Choose a new VGA Card

[mcyi9ky2]

Could some please tell me which vga card is better...thanks

Magic-Pro MP-9550 Challenger ATI 9550 256MB
http://www.magic-pro.com/product/ati/9550C.htm

FORSA Geforce 6200A AGP8X 256MB DDR2
http://www.forsa.com.hk/

Inno3D GF 6200A AGP8X 256MB
http://www.inno3d.com/products/geforce6/6200a.html

 

[Ku-sama]

well.... whats your price range?

 

[mcyi9ky2]

actually i am not living in the US...hmm...but my budget is probably around $100. thx

 

[Geoff]

I'd go with either the 2nd or 3rd one, what ever is cheapest.

 

[mcyi9ky2]

Thx, I thought so too. I feel that the 6200A chipset is better than the 9550. Am I correct???

 

[Geoff]

Although i havent read much about the 6200, it looks like a much better card than the 9550.

 

[mcyi9ky2]

However, I have checked that the 6200A chipset runs at 64-bit, and 9550 runs at 128-bit. I am just wondering what that "bit" means, and is there a big difference between 64 and 128bits??? Thx

 

[dannyjebb]

do you live in the uk?

 

[sbeast64]

So your budget is $100. Surely you can stretch that?
What will you be doing mainly, soft gaming, hardcore?
Save up a bit longer and go for a 9700/9800 or the 6600.
Bit step in performance for a bit more money...
End of the day your choice

 

[diduknowthat]

save up to maybe $125 ish..then you can get a 6600gt...which is ALOT better for gaming

 

[sbeast64]

Exactly

 

[lwnexgen]

If you have a PCI-E motherboard EDIT: (Sorry, you don't, didn't see system specs, but it looks like a sweet card anyway!), XFX has a pretty sweet 6600 with 256mb of DDR2 that I was reading about on Tom's Hardware. Benchmarks look awesome and it only costs $99.