fx 5500 or fx 5200 ultra?

[google]

i have 100$ and i want to buy a video card.
wich one is better:

gforce fx 5500 256/128bits from palit
or
gforce fx 5200 ultra 128/128 bits


by the way : can be fx 5500 with 256 ram and 64 bits?????????

 

[V0ltage]

both suck balls, get a geforceFX 5700 or a radeon 9600.
9600: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-102-289&depa=0
5700: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-128-179&depa=0

or you could get a nice card in newegg refurbs like this BFG 5700 Ultra:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-143-006R&type=Refurbish

 

[MetalStorm]

Yeah, listen to the man, the 5500 and 5200 are rubbish.

 

[ThisMonsterLives]

I would keep the $100.

 

[Julian]

fx 5500 with 256 ram and 64 bits

I almost choked when I read this

Basicly 256mb of ram is no quicker so your normally paying alot more for nothing

64 bit memory bus is very very bad in a graphics card. Maximun as a minimum I would say as even halving it is crippling!

5700 perhaps

 

[ameoba]

getting a card at that level with 256MB is a waste of money.


For $100, I'd get a 9600 (newegg has sapphire 9600NPs for $94) unless you've got a strong reason to run an nVidia card, like running Linux.