This was my first "gaming" video card, Asus A9250 Gamer Edition paired with a 1400 MHz Duron. I used to play a lot of Morrowind and NFS Underground! I still have it but it's toasted, has a lot of artifacts xD. Great video!!!
Bom dia, Ricardo. De fato eu não lembro o sistema, mas pela data dos jogos e hardware deve ter sido Windows XP. Não me recordo do driver também, provavelmente foi o driver mais recente possível. Sou de Brasília. Abraço.
@@SUCRA Parabéns pelas recordações e nostalgia amigo, eu não tenho canal por enquanto, mas quem sabe mais pra frente, pois também tenho umas coisas legais, mas aí nos EUA onde vc mora é muito mais fácil encontrar e de fácil acesso, aqui o pessoal geralmente não cuida bem destas placas antigas, mas aí nos EUA é diferente, as placas eles conseguem preservar como novas, é impressionante isso!
@@ricardobarros1090 Moro em Brasilia, sempre morei, apenas 2 vídeos sobre thrifting foram gravados lá nos EUA. Realmente não é fácil achar as coisas aqui, venho colecionando há muito tempo e adquirindo coisas a medida que elas aparecem com preço bom, mas não tem muita abundância mesmo. De toda forma, boa sorte no seu canal, a disposição.
@@SUCRA HEY! I mean it! I'm not a "period correct" type! I want the BEST for my own first build* Radeon 9250 PCI with 128MB RAM > Tseng Labs ET6000 4.5MB(what I bought as a 'clean' 2D-GFX in late 1997 'cause I knew - I WANTED 3dfx 3D...later) And the BEST thing: Drivers for Win98se are still around! *Still alive and running after close to 20 years - packed away!
@@SUCRA Huh? You don't even know when i bought it and what i paid? Answer: 2018 100,- danish kroner = about 16 bucks in $ US. YES! You ARE right. It was a pretty good deal :-)
Another awesome video man! It’s interesting to see just how these Radeon 9250s are viewed today. I had/have a PCI 128MB model and, while it’s a dog, it’s not absolutely terrible. I agree with your thoughts on this card. It’s almost like this card was a generation behind-that Doom 3 performance at 800x600 is pretty rough. Far Cry surprised me though. It looks solid and seems to play pretty well! Mafia looked awesome and it’s just one of those classic games that transcends time as far as how well-made and playable it is! The AquaMark score is ROUGH, but I suspect the limited memory bus bandwidth played a roll there. Either way, this was super interesting and, as always, really informative and expertly put together and, not to mention, a pleasure to watch! Thanks again for sharing this and for all your hard work buddy! It really shows in all you make!
I was hopeful that this would perform a bit closer to the Radeon 9600 pro, seems like the jump from one model to the other on this generation was leaps! It's still a useful card, not a total waste of a red PCB, Haha! Thanks for your continuous support, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Have a great weekend, my friend.
@@SUCRALMAO IT IS an absolute waste of space. My first PC when I was 11 back in 2005 had this GPU. It couldn't even run NFS Pro Street which was a PS2 Game. That PC got outdated really fast one way or another so who cares...
Radeon 9250 was the first card i was able to play half life 2 for the first time and the first experience. Also i play doom3 for the first time on it. Really nice memories.
I had a similar card on my Athlon XP 2800+ (Barton if I remember correctly) and under XP I ran GTA-SA, URU, Mafia and Far Cry. I am not sure about the real model or maker of the card, I only remember that it was called "Radeon 9250 Family", it was big like yours (not SFF) and it showed as two video cards in Device Manager. Also, each card had 256M or VRAM (I used to laugh that my system have the same amount of memory as my video card; at the time I ran XP with 512M, later I upgraded). However, It was a good card, I used to connect it to my big TV (S-Video) and watched movies and shows downloaded from internet.
Hey, thank you so much for sharing your experience. They are pretty good video cards indeed, as long as you did get the 128bit version. Have a nice week! 👍
@@SUCRA it might need more than that, for starting I need to know if there is even a compatible bios for my particular gpu, then I have to move resistors on the board to make it work with the Mac bios then i also need to mask off some pins from the agp connector, as a more painless upgrade alternative I did also flash a GeForce fx 5500 for Mac but it doesn’t have working dvi with the Mac firmware, I should try to get a GeForce fx 6200 from xfx to have maybe the best cheap upgrade, but prices are not that great for them
I'm surprised that the 128bit 9250 was even a thing - I'd only ever seen the 64bit versions. It seems pointless next to the 9200 as the only difference is its 10MHz lower core clock.
