I need to replace my GeForce 4 Ti-4200 that burnt recently (fan stoped and dust got in, which resulted in a not working anymore card). I though about buying a 130$ super-deal XFX GeForce 6600GT card but realized that my 300w PSU wouldn't do. I was looking at the Asus N6200 card or something like that but I'm wondering if there's not anything that would compete it for THIS RANGE OF PRICES. I used to like having latest technology, buying latest cards as they came out, but I calmed down and realized it wasn't what was the most important. Any suggestions?
It shouldn't because it's a reasonably low powered card (clockspeed wise) but if your going to be getting a beefy card, you really should invest in a new PSU. What other specs do you have?
It's a very old computer but I mostly changed everything inside. The processor is an Athlon 1600+ if I remember, or is it a 1800+? Anyway, thats the only original piece left with the ugly case. It has a K7N Delta2 board with Nforce2, 512 DDR 400 Dual Channel, the 335W PSU and that's about it. I have 2 120mm fans that I do not use at the moment and a LG dvd re-writer. Not like my PSU had to work a lot I just want a good card that won't be too big since my proc aint that good anyway.
Well unfortunately most new cards will probably bottleneck it anyway but the 6600 is a good bet as it's pretty speedy but affordable. If you can't find a cheap one I'd go with the X700, or X700Pro if you're lucky. Now that I think of it, it'll probably be you're better bet as they consume little power and still prove to be faster in many tests.
Nice dude, go for it, the extra $20 is totally worth it. If you add another 512Mb of ram you'll be able to play some top shelf games:good:
Wow, the guy told me he managed to kill his card by the time I sent him my shipping infos. Great :/ Anyway .. I'll find a 9600 then, less troubles.
Sounds like the guy was playing you the whole time and backed out in the end The 9600 is alright but you'd be much better served by a 6600 if you can find one in AGP, the X700 being better again.
It's basically the replacement for the 6200 line, though a good mark better and with more features. I don't think it will top the X700 though.