Graphics shal i switch geforce 4 mx 440 64 mb to ati radeon9250 256 mb?

i currently have a geforce 4 440 mx.
i wat to trade it for a ati radeon 9250 (this one) http://www.gistron.com/scripts/info.php?artnr=25597

 

IMO dont, not only is the 256mb ram usless and this card, it passivly cooled and not much faster then a 9200se. for around the same money you can get a 5200 or for a lilltle more a 9550 and OC it. i dont care what ppl say about the 5200. they may be uber crap but for what your looking for its better than a 9250

 

What is good is that the link mentions that particular 9250 uses 128bitDDR and not 64bitDDR, unlike the 9200 series (which is virtually identical AFAIK) there's no 'SE' suffix to denote 64bitDDR. However do be warned that clock speeds are NOT mentioned and considering neither nVidia nor ATI give a monkey's for low-end cards it could still catch you out badly. The FX5200 has had a lot of criticism but it is superior to the Rad9000-9250 in virtually every dept. The GF4MX440 is about the same speed as a GF2TI and virtually identical in capabilities, I would choose a 128bitDDR 9000-9250 over one of those. The 256MB is laughable on cards as slow as these but at least it will defintiely remove local gfx RAM as a potential bottleneck, 64MB can now certainly be a little limiting even on cards as slow as these.

At the same time do weigh up any other options such as the previous generation like Radeon 8500 (inc LE) or GF3 which are often much faster. Ideally you'd want a GF4TI which should now be 'cheap as chips' or else an FX5600 (and up) or Radeon 9500 (and up). Even with 64MB these cards are a much better choice.