Who knows right? To me it's the same card. I'm guessing it would make sense to call the 128 bit version 9250 and keep the 9200 for the 64 bit cards. But you never know, naming was a mess back then.
I'm used that card with my AMD Duron 1200 years ago and it worked good for me, performance wasn't great but still good enough for playing some games. I played even Painkiller on that card and was playable.
@@SUCRA New card for 100 dollar probably cannot be bought today. Personally I don't even care about that today. Today I don't like gaming that much and I don't even bother that much about new games. For me are best 1991-2004 years.
Great review! I remember having a Radeon 9100 card with 64mb ddr memory that it was e rebranded radeon 8500 and it was great even for doom3. The radeon 9200 was a shit card instead.
Thank you! I had a Radeon 8500, unfortunately I got rid of it before I started collecting. It's a great card, I played a lot of Star Wars Battlefront with it.
Yeah good point, there is console optimization and the fact that this is higher resolution than the PS2 outputs. PS2 does 480p, which is pretty sharp if you have the right setup, but not as good as 1024x768. It also runs at 30 fps btw. But you have a point haha, consoles were such a good deal, I wanted one my self at the time, but I couldn't maintain a PC gaming vice and a console vice at the same time.
@@SUCRA ssssh the point remains I could play it on my 54cm TV :). Sure it looked a lot better on PC. But back before life took over and disposal income was more, I had both a PC and all 3 current consoles. Growing up sucks
I just started testing the 9250 (128bit with 256DDR memory) on a Celeron 478 socket in Windows 98. 6670 on 3DMark99max. Any recomendations on the driver version I should use? 🤗💾
How's it going? Catalyst drivers are complicated. I would use the last supported one, but I have little data to say which version is faster. Good luck!👍
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This was my first "gaming" video card, Asus A9250 Gamer Edition paired with a 1400 MHz Duron. I used to play a lot of Morrowind and NFS Underground! I still have it but it's toasted, has a lot of artifacts xD. Great video!!!
Oh this is a great combo for the time. Seems like a capable and reasonable gaming PC of the early 2000s.
Nice one Sucra! Not a bad little card really, keep up the good work.
Thanks, Ted! Truer they have always delivered good value for the money. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
I know you don't like it, but overclocking this cards is really fun and often gives huge performance improvements, you should try 😉
Interesting, could be something to try in the future. I'd like to see how close it can get to the 9600.
I had GeCube Radeon 9550 128 bit 128 vram. Upgrade from Nvidia Riva TNT 2. It was a huge upgrade. I was so happy with it.
Yeyyy Sucraaa!
So it seems like my older GF3 traded blows with the 9250!
For sure! The GF3 is such a strong card for the time. Not quite the budget alternative like the 9250. Have a great weekend!
Bom dia, você aí rodou no windows XP ou 98 e com que drivers é o melhor? Sou do RJ e você?
Bom dia, Ricardo. De fato eu não lembro o sistema, mas pela data dos jogos e hardware deve ter sido Windows XP. Não me recordo do driver também, provavelmente foi o driver mais recente possível. Sou de Brasília. Abraço.
@@SUCRA Parabéns pelas recordações e nostalgia amigo, eu não tenho canal por enquanto, mas quem sabe mais pra frente, pois também tenho umas coisas legais, mas aí nos EUA onde vc mora é muito mais fácil encontrar e de fácil acesso, aqui o pessoal geralmente não cuida bem destas placas antigas, mas aí nos EUA é diferente, as placas eles conseguem preservar como novas, é impressionante isso!
@@ricardobarros1090 Moro em Brasilia, sempre morei, apenas 2 vídeos sobre thrifting foram gravados lá nos EUA. Realmente não é fácil achar as coisas aqui, venho colecionando há muito tempo e adquirindo coisas a medida que elas aparecem com preço bom, mas não tem muita abundância mesmo. De toda forma, boa sorte no seu canal, a disposição.
It was really good for the price.
