video cards.. which one ???

[Wlfgng]

for gaming today (and forseeable future)

Nvidia 64mb ddr nvidia Geforce4 ti

or

128mb ddr ati Radeon 9700 (w/tv out and dvi)


????

HiTech.. anyone???

[Skuzzy]

If you have the cash, grab the 9700Pro,..or wait another week and get the 9500Pro.

[Terror]

Originally posted by Wlfgng
for gaming today (and forseeable future)

Nvidia 64mb ddr nvidia Geforce4 ti

or

128mb ddr ati Radeon 9700 (w/tv out and dvi)

Right now I would say the:

ATI Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB

From what I have read, This will even out perform the GeForce FX.

Terror

[Wlfgng]

thanks guys.  sounds like the ATI is the way to go.
I'm buying a whole new system so I may as well go whole hawg!

Merry Christmas to me.. naturally she won't be shipped until mid january ....

[Wlfgng]

one more question...

9700 pro

or

9700 tx

?

[Skuzzy]

pro, and get the one built-by-ATI.  They seem to be more consistent about the HSF installation.

[Wlfgng]

thx skuzzy. much appreciated.

[40 shades]

get 128MB ddr G4 TI4600

[FOGOLD]

If I had dosh,  9700pro is   must. New Geforce is due soonish though.

I have a Gf3 Ti500 a year and a bit ago. If you get a cutting edge card you can skip a couple of generations before upgrade, especially for Aces High. I have no plans for another 6 months at least.

Best things about latest cards is running FSAA without frame rate hit.

[eagl]

If you can wait for the next generation of cards and find a good deal on one, a GF4 -4200 128 meg will hold you over for a while.  Best Buy used one of these as a loss-leader after Thanksgiving for $89 after rebates, so you might find other stores with really good deals on them as well.  I wouldn't spend more than $130ish since the GF4 is definately yesterday's (yesterday evening, but still definately yesterday) technology, and I'd get the 128 meg card because you can overclock the memory up to the speed of the 64 meg card memory on 99.9 percent of the 128 meg cards out there.  Do a google search for "coolbits" and use their registry hack to enable the overclocking menu that's already in the drivers.

IMHO.

[Wlfgng]

going 9700 pro

[Slash27]

Im the worlds worst about having the newest,biggest, and baddest. But is buying a ATI 9700 to replace my GFTi4600 128 mb at all practical at this point? What advantage am I going to have, especially with Aces High?  Not squeaking, just curious:D

[eagl]

With AH, you could get rid of some texture shimmering by going full anti-aliasing and ansiotropic filtering at 1600x1200.  That would look kickass and probably actually give you a decent framerate with a 9700 in AH.

A GF4 just can't get all three, antialiasing, ansio, and resolution, without suffering a big framerate hit.  The ATI 9700 can, but of course it costs $300.  I wouldn't personally consider it worth it upgrading from a GF4.  From a much slower card, maybe, but not from a GF4.

[Booky]

Originally posted by Terror
Right now I would say the:

ATI Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB

From what I have read, This will even out perform the GeForce FX.

Terror

LoL, where did you read that? The GeForce FX will beat all there is, but it will also cost about $400. ATI will then need to release another new one to bea tthat. Its neverending.

I personally only buy Nvidia for the sole reason of drivers. ATI hasn't found a good reputation for drivers, or at least thats what most reviewers say.

I say wait untill Mid January and when NV30 is out the 9700 will drop in price and then you can choose better.

Booky

[Staga]

Hehe so far all GeForce FX has been showing is BSOD

http://www.giga.de/help/helpnite/grafik2.wmv