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I'm looking to get a new PCI video card. I have an Nvidia Geforce 6200 with 128 MB of memory . Any ideas? I have a budget of around $150 and below. Thanks!

Thats the best you can get. Sorry dude.

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Cameron

Sad to hear, but oh well. Glad to know I have the top of the bottom line ! Thanks for your help.

This might sound kind of dumb but have you considered an ATI Radeon 9250,I have almost the same computer as you do except for the video card because I use the ATI,I even use the X-52.It is not a bad card for people on a budget but for the newest of games it is not really all that good,I do use it for FSX and I used it for FS2004,with the setings turned down,like the trees and stuff and the tweaks I used (the ones I could do) I get about 20fps in rural areas and if I go into a city it drops to about 15fps,but I don't complain about it.The frame rates are for FSX by the way,I can't remember what they were for fs2004.The one I use has the 256MB DDR memory in it,I don't know if it makes a difference because I have read it doesn't but a computer expert I am not,just passing on my experience with the card I have in it now.So until I can afford

Sounds to me like we're in the same boat. Trying to make the best out of a computer that is a little outdated. I would love to upgrade, but I'm not exactly made of money-especially enough for what it would take to run FSX the way I would like it. I don't mean to complain or anything, but it can be frustrating sometimes. Even with the sliders down though, it looks AWESOME! I can't believe you can get that kind of performance even when the settings are turned down. I just looked-it has a 240 mhz core clock, which is 110 mhz lower than the 6200, although i guess the extra memory would do something for you.I'll do a little more research on it and see what I come up with. Thanks Lee.

By the way, welcome to SimV from a fellow newbie .

Well it's like they say right you make do with what you have,the computer I have now is my first new one in over ten years.I still have my first computer,an old Pentium 75mhz that is pretty much only usefull as a paperweight except that we still use it for the Office programs and a couple other things.When I got the one I have now it had an intergrated graphics card,it was alright for some games but not the more demanding ones so I looked around and found the ATI card.I mostly bought it because it was the only one listed on the box for the game I wanted to play that was a PCI card,I did just about everything I could do to it now.I have to keep the settings for FSX on low because even the trees will slow it down,however when I changed the ground textures to 512x512 is when I noticed the jump in frames and I can turn the autogen up a bit now too.Thanks for the welcome these folks are really friendly and helpful on this forum,glad I registered.

Anyone else with some dinosaur bone tales ?

Muahahaha!!!  :D

Leep, a radeon 9250 is at least 4 years older than the 6200 series.