Yep, I agree. You definitely get a good value for your money with this one.
So, at the end of the day, it looks like this little guy won't get any love ever again. Sad! Great video for a Saturday morning!
You never know, haha! I'm always up to try different builds and experiments.
Sad reality of the low spec cards but hey at least they can find use for older builds and games. Retro upcycling! Terrific video as always.
Yeah haha, as long as you know what you're getting they are not a bad value. Thanks, dude!
Great video as always!! 👍🏻
Thanks, Buddy! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Waiting for your next one!
Why stop at cloning intel chips?
Awesome job, as usual! keep up the good work!
Thanks, Marcelo. It's always a pleasure. Have a great day!
I had one!
Its terrible fan failed one year later, it overheated, even smoked for a while but continued working!
Wow, pretty crazy that it kept going after blowing some magic smoke. That's what we would call a highlander card.
@@SUCRA yeah, the PCB was all charred but it kept chugging along :)))
A fine card = Now I can watch DVDs on my Socket 7 K6 :-O
Come on! They're not so bad.
@@SUCRA HEY! I mean it! I'm not a "period correct" type! I want the BEST for my own first build*
Radeon 9250 PCI with 128MB RAM > Tseng Labs ET6000 4.5MB(what I bought as a 'clean' 2D-GFX in late 1997 'cause I knew - I WANTED 3dfx 3D...later)
And the BEST thing: Drivers for Win98se are still around!
*Still alive and running after close to 20 years - packed away!
@@dallesamllhals9161 good deal!
@@SUCRA Huh? You don't even know when i bought it and what i paid?
Answer:
2018
100,- danish kroner = about 16 bucks in $ US.
YES! You ARE right. It was a pretty good deal :-)
Another awesome video man! It’s interesting to see just how these Radeon 9250s are viewed today. I had/have a PCI 128MB model and, while it’s a dog, it’s not absolutely terrible. I agree with your thoughts on this card. It’s almost like this card was a generation behind-that Doom 3 performance at 800x600 is pretty rough. Far Cry surprised me though. It looks solid and seems to play pretty well! Mafia looked awesome and it’s just one of those classic games that transcends time as far as how well-made and playable it is! The AquaMark score is ROUGH, but I suspect the limited memory bus bandwidth played a roll there. Either way, this was super interesting and, as always, really informative and expertly put together and, not to mention, a pleasure to watch! Thanks again for sharing this and for all your hard work buddy! It really shows in all you make!
I was hopeful that this would perform a bit closer to the Radeon 9600 pro, seems like the jump from one model to the other on this generation was leaps! It's still a useful card, not a total waste of a red PCB, Haha! Thanks for your continuous support, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Have a great weekend, my friend.
@@SUCRALMAO IT IS an absolute waste of space. My first PC when I was 11 back in 2005 had this GPU. It couldn't even run NFS Pro Street which was a PS2 Game. That PC got outdated really fast one way or another so who cares...
Wonderful video, Sucra!
Thanks, man!
Radeon 9250 was the first card i was able to play half life 2 for the first time and the first experience. Also i play doom3 for the first time on it. Really nice memories.
Indeed, great memories! Thanks for the comment, have a great week. 👍
Awesome card for windows 98/early XP games.
Agreed, simple card but does a good job in the proper era.
Great video! GTA San Andreas is my all time favorite game, cool that this card performs alright with this card.
Thank you! Yeah, the 9250 is usable. Not as good as I hoped, but ok. I guess you get what you pay for. Thanks for stopping by!
At least it has a fan 😉
Haha! What can I say, I have a thing for budget hardware.
I think this was my first dedicated video card.
Nice! Not a bad one to start with!
It's all what you need for Windows 9x gaming.
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I had a similar card on my Athlon XP 2800+ (Barton if I remember correctly) and under XP I ran GTA-SA, URU, Mafia and Far Cry. I am not sure about the real model or maker of the card, I only remember that it was called "Radeon 9250 Family", it was big like yours (not SFF) and it showed as two video cards in Device Manager. Also, each card had 256M or VRAM (I used to laugh that my system have the same amount of memory as my video card; at the time I ran XP with 512M, later I upgraded). However, It was a good card, I used to connect it to my big TV (S-Video) and watched movies and shows downloaded from internet.
