Best vid card for old computer

dydxdydx Cymru, UK
edited June 2003 in Hardware
My brother is starting project work in visual basic, so he needs a windows box. He hasnt got much money, so I offered him some spare bits i have lying arround.

Abit KT7-RAID
Tbird 1GHz
512MB PC133
Chepo PCI sound
Intel PCI NIC
60GB IBM HDD
DVD drive

Only graphics card i hae spare is a SIS 6326 8mb AGP 2d card, which is a piece of junk really.

He wants to get acceptable performance in games like Q3, UT etc from the system.

What CHEAP graphics card would you recomend. Hed rather spend less than £80-90.

Any ideas? The only nVidia offering that seems to fit the bill is the Ti4200. Dont have any experience with the recent budget ATI offerings so any help is appreciated.


mD

Comments

  • DoM-aLDoM-aL Indiana
    edited June 2003
    I'm thinking... Ti4800SE, Radeon9500, ti4600, or ti4400... not quite sure what the conversion is but i know you can get a ti4800se for 145.
  • ClutchClutch North Carolina New
    edited June 2003
    Heck, a radeon 7200 would give you acceptable performance in ut2k3 and quake. I know from experiense because I have one installed on a rig that ran those games.
  • MattMatt
    edited June 2003
    Originally posted by Clutch
    Heck, a radeon 7200 would give you acceptable performance in ut2k3 and quake. I know from experiense because I have one installed on a rig that ran those games.


    ya i put a 7500 in one of the computers at work just so i could play ut2003.

    i would go with an ati7200 or the 7500
  • dydxdydx Cymru, UK
    edited June 2003
    Which one of the 9xxx cards has an 8500 chipset?


    mD
  • Massive_gasMassive_gas Baghdad
    edited June 2003
    I would go with a geforce 3 because that's what I have.
  • stoopidstoopid Albany, NY New
    edited June 2003
    Originally posted by dydx
    Which one of the 9xxx cards has an 8500 chipset?

    Good question, I think the earlier 9000 and 9200 models, but I'm not 100% certain.

    I'd recommend a radeon 7200, 7500 or 8500 for that box, and the GF3 recommendation is good as they're pretty cheap nowadays... but then again, so are the GF4 Ti4200 64MB cards...
  • -Ben-Ben
    edited June 2003
    if he wants cheap 80-90 then 9500 is good if you get it from USA

    i have a riva TNT and it runs games like quake 3 and unreal tournament really well
  • dydxdydx Cymru, UK
    edited June 2003
    If i throw in a Ti4200 or a 8500 or a 9200 or whatever will it play GTA VC? Probably will but will it be any good?


    mD
  • Massive_gasMassive_gas Baghdad
    edited June 2003
    Originally posted by dydx
    If i throw in a Ti4200 or a 8500 or a 9200 or whatever will it play GTA VC? Probably will but will it be any good?


    mD

    yes, it will run VERY VERY well.

    Geforce 3
    PIII 1ghz
    640mb RAMBUS

    I turned AA and AF up all the way and it did not slow down at all.
    Although I was playing at the default resolution.
  • dydxdydx Cymru, UK
    edited June 2003
    Cheers Massive_gas.

    Ill do some thinking and decide over the next day or two.

    Thanks to everyone for their input.


    mD
  • stoopidstoopid Albany, NY New
    edited June 2003
    BTW, it's the 9100 that's the 8500 core (found it on the front page of futuremark).
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