cheapest card of nVidia with pixel shaders??

[saketkutta]

I want to buy a graphics card. And as my mother board is old it supports only 2X and 4X not 8X. Is there any card with 2X/4X with pixel shaders and is the cheapest one. I would not like names of Radeon since its expensive than nVidia and I dont like it.

So plz post some names of nVidia cards with pixe shaders and is the cheapest with the price.

 

[darklord]

The best you can buy is Nvidia Geforce FX 5200 which available for as low as 2500 or less.

 

[blade_runner]

The fx5200 which sucks but yes its the cheapest one. Better wait out till the 6200 series arrive.

 

[saketkutta]

The best you can buy is Nvidia Geforce FX 5200 which available for as low as 2500 or less.

Its 8X I want it for 2X or 4X

 

[icecoolz]

8x cards will run on mobos which support only 4x. It will run at 4x speeds thats all. Like the others said the 5200 is the cheapest card mate.

 

[techno_funky]

yeps geforce fx 5200
dunno much about ATI

 

[saketkutta]

my mobo supports just 2X. Which card will i be able to use. I tried 5200 it does not work. I am planiing to buy GeForce 3 will tht support PoP:SoT And PoP:WW

 

[icecoolz]

Geforce 3 does not have Hardware Texture and Lighting support hence you wont be able to play PoP series as it needs H T&L

 

[saketkutta]

I thought GF3 has HW TnL Coz all the games tht require TnL have GeForce 2-6 in their supported chipset lists

 

[Geforce]

Geforce 3 SUPPORTS Hardware Tranform and Lighting.

Starting from Geforce256 H T&L was introduced. It was not there on TNT, TNT2.

Even if you get GF3 it would be very expensive. Don't buy it ... there are much better cards available.

Buy a Geforce 4 Ti4200 128MB at the least and it will run on 2x. It will cost around 4.5k ... 64MB one will be a little cheaper.

Nothing like it if you can get an ATI Radeon 9600 for around 5k. And do not go for 9600SE (64-bit memory). Don't know if it has any problems with 2x. All these boards are 2x/4x/8x compatible.

 

[saketkutta]

Thanx Geforce but how will I know tht a card is 2X or 4X or 8X. I will search in Kathmandu for GF4 Ti200.

 

[blade_runner]

Thanx Geforce but how will I know tht a card is 2X or 4X or 8X. I will search in Kathmandu for GF4 Ti200.

Listen buddy agp 8x or 4x isn't gonna make a difference , since agp standard was made to be backwards compatible. So be rest assured that the card even if its agp 8x will probably work with a AGP 4x slot.

 

[pimpom]

Like others said, 4x and 8x are cross-compatible and since the 4x bandwidth is big enough, there will be negligible difference in performance if you run an 8X card in a 4x slot.

However 1x/2x operate on 3.3V while 4x/8x use 1.5V, so they are not cross-compatible and there is even some risk of damage to your card or the motherboard if you try to use a 1.5V card on a 3.3V slot. A 1.5V (4x/8x) card has an extra notch at the connecting edge, i.e., 3 notches as against 2 notches on 1x/2x cards.

 

[Bomb]

Wow ! Darklord Returns.............

 

[darklord]

You can even get ATI Radeon 9200.It is a decent card.Although it doesnt support DX9,it is pretty decent.

 

[svk]

r u guys sure that the rate of fx5200 is 2500/-. if so i gotta get one soon.

 

[saketkutta]

In Nepal I just got GeForce 2 MX 400 with 64 MB.
Which of the recent games does it suports. I will get it tomorrow.

 

[techno_funky]

r u guys sure that the rate of fx5200 is 2500/-. if so i gotta get one soon.

what the heck who said that
no way man it atleast gotta cost you 3-4k (approx not sure)

 

[Sourabh]

heck

the card is very well within the 3k budget

more than that u gotta be kiddin

the digit prices given in the reviews are like f*ck seriously

more than 3-4k u can better get a decent card instead of wasting 4k for such a card

 

[blade_runner]

Yeah the fx5200's with the sucky 64 bit mem will come below 3k and i m damn sure it's arnd 2.5-2.6k in mumbai.