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Shade Magus
Apr 29th, 2005, 10:32:26 AM
Ok. I'm thinking of getting a new video card for my computer and what I was wondering is I found one that looks like it would be good, but I've don't know much about computer and have never heard of the brand, Sapphire. Should I go for the new card?

What I have:
http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/ATI-Radeon-9200-Video-Card-100-436006-/sem/rpsm/oid/73860/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

What I want:
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=0-N82E16814102295

Kieran Devaneaux
Apr 29th, 2005, 10:44:17 AM
Investigate the company some first, see what else they have - and if any of it is any good. That's my opinion, anyway.

Morgan Evanar
Apr 29th, 2005, 12:48:22 PM
Sapphire manufactures most of ATi's cards. I have one, and it's been fine for over a year now. Also, how much money do you have to spend? The 256mb 9600s are badly gimped, and perform worse than the 128mb models.

PS: newegg rocks very hard.

Shade Magus
Apr 29th, 2005, 01:02:36 PM
I'm looking at trying to spend less than $150 since I just bought two new sticks of RAM

Morgan Evanar
Apr 29th, 2005, 01:41:35 PM
http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814145112

Probably your best bet. If it doesn't work newegg has an awesome return policy.

Yurza Magus
Apr 29th, 2005, 01:49:48 PM
Ohhh....pretty...

Ok I checked it out and that's probably what I'm going with, but like you said if it doesn't work out then the return policy is awesome (though I haven't been disappointed yet). Thanks for the help. I'll let you know how it turns out.