Radeon 9200 or FX5200?

[GHoosdum]

I'm trying to find a comparative review of these two video cards. Is there one out there? What is your opinion, which is the better performer? I'm speaking of the 128MB version of either card...

I know the 9200 is a dx 8.1 card, and the 5200 is a dx 9 card, both have DVI out, etc... which is better?

[reelbigfish]

neither is good. go with a GeForce 4 Ti4200 128MB for around $105. Even though it is only DX8.0, it is much faster than either of those cards for not much more money.

[Thrax]

Point well made. I concur with the suggestion.

[Geeky1]

As stated, the 9200 and the 5200 are both not very good cards. Your best bet in the ~$100 range is a Ti4200; between $50 and 100, a Radeon 8500 (if you can still find one; try ebay, newegg has some refurbished LEs in stock right now too...) is the best choice...

[reelbigfish]

also, the 9100 is a rebadged 8500, so if you can find one of those, it's ok for around $60-80

[GHoosdum]

Thank you folks for all your help! That does indeed answer the question, because "both are garbage" is a lot more helpful overall than telling me which piece of garbage to buy.

I'll start looking for an 8500LE for my secondary rig...

[edcentric]

I picked up a referb'ed Ti4200.
Hard to beat it.

[TheLostSwede]

Is there any refurbished 9500 pro´s around?

THAT would be a steal i think.

[RWB]

Hey guys... does anyone know of, or have a chart or layout of the current GFX Cards that show which is stronger then the next...

IE:
GF4Ti4200
GF4Ti4400
GF4Ti4600

etc... including the ATi Cards of course.

[Geeky1]

Mackanz, the only place that I've seen refurbished video cards is Newegg, and, as I'm pretty sure you know, they don't do international shipping.