Which pci card to choose

i am wanting to buy a pci graphics card for my p3 system, as it has no agp, i already have gf2mx200 pci card, but i want something that will run new games the best chipset ive come across for pci slot is either FX5200 or the ati radeon 9200, i think the radeon is inferior to the fx5200(correct me if i am wrong any link to a comparison b/w the both will help) so i have made a choice of buying a fx5200 based card, my question is that does msi build any pci cards on the 5200fx chipset because in my country there r only official distributors of msi or asus, and thats the only way i can order those cards.pls tell me the exact models of the msi cards built on fx5200 chipset,plus correct me if im wrong,the 9200 and the fx5200 r the only chipsets with a pci version out there, or as i have heard a gf4 mx is also an option.btw in order of capability or performance how would u put the 3 mentioned chipsets in order.

I own a FX 5200 AGP but I have a more powerful system, so I would recommend you the ATi Radeon 9xxx because it has better performance. The DX9 features of the FX will be useless for a pc of that calibre (Radeon 9200 doesn`t have DX9 support, also)
Good Luck in the buy of your new card!!!
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As for the system - get all you can afford. Don't wait for 'upgrades' - you'll never buy s system otherwise as something new is always on the way.
I work with a lot of video so I have an 8 core 3.2 with 16GB or RAM - and would never want less. Does that mean you need that? Or someone else doesn't even need more? Not at all - you just need to see what you really mean to do. 4 cores and the 8800 should be just fine for you. IF you can afford the 8 core, in case you will do a lot of work at the same time, great. Otherwise, rather not skimp on memory. Anything under 4GB, IMHO, ain't good enough.
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