hi therei have decided that i need to echange my current graphics card a GF4 MX440 which has lower performance than my previous GF2 Tiunfortunately i am unable to spend more than 150$here are the choices- Creative GeForce4 Ti4800SE 128MB DDR DVI TV-Out- Hercules Prophet 8500, ATI All in Wonder 8500, 64 MB DDR- ATI Radeon 9500, 64 MB DDR, DVI, TV out- Asus V9280TD, GeForce4 Ti4200, 64 MB DDR, TV out, DVIMy system specs- P4 2.2Ghz / 533- 512 MB Ram (Corsair 2CL)- WindowXPwhat would you recommend? with which one do i get the best performance improvement?any help is welcome

My vote would be the ATI 9500. I have a P4 2.2a here and have used both a 9500 and a 4200. There is no comparison, the 9500 wins hands down. The higher FSAA and AF setting you can run with the ATI card make all the difference in the world. One thing you might want to consider, if you don't really need the TV/DVI output you can get a 128MB 9500 for less than $150 (www.newegg.com) .Doug

Your system is also good enough to make good use of the 9700Pro. You might want to look around for sales as you can find em' pretty cheap nowadays. Great card that'll last you for quite a while yet.