Help on a video board purchase.....

[Guest michaelm]

Hello there guys from the sunny Italy.I know that what I'm gonna mention will cause some bad thoughts but I would like to buy a new video board. First of all my rig:- WIN XP- AMD Athlon 2000- 512 mb Ram- Maxtor UATA 7200 rpm- Mobo Gigabyte 7VA- Abit Siluro GEforce 2 T400- FS2002I use only FS2002 for flying. I have the Abit Siluro T400, a very obsolete card by now. So I would like to change it but unfortunately I don't have a lot of money to spend. I would like to get a Ti4200 at least but it cost here in Italy about 250 $. I have on my pocket a lot less and was thinking about an MX400, precisely this kindXFX GEFORCE 4 MX440SE 128Mb DDR TvOut DVI that I can get for 91 $.Do you think it is worth it?I know that comparing this card with the powerful Ti4200 is nonsense but I would like to get a card and I think it'll take a lot of time to get the Ti4200 (or higher) to get affordable. If it took some months it'll be ok but I think it will take at least the end of the year to be lowered to the price I can affordI have found a friend that has the mentioned card and it looks to work ok with FS2002 letting the chance for frame rates very high. Any comment or advice for that?I really thank you a lotMichael, Italy

[Guest m3pimpin]

I suggest that you do not get any MX based cards. The GF3 ti200 or ti500 are better than the GF4 MX series. Pedro

[Guest michaelm]

Thanks Pedro for your help. I did try yesterday an MX based video card and you are right I didn't get any better result than mine (GEforce2). The think is were to find a Ti 4200 even if GEforce 3. Here in Italy videocardo are change and put out of the market easily. So it'll be hard to get one. How about the XFX FX5200 with 128Mb DDR DVI TvOut AGP8X?Really thank you a lotMichael, Italy