new budget video card

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I currntly am running a radeon 7500 4x 64meg ddr and am looking to upgrade.
I was looking at the Sapphire ATI RADEON 9250 256meg ddr for 72.00 at
newegg. Im not a big gamer, But once in awile I like to play some games. I
was wondering if this was decent card for light duty gaming? If not please
recomend one, Im trying to stay in this price range. I can afford a little
more, but not to much more. Thanks Jay
 
I currntly am running a radeon 7500 4x 64meg ddr and am looking to upgrade.
I was looking at the Sapphire ATI RADEON 9250 256meg ddr for 72.00 at
newegg. Im not a big gamer, But once in awile I like to play some games. I
was wondering if this was decent card for light duty gaming? If not please
recomend one, Im trying to stay in this price range. I can afford a little
more, but not to much more. Thanks Jay
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It's ok, but it also depends on what kind of games you are intending
to play. If we are talking graphics intensive 3D shooters then I would
spring for something a little faster, like the SAPPHIRE
RADEON 9600 128MB AGP8X VGA DVI TV OUT OEM.
 
Save up a few more bucks, if you can, and go for the 9600 XT, as a minimum.
Don't worry about 256MB...128MB is enough.

Bill Crocker
 
save up sum money get a 9600xt, their cheap to, you wont see any much of a
improvement with that radeon. maybe a couple extra FPS in games, but 9600xt
you would see at least a 75% incensement, and your games will look good and
you can even turn on all eyecandy and still maintain good playable FPS.
 
Agreed. I got a 9600 a few months ago, and it's been able to run everything
I've thrown at it so far. It's a non-xt -pro -se plain vanilla sapphire
radeon 9600. I'm getting 33 fps in Doom 3 with it, at 800x600 medium and
the game looks great to me.

I got mine for $95 at newegg and that was a few months ago, so the price may
have dropped since then.

Go for it...
 
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