Is this a good card to buy? (XFX Geforce 6500) (1 Viewer)

[pkkid]

I am really only looking to watch movies, play emulators, and possibly a few mid range games such as need for speed.

I know I need a DX9 card, but am out of the loop on whats good.


XFX PVT44FRAMG Geforce 6500 Supporting 256MB(128MB on board) 64-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150147#DetailSpecs

 

[dman_lfc]

For a low end card it should be good enough.
If you can though go for a passive cooled 6600 with 256MB.

DMAN

 

[Christoph_vW]

The 6500er card is nothing else than an overclocked Geforce 6200 TC (NV44 chip).

It is ok for watching Movies but if you want to play games you should buy at least a card with NV43 chip like Geforce 6600 which is three times faster and comes with the full features set of the Geforce 6 series.

(The NV44 chip lacks some features like z- and color-compression and HDR)

You should never buy a TC (TurboCache) card when you want to play games...