hello, please tell me which of these 2 video cards are better for a avrage gamer that just wants his games to work better and faster and doesnt really care THAT much about the graphics but more about proformance of the card.
Diablotek NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 / 256MB DDR / AGP 8x / DVI / VGA / TV-Out / Video Card
OR
Asus Radeon 9250 / 256MB / AGP 8X / VGA / DVI / TV Out / Video Card


Specifications for Geforce

? GPU/VPU? ? nVidia GeForce FX 5500

? Maximum Resolution? ? 2048 x 1536 @ 75Hz

? Video Memory? ? 256MB

? Memory Type? ? 128-bit

? Interface Type? ? AGP

? Interface Speed? ? 8X

? Connector(s)? ? DVI
TV/S-Video
VGA

Specifications for Redeon

? GPU/VPU? ? RADEON 9250

? Maximum Resolution? ? 2048 x 1536 @ 85Hz

? Video Memory? ? 256MB

? Memory Type? ? DDR SDRAM

? Memory Bandwidth? ? 64bit

? Interface Type? ? AGP

? Interface Speed? ? 8X

? Connector(s)? ? DVI
TV/S-Video
VGA

please recommend another card if you think none are good (they seem pretty good to me) and how much should i be paying for them? :-)

Hello there Ali2005.

What would you like to spent on the card? A radeon 9600 or 9800 isn't very expensive and a lot better.

yep I agree fully with joe. the ATI 9600xt is a great card and can play alot of games even doom3 and farcry!

http://www.newegg.com/OldVersion/app...125-124&depa=1

Dont be fooled just because the card say's 256 megs of ram, it might have it but its alot slower the the ATI 9600xt

i'm, not a Nvidia person, always been a ATI person myself, but it really depends on the amount of pipelines, the speed of the core and memory on the cards, not just the memory size.

For example the radeon 9600xt 256MB with for pipelines is slower than a 9800 pro with 128MB and 8 pipelines.

If you really feel wild buy a Radeon x800pro or XT. They Kick out graphics that you have never seen before.

I have a little tip, by your ATI cards from either Sapphire, Asus or HIS (aka hightech). I'v had lots of trouble with my Abit Radeon 9600XT, and have decided to by HIS x800pro like of should have bought in the first place

Hope this helped

how do u detemine what kind of video card works on your motherboard?...for that matter how do you know whats your motherboard anyways?
all i could see from the sheet that came with my computer is that is says its MB 650GXG FSB 400 DDR 266 GA-8S650GXMP...what kinds of video card can i use on that? will a AGP 8X or AGP 4x card like ATI RADEON 9550 VIDEO CARD 256MB DDR work on it?

Looks like you have an 4x AGP motherboard , so yes those AGP cards will work on youre machine but the 8x AGP wont run full speed.

http://www.axiontech.com/prdt_link.php?item=48749