001. Geforce 8800 GTX SLI
002. Geforce 8800 GTS SLI
003. Geforce 8800 GTX
004. Geforce 8800 GTS
005. Geforce 7950 GX2 Quad SLI
006. Radeon 1900 XTX CrossFire
007. Geforce 7900 GTX SLI
008. Geforce 7800 GTX 512MB SLI
009. Geforce 7950 GX2 1GB
010. Radeon X1950XTX 512mb
011. Radeon X1900 XTX 512MB
012. Geforce 7900 GT SLI
013. Geforce 7800 GTX 256MB SLI
014. Radeon X1800 XT CrossFire
015. Geforce 7800 GT SLI
016. Geforce 7900GTX
017. Radeon X1900 XT 512MB
018. Geforce 7600 GT SLI
019. Geforce 7800 GTX 512MB
020. Geforce 7950GT
021. Radeon X1950PRO (replaces X1900GT)
022. Geforce 7900GT
023. Geforce 7900GS
024. Radeon X1800 XT 512MB
025. Radeon X1800 XT 256MB
026. Geforce 7800 GTX 256MB
027. Geforce 7800 GT
028. Radeon X1800 XL
029. Radeon X1800 GTO
030. Geforce 7600 GT
031. Geforce 7800 GS
032. Geforce 6800 Ultra SLI
033. Geforce 6800 GT SLI
034. Radeon X850 XT PE
035. Radeon X800 XT PE
036. Geforce 6800 Ultra
037. Radeon X850 XT
038. Geforce 6600 GT SLI
039. Radeon X800 XT
040. Geforce 6800 GT
041. Geforce 6800 GS
042. Radeon X800 XL
043. Radeon X800 GTO 16
044. Radeon X800 GTO2 (Unlocked)
045. Radeon X850 Pro
046. Radeon X800 Pro
047. Radeon X800 GTO
048. Radeon X800 GTO2 (Locked)
049. Radeon X800
050. Geforce 6800
051. Radeon X800 GT
052. Geforce 6800 XT
053. Radeon X1600 XT
054. Geforce 7600GS
055. Geforce 6600 GT
056. Geforce 6800 LE
057. Radeon X700 PRO
058. Radeon 9800 XT
059. Geforce FX 5950 Ultra
060. Geforce FX 5900 Ultra
061. Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB
062. Radeon 9800 Pro
063. Radeon X1600 PRO
064. Geforce 6600
065. Geforce FX 5900
066. Radeon 9800
067. Geforce FX 5900 XT (5900SE)
068. Radeon 9700 Pro
069. Geforce FX 5800 Ultra
070. Geforce FX 5800
071. Geforce PCX 5900
072. Radeon 9700
073. Geforce FX 5700 Ultra
074. Radeon X600 XT
075. Radeon 9500 Pro
076. Radeon 9600 XT
077. Radeon X600 Pro
078. Radeon 9600 Pro
079. Geforce FX 5600 Ultra
080. Radeon X1300 Pro
081. Geforce 6200               Another Wild Child performer !!!  ;D
082. Radeon X1300 LE
083. Geforce 4 Ti4600
084. Geforce 4 Ti4800 SE
085. Geforce 4 Ti4400
086. Geforce 4 Ti4200
087. Geforce FX 5600
088. Radeon 8500
089. Geforce 3 Ti500
090. Geforce 3
091. Radeon X300
092. Geforce FX 5200 Ultra
093. Radeon 9600
094. Radeon 8500LE
095. Radeon 9100
096. Geforce FX 5200
097. Radeon 9500
098. Geforce 3 Ti200
099. Radeon 9550
100. Radeon 9000 Pro
101. Radeon X300 SE
102. Radeon 9600SE
103. Geforce 2 MX460
104. Geforce 2 Ultra
105. Geforce 4 MX440
106. Radeon 9200
107. Radeon 9000
108. Radeon 9250                        Bottom Bing Bottom Boom !  
109. Geforce 4 MX4000
110. Geforce MX200
111. Radeon 9200SE


And consider, the above are all rated on AGP or PCIe buses, Your PCI cards are slower by a good margin.

Read it and weep lads, time to get down with some serious upgrading if you are half serious about this hobby.

Hey Congo I had no idea the 9250 was that old,unfortunatly this is what happens when you are a tight budget,you get stuck with outdated hardware and you never get the performance you know other people with newer stuff can get.I did know when I got FSX that I would not be seeing extreme frame rates but when you are used to

I wasn't laughing really, just nipping misinformation in the bud so someone doesn't rush out and buy a 9250.

I also am on a very tight budget, but I place a high priority on my Simming setup, so I managed a decent rig by carefully selecting and sourcing quality parts at reasonable prices.

I don't feel so bad. My card came in at Number 57...

Great post, congo. Did you type all that by hand or use some crazy program to make that list?

I used a crazy program. Windows.

Try Highlighting any text and then pressing Ctrl + C, that copies the text to a ram buffer called  the clipboard, then open a text file and press Ctrl + V to paste the text to that file.

The clipboard can hold a single item only and that item can be one of any number of filetypes including pictures. You can also right click the mouse and select Copy after highlighting text.... then Paste it the item where you want with a similar  vbnhg
This method works in web pages and all kinds of software, try it.

Hey Congo,I didn't mean to sound as though you were laughing it was a bad joke I guess but at least you stepped in and told us about it,anyway all I want to say is sorry if I got Future's hopes up about the 9250 being a good card,glad it didn't go any