trolli
11-14-2003, 11:31 AM
I recently built a new computer, and unfortunately the video card I got just gave me problems. I bought a supposedly new radeon 9500 pro on ebay, that never worked right in my system.
Here are the specs.
Athlon XP 2500+ barton
asus a7n8x-x
1X 512mb giel golden dragon ddr400 memory
80gb maxtor 7200rpm 8mb cache
52x cendyne burner
The 9500 pro wouldn't even let the machine post, and I tried it in two other computers. It posted in one, and worked fine, but the other system wouldn't even turn on with it in. So I sold the card back on ebay to get my money back.
Anyway I'm looking for a card that will have decent graphics. I'm not a perfectionist when it comes to graphics. If it looks good and the game runs smoothly I'm happy. I don't need the 100+ frames a second at 1600X1200. I run a resolution of 1280X1024, and play most games at 1024X768. So as long as I have a decent frame rate and smoothness at 1024X768 for games I'm happy.
I'm looking at playing games like Age of Empires type sims, Tron 2.0, Unreal Tournament, and stuff like that.
I figured the radeon 9500pro would have been a great card for the price I got it at, but since it didn't work I'm not sure I want to try one of those again just in case. Although the card I tried didn't come in a box or anything, so it was probably a bogus card to begin with.
Anyway, if anyone has any suggestions for a card please let me know. I don't have loads of money to spend. So we are probably talking < $200.00. I'd like to see < $150.00 if at all possible.
Thanks
Here are the specs.
Athlon XP 2500+ barton
asus a7n8x-x
1X 512mb giel golden dragon ddr400 memory
80gb maxtor 7200rpm 8mb cache
52x cendyne burner
The 9500 pro wouldn't even let the machine post, and I tried it in two other computers. It posted in one, and worked fine, but the other system wouldn't even turn on with it in. So I sold the card back on ebay to get my money back.
Anyway I'm looking for a card that will have decent graphics. I'm not a perfectionist when it comes to graphics. If it looks good and the game runs smoothly I'm happy. I don't need the 100+ frames a second at 1600X1200. I run a resolution of 1280X1024, and play most games at 1024X768. So as long as I have a decent frame rate and smoothness at 1024X768 for games I'm happy.
I'm looking at playing games like Age of Empires type sims, Tron 2.0, Unreal Tournament, and stuff like that.
I figured the radeon 9500pro would have been a great card for the price I got it at, but since it didn't work I'm not sure I want to try one of those again just in case. Although the card I tried didn't come in a box or anything, so it was probably a bogus card to begin with.
Anyway, if anyone has any suggestions for a card please let me know. I don't have loads of money to spend. So we are probably talking < $200.00. I'd like to see < $150.00 if at all possible.
Thanks