ATI Radeon 9250

nemtizz · 15 Jul 2006 at 10:41

Ok, a few days ago i received a ATI Radeon 9250 (PCI Version):

Fitted it, installed all the ATI hardware etc, but it dosent work, i mean it dosent boost my graphics ingame, fps etc.

Is this because its such a crap card or has anyone had the same problem and can see where ive gone wrong?

My Spec:

CPU 2.8GHZ

Memory 734 mb

37gb Harddrive

Duke · 15 Jul 2006 at 10:42

It's a very low specification card. What did you have before?

nemtizz · 15 Jul 2006 at 10:45

I know its crap, but it hasnt boosted anything its even worse than the standard graphics card i had originally - which i dont know the name of sorry.

benjo · 15 Jul 2006 at 10:48

Did you have intergrated before? Or was it an actual card? Try and find out

nemtizz · 15 Jul 2006 at 10:54

Will do.

Is it true that the speed of the connection of the internet affects the graphics card?

benjo · 15 Jul 2006 at 10:55

nemtizz said:
Will do.

Is it true that the speed of the connection of the internet affects the graphics card?

No way at all. Only when your playing online games and you get lag, but thats nothing to with the graphics card.

nemtizz · 15 Jul 2006 at 10:59

32mb card it was crap.

Not sure on the name though.

Could anyone recommend the best PCI card?

Duke · 15 Jul 2006 at 11:04

PCI is dire for gaming, I take it you don't have an AGP (brown) slot?

nemtizz · 15 Jul 2006 at 11:22

Duke said:
PCI is dire for gaming, I take it you don't have an AGP (brown) slot?

Nope i havent ;(

But does anyone know the best PCI available, anything can be better than this pile of...

benjo · 15 Jul 2006 at 11:24

There seriously wont be much point, but these will probably be a bit faster, http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/MXFX_Series.html

Probably better saving for a new motherboard and a second hand card if its gaming your after

nemtizz · 15 Jul 2006 at 11:27

benjo said:
There seriously wont be much point, but these will probably be a bit faster, http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/MXFX_Series.html

Probably better saving for a new motherboard and a second hand card if its gaming your after

Yeah i was just looking at them.

But yeah i probley might get a new motherboard like you said.

But which is better for cards PCI Express or AGP.

benjo · 15 Jul 2006 at 11:42

nemtizz said:
Yeah i was just looking at them.

But yeah i probley might get a new motherboard like you said.

But which is better for cards PCI Express or AGP.

PCIE. AGP is a dying format now, so the cards will be way more expensive for the performance they offer compared to PCIE

nemtizz · 15 Jul 2006 at 12:06

benjo said:
PCIE. AGP is a dying format now, so the cards will be way more expensive for the performance they offer compared to PCIE

Ok thanks.

Meatball · 15 Jul 2006 at 17:40

If you do get a new system I would be very interested in that PCI 9250. I need an old PCI card for a classic games machine

ajgoodfellow · 15 Jul 2006 at 19:13

If you want the best PCI card you can get a 6200 on PCI

Don't touch the MX or FX series cards - they are very very slow. Slower than the 9250 by some margin

MeatLoaf · 15 Jul 2006 at 19:56

Your not using the cat 6.5s or 6.6s with the 9250 are you as they arent supported, you need an older driver version.

Meatball · 16 Jul 2006 at 00:37

ajgoodfellow said:
If you want the best PCI card you can get a 6200 on PCI

Don't touch the MX or FX series cards - they are very very slow. Slower than the 9250 by some margin

I never new the 6200 was available on PCI, cheers

. trying to find it somewhere cheap

Energize · 16 Jul 2006 at 01:36

Yeah 6200 is a fair bit better than 9250.

Energize · 16 Jul 2006 at 01:37

benjo said:
PCIE. AGP is a dying format now, so the cards will be way more expensive for the performance they offer compared to PCIE

You can get the 9800pro for under £40, certainly not bad and better than any pci-e card at that price range I would bet. The asrock dual sata 2, one of the cheapest 939 boards about £40 supports agp and pci-e and am2.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Others__Asrock__BFG___Foxconn__174.html

benjo · 16 Jul 2006 at 01:58

Energize said:
You can get the 9800pro for under £40, certainly not bad and better than any pci-e card at that price range I would bet. The asrock dual sata 2, one of the cheapest 939 boards about £40 supports agp and pci-e and am2.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Others__Asrock__BFG___Foxconn__174.html

Good point, forgot about that exception. I used to have a 9800pro and it was definatly nippy. Pair it up with the motherboard and you're all set for future upgrades