing what
they are wanting to do with it. There was a time that I had no clue about
video cards. That goes back to when I was wanting to play FFVII on a Voodoo
Banshee. Give em a break. I've sure had many breaks. Surely you can
remember when you were clueless, too?

/shrug


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"Derek Wildstar" <gunner@argo.mil> wrote in message
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>
> "02935" <abey123@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> newseoJa.42468$111.41862@news04.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com...
> > I'll be purchasing a new system soon with the P4 3GHz 800FSB and D875PBZ
> > combo but I don't want to spend hundreds on a video card. What card
would
> > you suggest I should get? There're so many...Radeon, Leadtek, Asus...I
> have
> > no idea.
> >
> > Thanks.
>
>
> Why would you spend, what I consider a premium, for a state of the art PC
> subsystem, but not be willing to spend a proportional amount on the video
> card?
>
> If $200 dollars is too much for a video card, how is it that $363 isn't
too
> much for the CPU?
>
> Either you are full of it, or you need a lesson in PC integration.
>
>
>

"Strontium" <abuse@your.isp.com> wrote in message
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> I think they don't have much experience with video rendering. Look at the
> brands, the OP listed. Perhaps they need to refine their question to
> something more like: Which chip? And, what vendor? Also, listing what
> they are wanting to do with it. There was a time that I had no clue about
> video cards. That goes back to when I was wanting to play FFVII on a
Voodoo
> Banshee. Give em a break. I've sure had many breaks. Surely you can
> remember when you were clueless, too?
>
> /shrug
>


In order to give the OP further benefit of the doubt, by your gentle
prodding, I've come up with the possibility that he's not DIY-ing, he just
bought a pre-made 3.0 system, with a decidely inferior card. this is then an
upgrade. Even if it's not the case, it's a better way to assume he's just
not fiscally dense.

Which then becomes a much better original question: What does $150 get me
with a fast system vid wise. To that I'd say 5600ultra, if he likes nvidia.
I'm not even sure what $150 gets you optimally these days with ATI. 9600 pro
ultra?

Thank you for your neighborliness.