How good or bad is a Radeon 9200se?
20-10-2005, 21:51
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How good or bad is a Radeon 9200se?
Cheers.
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20-10-2005, 22:41
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Re: How good or bad is a Radeon 9200se?
Well there are certainly better cards out there as itsa little old.
For a new PC, I wouldnt consider anything under a 9600 or 9800
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20-10-2005, 23:08
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Re: How good or bad is a Radeon 9200se?
Generally speaking, ATI's SE cards are 'crippled' versions for cheapness: pipelines closed, lower bandwidth memory, underclocked cores etc.
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21-10-2005, 09:32
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Re: How good or bad is a Radeon 9200se?
Cheers.
My friend plays a lot of Flight Simulator and his pc is an AMD64 3200 with 1gb or ram.
I think his gc is a huge bottleneck.
Do you agree and if so, what card would balance that system out well?
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21-10-2005, 19:12
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Re: How good or bad is a Radeon 9200se?
How good is a 9200SE for games playing...? It's pants, unless you're playing very, very old games. You didn't say which game in particular he's playing, but if it's a recent-ish game, then he'll be much better off with a more recent card. The rest of his spec is much more recent than the 9200se.... that card is state-of-the-ark.
He'll see a marked improvement by going with something such as 9800 Pro, which are relatively cheap now.
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21-10-2005, 19:54
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Re: How good or bad is a Radeon 9200se?
Yup, I'd say at least a 9800 Pro, with an AMD64 rig.
However, if it's a PCI Express mobo, like the OP's is, he'll need a PCI-E card. X700 at least would be favourite. Or the NVidia equivalent.
However, if a 9200SE is what he's running now, presumably it's an AGP mobo. 9800 Pro or better. As you say, Gareth, they're comparatively cheap now.
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21-10-2005, 21:06
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Re: How good or bad is a Radeon 9200se?
I am running an athlon 64 with 1g ram with a saphire 9200se.....no problems yet. BUT I am waiting for a new game to arrive (X3, 29th oct) which is when I find out if it's pants or not
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21-10-2005, 21:10
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Re: How good or bad is a Radeon 9200se?
They are awful cards had one in my old pc ( athlon xp 2800 512mb ram ) hated it.
Got a X700 pro now and it rules.
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22-10-2005, 00:33
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Re: How good or bad is a Radeon 9200se?
Buy Half Life 2. That should test your system out.
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22-10-2005, 02:42
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Re: How good or bad is a Radeon 9200se?
I have a 9200SE and it works perfectly with HL2, CS 1.6, CSS, MOH/AA/PA and COD:UO.
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22-10-2005, 08:07
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Re: How good or bad is a Radeon 9200se?
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Originally Posted by LemonyBrainAid
I have a 9200SE and it works perfectly with HL2, CS 1.6, CSS, MOH/AA/PA and COD:UO.
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You mean with very low resolutions and graphics settings 
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22-10-2005, 09:16
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Re: How good or bad is a Radeon 9200se?
in my gf's pc there is a 9200 and that crashes all the time whilst playing the Sims 2 ... not happy with the 9200 as I get all the hassle of fixing her pc
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22-10-2005, 09:24
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Re: How good or bad is a Radeon 9200se?
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Originally Posted by Electrolyte
You mean with very low resolutions and graphics settings |
No, I don't.
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22-10-2005, 09:27
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Re: How good or bad is a Radeon 9200se?
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Originally Posted by levig
in my gf's pc there is a 9200 and that crashes all the time whilst playing the Sims 2 ... not happy with the 9200 as I get all the hassle of fixing her pc
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Theres gotta be an underlying reason why it crashes
The OP needs to ask the standard question.How much does his friend want to spend. He is asking about a 9200se which to be honest is obsolete and has been replaced by the 9250 range of cards costing only £25.Ano ther card to maybe look at in this price range is the 9600se this costs just £5 more, has in most cases twice the ram and twice the memory bandwidth.Nvidia appears to have nothing much in this price range(overclockers) So if the OP is seriously after a budget card he must realise he is only going to get budget performance.And in this range I would recommend the 9600se here http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...00_Series.html 3rd down. As others have said if a high perfoming card is needed look here http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...00_Series.html 4th down is an X700 for £65.The only 9800 pro they have is over a ton but im sure elsewhere you could get on for around £80
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22-10-2005, 09:57
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Re: How good or bad is a Radeon 9200se?
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Originally Posted by LemonyBrainAid
No, I don't.
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OK then, tell me what the average frame is when the resolution is set to 1024x768 or 1280x1024 and everything set to maximum (except AA and AF) when running HL2
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