[mythtv-users] Price of FX 5200 cards

Jack Burghardt jack at colades.dyndns.org
Wed Oct 27 17:44:42 UTC 2004


clemens at dwf.com wrote:

>You guys have helped me with several previous questions, perhaps you
>can shed some light on this one.
>
>The Nvidia Fx5200 chip set has been recommended by several of you
>on this list.  OK, Ive been looking at prices, and am as confused as
>ever.
>
>Perhaps the the best example of my confusion (Ive seen better prices)
>comes from the web page of a local computer shop.  They advertise
>3 diferent FX5200 cards, viz
>
> MSI:  Geforcefx 5200,             128MB DDR, 8x/4x/2x AGP, TV-out, DVI  $85
> PINE: XFX Geforcefx 5200,         256MB DDR, 8x/4x/2x AGP, TV-out, DVI $115
> PNY:  Verto Geforcefx 5200 Ultra, 128MB DDR, 8x/4x/2x AGP, TV-out, DVI $170
>
>Now the 2nd one has twice the memory as the 1st (is this of any use with
>MythTV?) so I can see it costing a bit more, but what about the 3rd which
>costs twice the first???  What could it have that would cause it to cost
>twice the price of the first card (other than the fact that I have heard
>of PNY?).
>
>Confused.
>
>
>  
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>_______________________________________________
>mythtv-users mailing list
>mythtv-users at mythtv.org
>http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
>  
>
You can get 128 mb brown box for 49   the cards are all the same
but they charge you more for extras games and etc



More information about the mythtv-users mailing list