Hey, thank you so much for sharing your experience. They are pretty good video cards indeed, as long as you did get the 128bit version. Have a nice week! 👍
I still have that card a ATI Radeon 9250; 128GB DDR; PCI interface and it still works.
Sweet, it's a good card! 👍 Thanks for the comment.
I enjoyed this video, To be honest it's still better than an FX 5200 so I'd call it an upgrade for my retro PC lol
Especially better than FX5200 with 64 bit memory bus.
Thanks man! Yep, the 128 bit cards are a different thing. Definitely worth it.
FX 5200 is a really awesome card for windows 98, can't go wrong with it
I own that exact same card, I hope I could mode it for power Mac usage actually
Sounds like a good plan. Would it work with a bios flash?
@@SUCRA it might need more than that, for starting I need to know if there is even a compatible bios for my particular gpu, then I have to move resistors on the board to make it work with the Mac bios then i also need to mask off some pins from the agp connector, as a more painless upgrade alternative I did also flash a GeForce fx 5500 for Mac but it doesn’t have working dvi with the Mac firmware, I should try to get a GeForce fx 6200 from xfx to have maybe the best cheap upgrade, but prices are not that great for them
@@piecaruso97 jeez. Doesn't sound like it's worth it, unless you want to test your skills and have fun with that! Good luck! 👍
I'm surprised that the 128bit 9250 was even a thing - I'd only ever seen the 64bit versions. It seems pointless next to the 9200 as the only difference is its 10MHz lower core clock.
Who knows right? To me it's the same card. I'm guessing it would make sense to call the 128 bit version 9250 and keep the 9200 for the 64 bit cards. But you never know, naming was a mess back then.
Needs more voltmods and custom bios + watercooling.
hah, not really my cup of tea
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Thank you, I hope you enjoy the content. Have a great weekend.
I own this card so I can safely say it was a budget gpu at the time
I can safely concur with you!
I'm used that card with my AMD Duron 1200 years ago and it worked good for me, performance wasn't great but still good enough for playing some games. I played even Painkiller on that card and was playable.
For sure, you get a lot for what you pay with this card actually. You can't play AAA games with a 100 dollar card today, probably.
@@SUCRA New card for 100 dollar probably cannot be bought today. Personally I don't even care about that today. Today I don't like gaming that much and I don't even bother that much about new games. For me are best 1991-2004 years.
Great review! I remember having a Radeon 9100 card with 64mb ddr memory that it was e rebranded radeon 8500 and it was great even for doom3. The radeon 9200 was a shit card instead.
Thank you! I had a Radeon 8500, unfortunately I got rid of it before I started collecting. It's a great card, I played a lot of Star Wars Battlefront with it.
Actually the higher end cards in this gen were 256-bit. So that really makes the 64-bit bad.
True, mid range 9600 pro is pretty decent and it's 128 though.
i just bought a 9200 for my 6360 mac. cost me 150 with box
Wow, boxed! Very nice, congrats. 👍
@@SUCRA what surprised me was it listed os X on the box but had 9 drivers on the CD. i was happy to see that!
@@beardedgaming1337 that's interesting indeed. Useful for sure.
I have lot of Ati Radeon 9200
Cool! Best if 128 bit, but 64 is good for older games! Have a great week! 👍
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Considering GTA San Andreas ran on a PS2 :-P
Yeah good point, there is console optimization and the fact that this is higher resolution than the PS2 outputs. PS2 does 480p, which is pretty sharp if you have the right setup, but not as good as 1024x768. It also runs at 30 fps btw. But you have a point haha, consoles were such a good deal, I wanted one my self at the time, but I couldn't maintain a PC gaming vice and a console vice at the same time.
@@SUCRA ssssh the point remains I could play it on my 54cm TV :). Sure it looked a lot better on PC. But back before life took over and disposal income was more, I had both a PC and all 3 current consoles.
Growing up sucks
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Спасибо за информацию
My pleasure!
I just started testing the 9250 (128bit with 256DDR memory) on a Celeron 478 socket in Windows 98. 6670 on 3DMark99max. Any recomendations on the driver version I should use? 🤗💾
How's it going? Catalyst drivers are complicated. I would use the last supported one, but I have little data to say which version is faster. Good luck!👍