what is better?

[superrobot92]

Nvidea Geforce 5500 or ati radeon 9250

[MisterChief]

That depends. What exactly are you planning on doing?

[superrobot92]

gaming..

[public_eyesore]

just get the 5700le for 100 its the best for the price. If your going for lower than that get the 5500

[MisterChief]

I DO NOT reccomend buying any product from nVidia older than a 6600GT. If you save some money, you could easily get a 9800Pro or 6600GT. Steer far away from the FX series, ESPECIALLY for HL2. The game is coded (thanks to ATI) in a special shader prescision setting. The FX series uses low prescision shaders. As a performance example, an FX5900XT is outperformed by a measely 9600Pro. I'll give you a link to AT if you prefer to have a look at the HL2 video card roudup.

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2281

I cannot stress enough how much I love this site

[superrobot92]

yes...but i only have a pci slot....No pci e no agp only PCI!

[MrSlacker]

my friend was in the same boat as you are. he went with 9250 and pretty happy with it

[MisterChief]

yes...but i only have a pci slot....No pci e no agp only PCI!

The pain! So, you're sayin that you want to game on a PCI-only mobo? again!

[Zeus]

Maybe he's planning on playing webgames like from ebaumsworld.com

[MrSlacker]

Maybe he's planning on playing webgames like from ebaumsworld.com

do you think everyone has money for a good comp? what if his grampa Joe got him HP for christmas and it didnt have AGP. sometimes you have to live with what you have.