Shock 2 the system

you can buy a 9800 pro for $126 at newegg that card is SOOOOO much faster than those crappy 5250 or a nvidia 5500's other options: 9600 pro 256 mb $103 9800 se 128mb $106 i dunno if these prices are inc. tax but u can check it out ur self @ www.newegg.com so my recomendation: get a 9800pro 128mb (the cheapest 1 of the lot) or spend a bit more and get the cheapest 6600gt @ BWare i dont know if u mean a 6600gt or a 9600pro but MAN u overpayd your graphics card! where did you get it? for $250 u could have a x800 or a 6800! thats like more than 1.5 times the spead! I had a 9800pro b4 and i have a 6800gt @ ultra now, man thats over 2x the speed

hmmm i guess the prices differ from 1 country to another. I know 4 damn sure the prices are about that price over here. but u can check out newegg as well they are quite cheap. ive never heard of a 9600 GT, sounds like ati meets nvidia :roll:

For 130 US$ u can defenetly get a better card than a 256mb ati radeon 5250 or a nvidia 5500! They both suck big time. i suggest like Hans5849 sayd spend a tad more and get your selfe sorted out with a decent graphix card. Good cards for a tight budget: GeForce 6600 128MB AGP: around 120 bux GeForce 6600 GT 128MB AGP: around 150 bux, but a lot faster for 30 $ extra Radeon 9600 XT 128MB: around 110 bux Radeon 9800SE 128MB/ 9800: around 110 bux but can be modded to a 9800pro which is a lot faster than the se. I recomend getting a 6600gt 128mb, that card is as fast as the 9800pro, but is a better card for the future a card that lasts a while thats what counts.

more memory hardly increases performance. So you would probably get the same scores in benchmarks when testing identical cards, one with 256 one with 512. Its all about the Gpu and the number of rendering pixel pipelines. I heard ATI is working on a sli system (2 linked graphics cards) them self. wouldn't it be sweet to have 2 X850XT Platinum Editions (the fastest single gpu card in the world) in ur computer! that would make a 1000 US$ graphics set up!