Video Card Help

[Jonbo298]

Depends on the product your comparing to on the lower end models. I've heard that its the same as a GeForce2/3 with DX9 support. Hell, the 5600 will barely be able to use DX9 games. But if you only care about games released before, then a 5200 won't hurt. Just don't expect to be able to play high end games/future games as well.

And honestly, if you want to just play partially past games, just get a ti video card from nvidia.

[thatmariolover]

Nah. As long as one got a nice 5600 they'd be fine. My friend has one and I think it'll last him a while.

But I still say get the ATI Radeon 9600XT.

[GiMpY-wAnNaBe]

for aboot 100-140$ CAN what decent gaming card could i get?

[Shiz]

Thanks guys!The 9600xt is pretty awesome! Im just curious...how long will this last me? Runs everything pretty well! buying call of dty tomm...AWESOME game!

[Jonbo298]

Originally Posted by Shiz

Thanks guys!The 9600xt is pretty awesome! Im just curious...how long will this last me? Runs everything pretty well! buying call of dty tomm...AWESOME game!

It should be fine for a good year or year and a half. Maybe longer, depending. But until Ati rolls out their next line of cards and slashes prices on the older models, you'll be fine with the 9600XT. I won't be upgrading until either mid this year or sometime in the fall/winter when ati rolls out their next line of cards and hopefully slash the 9800 prices.

[thatmariolover]

Yeah. I wouldn't worry about it for a while. You've got a good 2 years on that. And after that, you can still use it, you'll just have to be a tiny bit sparing on the settings for your games.