ATI RADEON 9200

Advantages Excellent value for money
Disadvantages Not the creme de la creme!

...The ATI RADEON 9200SE is the graphics card I've just kitted out my new computer with. Having a limited knowledge of these things I decided upon it because it's not the most expensive on the market- by a long way. At around £40 it keeps me in pocket, whilst providing both DirectX and OpenGL compatibility, excellent for most games. Being an avid, if not obsessive gamer, it gives all the performance I require of it. While not the creme-de-la-creme of the video card world, I don't expect that of it. With 128MB of memory it's more than suitable for the games on the market at the moment, and upcoming ones, plus it gives excellent DVD playback and is easy to install. Typically 'Plug-and-Play'. Features: ATI RADEON 9200 with 128Mb DDR AGP universal bus (for AGP 4X/8X systems) Dual independant displays (DVI/CRT, DVI/TV, CRT... Read review

Advantages Excellent Story, Vivid Graphics, Light Side Or Dark Side Options
Disadvantages Click & Play May Not Suit All Players

...Recommended Requirements: Same except: Pentium III 1.6 GHz or equivalent 512MB RAM ATI Radeon 9200 or better nVidia GeForce4 Ti or better Supported Graphics Cards: ATI Radeon 8500/9000/9200 ATI radeon 9500/9600/9700/9800 nVidia GeForce 2/3/4 family nVidia GeForce FX family I imagine newer and more powerful cards would work as well, but for a complete list, visit the Lucasarts technical support section, as suggested on the Knights of the Old Republic case. Also, the game only comes in the 4 CD version, not a DVD version. Patches are offered through the easy-to-use auto-patch program. Prices range from £14.95 at The Game Collection to £29.99 at Savapoint. Alternatively, you could buy it for £14.90 at Amazon brand-new.... Read review

Advantages Good components spec
Disadvantages FSB slow, could be prone to crashing

...computers out there which have still have lower specs but will have the Core 2 Duo processors to make up for it. The question is then do you sacrifice the spec of most of your computer’s components for a computer with a Core 2 Duo processor? I’ll let you decide but I personally think it’s not worth it as there are other more expensive components in your computer to sway your decisions. My experiences aren’t all good though as I have recently been playing Tiberium Wars (check out my review !!) which requires a min spec of: Windows XP, Windows Vista (32-bit; 64-bit versions of Vista are not supported) 2.0GHz or better, or AMD equivalent 512MB or better 8x or faster DVD-ROM Drive 8.0GB or more of free hard disk space GeForce4, ATI Radeon 8500 or better (ATI Radeon 9200 and 9250 PCI, NVIDIA Geforce 4 MX cards not supported.) DirectX 9... Read review