- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Well, considering a 9600XT is over his budget, he needs to get a 9600pro. This should be right in line with your budget. Heres a link from newegg.com
http://www.newegg.com/app/SearchProductResult.asp?Submit=Go&a mp;DEPA=0
Ah screw it, here are all the ones that show up. As general help, we are on the dawn of a new gaming era (relatively speaking). Halo PC was the first game to really show this, but as being a rehash of Halo for Xbox, its potential was never fully realized as new games like Unreal Tournament 2004 came out, Halo PC was left. ANYWAYS, newer games like Doom3, Far Cry, and Half Life 2 deserve 256mb of ram for the huge amounts of textures they use. On higher end cards, it isnt as big of a deal as the cards are faster to cover this defecite (sp?) EX. the 6800nu. For a 9600pro, going with the 256mb model for only an extra $10 is pretty good. ou could try the NVIDIA line up, but overall, ATI is better, especially when it comes to Direct X 9 games. And dont touch the 9600se's, if you can afford not to. The se line if for the budget people, and as such, it is cut down in many ways, from lower clock speeds on the RAM and core, to only having a 64bit memory bus, the cards performance is severly hampered. If you were going to go this route, I would suggest getting a regular 9600 or a 9550. My 2cents.