Graphic card hunt...

[masmith]

Im looking for a AGP and a PCI Dual head VGAx2
128mb
Or VGA and DVI, and maybe a TV out.
DirectX9
My budget is

[congo]

What you really need is a single 6600GT that has all the required ports, but it's not in your budget range.

As far as I can see, what you're trying to do on your budget is gonna cause you a lot of headaches and not be successful in the end anyway, just sell all your other old junk, get the bucks together and buy a suitable card.

[rootbeer]

I guess you told him!

[ctjoyce]

What you really need is a single 6600GT that has all the required ports, but it's not in your budget range.

As far as I can see, what you're trying to do on your budget is gonna cause you a lot of headaches and not be successful in the end anyway, just sell all your other old junk, get the bucks together and buy a suitable card.

6600GT mabe, but the X800GTO AGP is a far better card, and not too much more (about $50) And before you go off on me, benchmarks dont lie. http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php ... &card2=321 Now I know that the X800 is the PCI-E version, but the AGP has a 3DMark05 of 4021 (according to toms hardware). Also the X800 clocks better, and has an unlockabel 16 pixel pipelines.

6600GT $130
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130001

X800GTO $185
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... C-SHOPPING


Cheers
Cameron

[masmith]

Would this card be any good at running FS2004 on two monitors on meduim settings?

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products ... _uid=88303

[ctjoyce]

No man for the love of god never buy a PCI card. AGP or PCI-E x16 only. To get good response you must save and buy higher. Trust me, when you get that shiny new X800GTO or 6600GT in your rig, your going to wonder why you would have ever considered anything else.

Cheers
Cameron

[congo]

That link shows an AGP card ctjoyce.

But it's not gonna do the trick. Ask most people in these forums and you'll get the same answer.

Been there, done that, wasted lots of money.

[masmith]

Well im currently running fs on a Radeon 9200 64mb so why shouldent this do the job?

[4_Series_Scania]

Well im currently running fs on a Radeon 9200 64mb so why shouldent this do the job?

Because its widely regarded as the piece of crap that it is, putting it bluntly!  :P

Follow congo's advice, increase your budget.  ;)

[ctjoyce]

Well im currently running fs on a Radeon 9200 64mb so why shouldent this do the job?

Cus thats not even outside the series of what you already have. If you want to upgrade your card you need to save. Yes it may be long and painful, but you must do it.

Cheers
Cameron

[Weather_Man]

Would this card be any good at running FS2004 on two monitors on meduim settings?

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products ... _uid=88303

Trust me, that card is a step nowhere. You might as well spend that money at the pub. That card, like the one you've got, is meant to display Windows on your monitor and nothing else. For gaming, you need to look higher or just keep what you got. Save more and wait if you have to, but don't get anything less than 2 generations old. It's just not worth it. That's the ATI X series or GF 6xxx series.

[Saitek]

I quite agree. You won't notice barely any difference and that just isn't worth the money. Save - it pays. The companies know how to catch people out - never go by the appearance of the specs; there are  always loopholes. Good card = good money.
There is no such thing a cheap good graphics card for FS. Fact. My card was

[JBaymore]

Also remember that framerates are not solely determined by the graphics card for fs9.  The rest of the system is very important too.

Put a Formula 1 engine in an old VW Beetle chassis....and likely it won't work to it's full potential  ;).

best,

.....john

[Saitek]

Quite true - but you'd get a massive improvement!

[masmith]

On my Raden 9200 64mb in my laptop,
3.06 GHZ
512 RAM

I can run FS2004 on fulls specs, 35fps completely smooth it looks great.