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[mechanic]

ok. seeing as my last thread was not vvery effective in gaining a simple answer on this subject, i will ask again:#


which card is better for running AH2:


'eVGA  FX5200  8X AGP  128MB  TV-O, DVI'


or:


'ATI  Radeon 9200 SE AGP  128MB TV-O'

a simple 'one or the other answer would be nice'

(now waiting for some smart guy to say "there is no simple answer, first lets take these 10,000 factors into consideration....")

[XtrmeJ]

I'd say the FX5200. The FX5200 is a 128MB chip where as the 9200 is also 128 bit chip, the fill rate is better on the FX5200. Get the FX5200.

[Sikboy]

If it were my business, I would certainly refrain from anything that may appear to be an endorsment of one product over another.

you might do a BBS search using each card name. You might be able to gather relative performance data that way.

-Sik

PS: there is no simple answer

[Grits]

Dont know about the Radeon 9200, but quite a few folks are having good luck with the FX5200. I had an FX5200 256M before I upgraded to an FX5900 and it worked fine, in hindsight I should not have wasted to money to upgrade to the 5900.

[nopoop]

All I hear about is problems in this game with the ATI cards.

It's prolly not ATI fault but if your buying a new card I CERTAINLY wouldn't buy a ATI.

Nvidia baaaaaby.

No problems at all.

[mechanic]

Originally posted by XtrmeJ
I'd say the FX5200. The FX5200 is a 128MB chip where as the 9200 is also 128 bit chip, the fill rate is better on the FX5200. Get the FX5200.

thats a damn good thing cos i already ordered the FX5200 online for $68.

thanks to all who replied. was helpfull indeed and also pleasing as i had almost decided on the FX5200 already

see you guys in a week or so

[mechanic]

Originally posted by Sikboy
If it were my business, I would certainly refrain from anything that may appear to be an endorsment of one product over another.

you might do a BBS search using each card name. You might be able to gather relative performance data that way.

-Sik

PS: there is no simple answer

very good point sic.   sorry for putting you in that possition HTC.

im too young to think about the horrible world of legality

[XtrmeJ]

Cyas soon Mechanic AKA BatFink.!

[ZZ3]

Originally posted by nopoop
All I hear about is problems in this game with the ATI cards.

It's prolly not ATI fault but if your buying a new card I CERTAINLY wouldn't buy a ATI.

Nvidia baaaaaby.

No problems at all.

Not sure what your hearing or where ya heard it, but thats simply not true.

May I suggest checking out the forums at...

http://discuss.futuremark.com/forum/wwwthreads.pl

The ATI cards consistantly score better in benchmarking, and I dont hear anyone flying with an FX5xxx getting huge fps numbers. Lets see what happens when the Geforce 6800 comes out.

I have all my sliders to the left, been running in 1024 res and my fps are staedy 84fps. They never drop! They would be higher if not for my monitor only being able to do 85hz.

If I disable Vsync then the fps go to over 200. No tearing! No artifacts.

Not saying you wont get good results with an Nvidia card, but Nvidia is not the leader it "used" to be.

Anyone looking to invest money in a good card should do plenty of research and make an informed decision based on good information.

[hitech]

mechanic: I realy don't know how each card performs.


HiTech

[Mugzeee]

Originally posted by nopoop
All I hear about is problems in this game with the ATI cards.

It's prolly not ATI fault but if your buying a new card I CERTAINLY wouldn't buy a ATI.

Nvidia baaaaaby.

No problems at all.

I have run ATI's for 5 years now. And i am using an ATI now.
As for AH2 im with Poop.
But dude....Spend several hours here in the BBS...you will see clearly the the ATI dudes are reporting more problems.

[ZZ3]

I hate to say it, but most of those people probably dont know what they are doing.

Do they have the latest drivers, did they purge old drivers prior to installing new ones.

Do the maintain their systems correctly.

There are many other factors involved here, and I assure you it isnt ATI.

[kamori]

ZZ3 there is a problem with the performance of the higher end ATI cards in AH2. Nice generalization though..

I hate to say it, but most of those people probably don’t know what they are doing.

[/B]

If you have the answers as you are trying to make us believe. Then proof is in the pudding...Teach us, Give us facts what are you doing so differently then the majority of others.

Quick question: You are you running XP Pro. If so how many rescores are you running?



Kalamori

[rpm]

It's the old "Ford vs Chevy" debate. Both are good cards. Glad you got a deal on the FX5200. I paid $90something for mine last November.

[kamori]

Did you even shop around ? 80 bucks for that card..Bummer..

http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_attrib.php?page_id=5&topcat_search=1&form_keyword=fx5200&mode=googlecp

You were given an answer to your question mechanic..Guess you didnt like what you read..Oh well enjoy..


Kalamori