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Help and Support Forums => Technical Support => Topic started by: JB73 on September 19, 2003, 02:05:04 PM
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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?
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bump .. im looking to buy one of these soon....
any advise?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Here's a pretty good article comparing performance and pricing.
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,1061518,00.asp
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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.
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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.
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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.