Author Topic: Video card question (Read 409 times)

JB73 · « **on:** September 19, 2003, 02:05:04 PM »

Spartantech has this:
http://www.spartantech.com/product.asp?orderid=5278003490835207700728&PID=ASV9480TVD

and this:
http://www.spartantech.com/product.asp?orderid=5278003490835207700728&PID=ASV9280STVD

why is the ti4200 more expensive than the ti4800?

then:

and this:
http://www.spartantech.com/product.asp?orderid=5278003490835207700728&PID=ASV9900%2FTD

and this:
http://www.spartantech.com/product.asp?orderid=5278003490835207700728&PID=ASV9560%2FTD

of these cards... which is the best value/ performance?

JB73 · « **Reply #1 on:** September 20, 2003, 01:29:11 PM »

bump .. im looking to buy one of these soon....

any advise?

HavocTM · « **Reply #2 on:** September 20, 2003, 04:17:44 PM »

JUST SAY NO TO THE GeFORCE FX!

I can't stress this enough. nVidia makes awesome cards, but they took a wrong turn with the FX line, including lying to consumers about the cards capabilities.

Currently the GeForce 4 'Platinum' series (not MX) and the ATI Radeon 96/97/9800 series offer outstanding performance.

IMHO, the FX is not worth any price.

I have a Radeon 9600 Pro for the last few months with 128 MB and I consistently run 85 FPS on AH at full resolution. This card was less than $200 new and will run any game out there in the foreseeable future.

NVidia is not inherently bad. I think they make outstanding chipsets, both for motherboards and GPUs. I just think they went wrong with the 5xxx FX series cards.

HavocTM · « **Reply #3 on:** September 20, 2003, 04:20:21 PM »

PS the answer for the price issue on the 4200 and 4800 is the 4200 is a 'Titanium' (Read: top of the line) card with really fast memory chips and processor. The 4800, despite a higher number is an SE (consumer) level card with 350Mhz standard speed RAMDAC memory.

GeForce 4 Titanium is the best thing Nvidia has going right now.

JB73 · « **Reply #4 on:** September 20, 2003, 04:49:42 PM »

so if were to get the Ti4200 above would it be comparable to the top of the line ATI?

how far behind the current best video card avali is it?

i only ask because im so out of touch with the newest video cards.

last i knew the geforce ti4400 was $390 and the best avail (myabe a year ago?) and ati had some driver issues.

AKIron · « **Reply #5 on:** September 20, 2003, 05:09:49 PM »

Here's a pretty good article comparing performance and pricing.

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,1061518,00.asp

HavocTM · « **Reply #6 on:** September 22, 2003, 09:51:15 AM »

As this article concludes, the 9600 Pro offers just about the best bang for the buck. I don't think anything compares to the 9800 for all out performance right now if you don't have a budget.

All I can say is that I have the 9600 Pro and it does an outstanding job not only with AH but all of my games. I have been just a little disappointed in nVidia lately, but I still think they are a great company.

BNM · « **Reply #7 on:** September 23, 2003, 03:12:57 AM »

Have had Voodoo and Nvidia cards in the past. Got an ATI 9700 Pro about 4-5 months ago I guess. Have had no problems with it and the graphics kick. Skuzzy recommended it... nuff said. Also from what I hear AH2 will rely more on the graphics card than the processor as it does now so couldn't hurt. Good luck.

SunKing · « **Reply #8 on:** September 23, 2003, 03:18:43 AM »

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Originally posted by HavocTM
As this article concludes, the 9600 Pro offers just about the best bang for the buck. I don't think anything compares to the 9800 for all out performance right now if you don't have a budget.

All I can say is that I have the 9600 Pro and it does an outstanding job not only with AH but all of my games. I have been just a little disappointed in nVidia lately, but I still think they are a great company.

Listen to this guy. AH will look awesome with AA and AS turned up.