Cheap video card

[Tempest]

I wouldn't trust Crucial Radeons... Check this out: http://www.amdzone.com/articleview.c...id=1197&page=6
If their Radeon 8500 is that slow, how slow would a 8500LE be?

[Guru]

Originally posted by Wombat
A GF4 MX will have crappy 2D quality.

Depends on the resolution and make! The Gainward GF 4 cards have near Matrox 2d iq in 1600*1200*32!

[The PIT]

See my comments about the Gigabyte Maya. 2D quality not so good.

[Guru]

Same goes for the Club3d and PowerCoulor range!

Edit: Poor IQ that is!

[Wombat]

Guru, you're talking about regular GF4 cards. I'm talking about the GF4 MX cards, which are really just GF2s.

[Guru]

Originally posted by Wombat
Guru, you're talking about regular GF4 cards. I'm talking about the GF4 MX cards, which are really just GF2s.

So was I tried a Gainward GF4 MX460 Golden Sample at home for a few days a couple of weeks ago! At the moment I'm runing a Gainward 4200 Ti Golden Sample in my "gaming" computer!

[rugger]

Thanks for the info/warnings.

I might still try the gigabyte 9000 card, since I have been quite happy with the image quality from my old creative geforce DDR. I only use 1024x768 on my monitor under w2k, and 1184x864 under linux. (in other words, I don't think I need a particularly high quality graphics card to drive my monitor)

But I will make sure I am able to return the card if it doesn't work out

[K6-III]

I'd suggest a R8500LE as well, but make sure you get one with good memory chips...