when i first took a look at shaders, i soon realized that my anemic gforce 4 440mx wasn't going to do the job. since i really didn't have the budget for a new card, i simply put my attention elsewhere.
i still don't have the budget for a new card
but am seriously thinking of buying one anyway... so please keep in mind, that the less i have to pay for this, the better it will be.
Questions:
in order for me to jump into the shader pool, what would be the bare minimum entry-level type card that would provide good access while remaining affordable?
is there a current advantage towards either ati or gforce?
would the bottom of the line cards do what i need ...
ie: gforcefx 5200 or ati 9200 ?
i've been reading through the posts in the shader forum and have been piecing together as much info as i can, and i apologize if this topic has been covered before... i just haven't found it