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[RAS1187]

Ok my good ol' GeForce FX 5200 has had plenty of good days but I recently purchased HALO and am struggling to keep a decent framerate at a 640x480 resolution with all the eye candy turned off. I have been an NVidia person all my life (and yes I know the new 6800 is the best now) but I have done research, read editorials, reviews, etc. and came upon the notion that the 9600 XT is the best card I can buy now for under 200. Being a just recent member, i notice that the good people that read these forums have the answers to everything... so should I buy the 9600 XT with the free Half Life 2? or is there a better card for under 200? Thanx alot.

[IGL]

I've got a 9600Pro and I am very pleased with it. Get constant high frame rates in BF:V and Call of Duty. A 9600XT is a very good choice but if you are willing to spend some more bucks, go for an 9800 series card.

[ShutDown]

for the money, 9600XT is probably the best graphics card out, 9800XT is better, but it costs like 3 times as much . if i was to buy a new computer, i would buy a 9600XT for it, thats because i never buy the best and most recent hardware at the time, i always buy like the 2nd best or wotever because it is MUCH cheaper and worth the money you pay a lot more. also remember, you might not want to spend a lot on a graphics card (like a 9800XT) because the next generation of cards are coming VERY soon (although it will be a while before the price is low). that is why i recomment the 9600XT.

[RAS1187]

Yea, I just bought it today, installed it, and LOVE it. Halo runs flawlessly at a higher resolution with all the eye candy turned ON. Still testing it before i scratch my half-life 2 ticket, but so far I'm lovin it!

P.S. I'm glad that valve offers the freebie premier pack with steam cuz some *!@# stole my CD-Key and registered it to their name.

[RAS1187]

Piracy sucks... some little *#@! stole the coupon # for my HL2 which surprised me cuz i just bought the card and scratched the coupon in the privacy of my own room (no 1 saw the key)... how is that possible? I emailed steam and I think they want me to mail the coupon in along with my cd keys from my old HL platinum pack (which were also in use, if i find the guy that did that 2 me :nuke: ) 9600 XT great card though

[binky]

It's an awsome card. I bought it about 5 months ago, right after I bought Halo, and it made the game beautiful. You will enjoy this card with all the other games you buy.

[2005]

I just got a xtasy 9200 256 mb pci card.... i think its good, not a 9600 radeon but its cool, powered buy a radeon 9200.

[BigTy]

Umm i see 9600XT cards go for about 150-175 i see 9800pros going for 210-220. its not that much more but it is more. I have both cards and dont have a problem out of either.

[RAS1187]

Yea I got the 9600 XT on Sunday... great card, before Halo was very choppy at a 640x480 resolution with details turned off on my NVidia GeForce 5200 128Mb... with
9600 XT, runs perfectly at 800x600 resolution with everything turned on. I'm not a details man, I know that there is 1024, and 1600 resolutions... but I just enjoy playing a game that runs smooth and plays solid, instead of graphics.



On the downside of buying the video card... some stupid idiot already registered my Half-Life 2 key that was on my ticket that came with the card... thats the only downside to activation software... this already happened to me with my Half Life Platinum Pack that I tried running on Steam... and also I was locked out of my DVDXCopy Platinum because of a similar event (though I did manage to talk to 321 customer support and get it working)... I emailed Steam 3 times already with no reply!!!