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[<x>] Kiyusoma · 9th Sep 2005, 19:12

I'll get right to the point:

What is the fastest pci (not express) video card that money can buy?

money being no object

the best that i've found is a radeon 9250 with 256MB of memory
OR
a Geforce FX5200 with 128MB of memory

are there any that are faster? or is one better than the other?

alastor · 9th Sep 2005, 19:23

I think the old Radeon 9000 Pro may be faster than both of those...if you can find one, which is very unlikely. I could be wrong though...

Tim S · 9th Sep 2005, 23:02

The 9250 with 256MB of memory should have a 128-bit memory interface rather than a 64-bit interface.

sadffffff · 9th Sep 2005, 23:56

there are geforcefx 5500's in PCI. and i once saw a geforce 6200 in pci, though it was probably a typo/oversight in tigerdirect's catalog

Autobot · 10th Sep 2005, 09:27

For ATi, the fastest your gonna find is a 9250.
For Nvidia, the fastest is going to be the 5700LE.
Personally, I would go with the 9250 if I was stuck with PCI.

Hammy · 11th Sep 2005, 16:25

will the 9250 play BF2 in low settings ?

manvadher · 11th Sep 2005, 17:15

whatever you get, get a dx9 gfx, it will last u that little bit longer and work with more games (hopefully)

ibemonty2000 · 23rd Sep 2005, 08:17

Moneys no object? Get a new mobo with an AGP or PCIE card.

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sadffffff Hypermodder Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: sadffffff Posts: 676	there are geforcefx 5500's in PCI. and i once saw a geforce 6200 in pci, though it was probably a typo/oversight in tigerdirect's catalog

10th Sep 2005, 09:27	#5
Autobot Multimodder Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Portland, Oregon. USA Posts: 99	For ATi, the fastest your gonna find is a 9250. For Nvidia, the fastest is going to be the 5700LE. Personally, I would go with the 9250 if I was stuck with PCI.

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manvadher Modder Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 57	whatever you get, get a dx9 gfx, it will last u that little bit longer and work with more games (hopefully)

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ibemonty2000 What's a Dremel? Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Grants Pass, OR Posts: 10	Moneys no object? Get a new mobo with an AGP or PCIE card.