Author Topic: Video cards! (Read 1663 times)

CavemanJ · « **on:** January 27, 2004, 12:12:29 PM »

Ok, time to start shopping. I haven't kept up with'em much lately, so what's the best bang for the buck? I'm running an XP 2100+ (probably gonna upgrade that to a Barton chip) on an nForce2 board.

mason22 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 27, 2004, 01:20:17 PM »

on a budget? = 9600 XT or GF5700 ULTRA

i'm loaded? = 9800XT or GF5900 ULTRA (if there is one)

guttboy · « **Reply #2 on:** January 27, 2004, 01:30:05 PM »

CavemanJ,

If you are looking for best AH2 performance the ATI cards are not all up to par in AH2. Skuzzy is working the probs so im told.

I have an ati radeon 9800xt w 256 megs on it.

Just my three cents

mrblack · « **Reply #3 on:** January 27, 2004, 01:34:37 PM »

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Originally posted by guttboy
CavemanJ,

If you are looking for best AH2 performance the ATI cards are not all up to par in AH2. Skuzzy is working the probs so im told.

I have an ati radeon 9800xt w 256 megs on it.

Just my three cents

My ATI 9800 pro works great in AH2

Eagler · « **Reply #4 on:** January 27, 2004, 01:37:39 PM »

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Originally posted by guttboy
CavemanJ,

If you are looking for best AH2 performance the ATI cards are not all up to par in AH2. Skuzzy is working the probs so im told.

I have an ati radeon 9800xt w 256 megs on it.

Just my three cents

Since ATI is skuzzy's video card of choice, I think they'll work the bugs out before it comes outa beta

the 2100 isn't enough cpu to properly push the 9800, my 2600 doesn't tax it to its limits

CavemanJ · « **Reply #5 on:** January 27, 2004, 01:38:13 PM »

Gaming performance is a key factor =)

DAVENRINO · « **Reply #6 on:** January 27, 2004, 02:31:15 PM »

No idea how the Nvidia's are doing, but I haven't seen less than 50 fps with all settings best image quality, FSAA x4 and 1280x720 in AH2 Beta 12.

LePaul · « **Reply #7 on:** January 27, 2004, 02:42:26 PM »

Every ATI card Ive had was a headache. Then went with 3DFX cards til nVidia bought em up. Since went with nVidia and havent had a game I couldnt play due to video limits/drivers. Ive had this GeForce 4 ti 4600 for 2 years now, love it. Will definately go nVida on the next one.

My 2 cents

mrblack · « **Reply #8 on:** January 28, 2004, 04:06:59 AM »

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Originally posted by LePaul
Every ATI card Ive had was a headache. Then went with 3DFX cards til nVidia bought em up. Since went with nVidia and havent had a game I couldnt play due to video limits/drivers. Ive had this GeForce 4 ti 4600 for 2 years now, love it. Will definately go nVida on the next one.

My 2 cents

Yeah got a Ti 4600 card been very good card for me.

Eagler · « **Reply #9 on:** January 28, 2004, 06:12:30 AM »

sorry

nividia still can't match desktop quality at higher resolutions

had a geforce2 ultra and then a geforce4 ti4400 - ATI blows them away on desktop apps (text) at resolutions above 1024x768.

very happy with ATI 9800 Pro in AH, AH2, FB and other desktop apps including video & graphics editing

United · « **Reply #10 on:** January 28, 2004, 08:06:33 AM »

How much does a RADEON 9800 go for? (Or whatever its called

)

zmeg · « **Reply #11 on:** January 28, 2004, 08:41:43 AM »

Even Tom's Hardware, which is heavily ATI biosed, rates the G4 TI 4200 as the best bang for the buck by a huge margin.

guttboy · « **Reply #12 on:** January 28, 2004, 10:19:37 AM »

United,
I got mine (ATI RADEON 9800 XT with 256 mb ram) for 500 smackers.

Boat · « **Reply #13 on:** January 28, 2004, 11:19:13 AM »

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Originally posted by zmeg
Even Tom's Hardware, which is heavily ATI biosed, rates the G4 TI 4200 as the best bang for the buck by a huge margin.

Sure it's a great card and probably was best bang for the buck a year or two back. I also have an ATI 9500 Pro and the 4200 can't get near that level of performance.

BB Gun · « **Reply #14 on:** January 28, 2004, 01:44:13 PM »

Best bang for the buck right now is NOT the radeon9600XT at 150-175 bucks, but....

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=14-131-199&depa=1

radeon9700Pro for 200 bucks.

See the charts here: http://www20.tomshardware.com/graphic/20031229/index.html
for why.

less than half the price of a 9800XT but 80% of the performance.

And only 30-50 bucks more than the 9600XT, but 40-50% more performance.

BB