5700LE, 5500, or 9550se?
k im builkding a really really low end comp for my bro... well not that low end but u get the picture... a gibgabyte 7n400 pro and athlon xp 3000+ (barton core)... newayz i have my video card choices narrowed down to either a Nvidia 5700LE, 5500, or a ATI 9550 se (all 128 MB) or a 256 mb 9250... im kinda leaning against the 256 mb because ive heard that the 128 mb cards perform better than those... i konw the les and ses are at a lower clock speeds but i could just oc them a lil bit and bump em up... so i was just lookin for suggesstions for which one of these 4 cards i should chose... this'll only be temporary of course until i can save up enuff money to get him a 6600GT (when it comes out) and an XP-M 2500+ (gonna oc it of course)... newayz the little guy only plays some of the older games like counterstrike, halflife, and stuff like ghost recon (not very demanding).. but he was thinkin about getting halo.. so im just wondering which one of these cards should i go with until i can afford the upgrade for my lil bro?... has anybody had any bad experiences with any of these cards? thanks in advance!
EDIT: i really cant afford any more than this because im current saving up around 5 grand Canadian for my 64 bit pc... so those 4 cards are all i can afford... so if you guys could jsut make suggestions within those 4 choices it'd be helpfull!
2nd EDIT: soryr if the titles a little misleading but i had to edit the post and change it a bit lol
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k im builkding a really really low end comp for my bro... well not that low end but u get the picture... a gibgabyte 7n400 pro and athlon xp 3000+ (barton core)... newayz i have my video card choices narrowed down to either a Nvidia 5700LE, 5500, or a ATI 9550 se (all 128 MB) or a 256 mb 9250... im kinda leaning against the 256 mb because ive heard that the 128 mb cards perform better than those... i konw the les and ses are at a lower clock speeds but i could just oc them a lil bit and bump em up... so i was just lookin for suggesstions for which one of these 4 cards i should chose... this'll only be temporary of course until i can save up enuff money to get him a 6600GT (when it comes out) and an XP-M 2500+ (gonna oc it of course)... newayz the little guy only plays some of the older games like counterstrike, halflife, and stuff like ghost recon (not very demanding).. but he was thinkin about getting halo.. so im just wondering which one of these cards should i go with until i can afford the upgrade for my lil bro?... has anybody had any bad experiences with any of these cards? thanks in advance!
EDIT: i really cant afford any more than this because im current saving up around 5 grand Canadian for my 64 bit pc... so those 4 cards are all i can afford... so if you guys could jsut make suggestions within those 4 choices it'd be helpfull!
2nd EDIT: soryr if the titles a little misleading but i had to edit the post and change it a bit lol
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