Shud I go for a new graphics card?

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I've been wanting to go for a new AGp based card for long....am too tired of my geforce2.

My system is amd athlon 2000 xp with 256 mb ram.
I know its an outdated system, but that's all i have now.

i recently checked out a dealer in lamington rd, who was offering a nvida 6200 with 256 mb ram (AGP) with 2 yrs warranty for 4.5k.

Shud i go for the card, is it worth going for a new card at this stafe or shud i wait for a year to upgrade my pc? (ya, 1 year, wont get to upgrade earlier than that).

Want to know, what u tech gurus out here think...

PS : Happy New Year every1...

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u shouds get nvidia geforce 6200 for abt 3.5k (XFX)

and i suggest upgradin ur RAM to 512mb
add another 256mb stick in sync with the one u have
cost = Rs 1300

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yes go for XFX or leadtek 256MB, 128bit geforce 6200 graphic card for about 4K.Make sure that u get a 128bit card.
for more details about this card see the following post
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13761&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=900

The next other option would be Geforce 6600 (nonGT) for 6K

yea go for it...mine is fx 5200 and works awesome!

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well....the brand he mentioned was BIG...
is it good? didnt ask him what bit card was the one he mentioned...

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try n get NVIDIA or an ATI...n get the cheapest model available offering 128mb memory

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geekhead83 said:
well....the brand he mentioned was BIG...
is it good? didnt ask him what bit card was the one he mentioned...

BIG is also good.CHeck the free software u r getting with BIG/XFX/Leadtek then decide which one to go for.
and also remember make sure that u get a 128bit card even if u get a 128MB card.Memory doesnt matter.

hey get an xfx based 256mb card and also raise ur ram to 512 trust me itll make a difference.There was dis card which costs about 2400/- its 256mb forgot da name my fren has it and it rocks!!!its also affordable.Happy new year yall!!!

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Shud be a Fx 5200

buy geforce fx 5200 and another 256MB ram stick

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Vyasram said:
buy geforce fx 5200 and another 256MB ram stick

why geforce 5200?????when he is going for 6200 model?????
go for 6200 model
and better dont get 256MB ram bcoz the motehrboard supports max of 2 RAM modules only.SO try to buy the max amount RAM u can.So get 512MB.

Better go for it dude, it will last one year atleast at low settings for sure, coz it supports Pixel Shader 2 (i guess)

Then after a year jus jump into the Dual core 64+ generation or whichever is latest

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QwertyManiac said:
Better go for it dude, it will last one year atleast at low settings for sure, coz it supports Pixel Shader 2 (i guess)

Then after a year jus jump into the Dual core 64+ generation or whichever is latest

whats your age?

do 1 thing.... buy XFX 5200 128 MB... only matter of one year...... next year when u will upgrade your PC.. go for Inel Dual Core with 2GB RAM and a 256/512 MB Graphics Card which will be 16x PCI, [if you want go for SLI]

5200 is good and u can play almost all games but some games @800x600.

Happy New Year.....

hey warrior which part of gauhati do u stay i caome der almost every month.i think ur the only 1 apart from me whose from da northeast rite????koooooolll!!!
rock on!!!!!

i stay at near AEC.... be my guest some day... check your PM......

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thanks for the responses guys...
now confused whether to go for 5200 or 6200...and my cpu runs at 1.7 ghz or so...so the cpu shudnt be a bottleneck for the card, which seems like a possibility for the 6200...anything around 4k or less wud be cool...and am certainly looking at the cards around that range..

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geekhead83 said:
thanks for the responses guys...
now confused whether to go for 5200 or 6200...and my cpu runs at 1.7 ghz or so...so the cpu shudnt be a bottleneck for the card, which seems like a possibility for the 6200...anything around 4k or less wud be cool...and am certainly looking at the cards around that range..

go for 6200.

chwamiki said:
hey warrior which part of gauhati do u stay i caome der almost every month.i think ur the only 1 apart from me whose from da northeast rite????koooooolll!!!
rock on!!!!!

There r MANY others from NE out here @thinkdigit.com/forum...
Guess Not U R Da XCEPTION in da HOUSE.....
Anyway...CARRY ON......DUDE! :wink:

i dont have graphics card , i have 1.7 p4 ,128 ram
what should i purchase?

If u have a AGP slot purchase a gphx card, a 6600 prefferable

But before even thinking about purchasing a gpx card, I seriously think u need atleast 256 MB ram to play most games, be it new or old @ good rates w/o chops

invisible said:
Vyasram said:

buy geforce fx 5200 and another 256MB ram stick

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why geforce 5200?????when he is going for 6200 model?????
go for 6200 model
and better dont get 256MB ram bcoz the motehrboard supports max of 2 RAM modules only.SO try to buy the max amount RAM u can.So get 512MB.

With the geforce 6 series , amd 2000+ will bea bottleneck. So he gets pretty much the same performance as 5200

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Vyasram said:
invisible said:

Vyasram said:

buy geforce fx 5200 and another 256MB ram stick

Click to expand...

why geforce 5200?????when he is going for 6200 model?????
go for 6200 model
and better dont get 256MB ram bcoz the motehrboard supports max of 2 RAM modules only.SO try to buy the max amount RAM u can.So get 512MB.

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With the geforce 6 series , amd 2000+ will bea bottleneck. So he gets pretty much the same performance as 5200

afterwards he will upgrade processor.
and btw who told u this?you are all creating nonsense :twisted:

then now i will tell amd2000 will also be a bottleneck for geforce5200 also.So get geforce 4 Ti.
and also get 512MB ram otehrwise it will be a bottleneck again.

PS you should first read the min system requirements bfore posting this stupid nonsense.

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hi can any one tell me that can i play devil may cray 3 on intel g31 graphics chipset? please reply soon.

most probably u can ... give it a shot.

What r u doing in such old thread...

just check the post just before mine ...#24

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