Looking for some cheap VGA

[sinister]

Hi, which five cards are the best of these:

VGA ASUS® ATI Radeon 9200SE 128MB TV-OUT
VGA ASUS® NVIDIA GeForce FX5200 128MB TV

VGA XFX NVIDIA GeForce FX5200 128Mb TV

VGA ManLi ATI® Radeon 9200SE 128MB DDRAM TV OUT
VGA ManLi ATI® Radeon 9200 128MB DDRAM TV OUT, DVI
VGA ManLi ATI® Radeon 9250 128MB DDRAM TV OUT, DVI
VGA ManLi GeForce FX 5200 128MB TV OUT 8xAGP LITE

Microstar® GeForce FX 5200 T 8X 128MB DDRAM RETAIL
Microstar® ATI RADEON 9200SE 128MB DDRAM RETAIL, TV

ABIT® GeForce FX 5200 128MB DDR 8X TV-OUT DVI
ABIT® ATI RADEON 9200SE 128Mb DDR TV

SAPPHIRE® ATI RADEON 9200SE 128MB DDRAM AGP TV
SAPPHIRE® ATI RADEON 9200 128MB DDRAM AGP
SAPPHIRE® ATI RADEON 9250 128MB DDRAM AGP

Is there a big performance gap between GF Fx5200 and GF Fx5500? And between Radeon 9200SE and 9550SE? Which is better, GF Fx5500 or Radeon 9550SE? And what means SE?

 

[sinister]

And is that good to buy all from the same mark? For example if I have MSI nForce motherboard, should I buy MSI GFX VGA?

 

[maverick77_uk]

Hiya,

Praeter is the God on this sort of thing, so He'll have to correct me here, but here goes......

I find the R9200 and G5200 are pretty equal. The R9200 on paper has a bit more power, but in practice, I find the nVidia drivers equal that out quite a lot. Also, certain games work better with an ATI card, while other games (most obviously Doom3) work better with a nVidia card.

The SE means "Special Edition", except its not! Its a cut down version of the card, so less powerful.

As to the specificities of the cards you listed, those details are best answered by someone else.....

 

[Praetor]

And is that good to buy all from the same mark?

Wont make an earth shattering difference.

Praeter is the God on this sort of thing,

One down. 6 billion converts to go

I find the R9200 and G5200 are pretty equal

Good call.

Also, certain games work better with an ATI card, while other games (most obviously Doom3) work better with a nVidia card.

Between the 9200/5200 it doesnt make a world of difference ... they are both office cards rather than gamer cards

The R9200 on paper has a bit more power, but in practice, I find the nVidia drivers equal that out quite a lot

Radeon 9250
Pipes: 4/2
Clock: 240/200(400)
Mem. Int: 64bit
Mem. Amt: 128MB and 256MB
Card Int: AGP

Radeon 9200SE
Pipes: 4/2
Clock: 200/200(400)
Mem. Int: 64bit
Mem. Amt: 128MB and 256MB
Card Int: AGP

Radeon 9200
Pipes: 4/2
Clock: 250/200(400)
Mem. Int: 128bit
Mem. Amt: 128MB and 256MB
Card Int: AGP

GFX5200
Pipes: 4/2
Clock: 250/200(400)
Mem. Int. 128bit (mostly), 64bit (some)
Mem. Amt: 128MB and 256MB
Card Int: AGP

The SE means "Special Edition", except its not! Its a cut down version of the card, so less powerful.

9200SE = 9200 but with 64bit memory (and slower clock)
9600SE = 9600 but with 64bit memory (and slower clock)
9800SE = 9800 but with 4/2 pipes and 128bit memory (and slower clock)