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08-08-2002, 05:45 PM
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recommendations 4 me
I plan to build a system and i was wondering what vid card i should get.
I'm planning to use the card to watch large amount of DVDs and play a moderate amount of games. I plan to use many windows applications a lot too. I'm willing to pay up to $200US (but its okay if the board is a couple $ over) I was looking at the geforce4 TI 4200, then ATI 9000, and ATI 8500DV cards. but i am not sure. pls. suggest
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08-08-2002, 05:51 PM
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I'd wait a little while til the newer ATI cards come out... then get the 8500 since the prices will most likely drop... it's a good gamer and should handle your dvd playing quite well... make sure you have good quality cooling and power supply also...
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08-08-2002, 06:01 PM
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I agree, I would wait until the prices on the ATI Radeon 8500 come down a bit, it's perfect for gaming and DVDs.
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08-18-2002, 08:36 PM
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The geforce 4 ti4200 is a remarkable card for the money.
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08-18-2002, 09:16 PM
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I'm not fully up to speed on my nVidia's, but I do believe (correct me if I'm wrong) that their DVD support is only hardware assisted where as the ATI's have true hardware DVD decoding. Since DVD's are your primary concern, I would go with the ATI and they will game just as fine to boot.
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08-18-2002, 09:21 PM
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I am for ATI also, I ditched all of my NVidia cards a longtime back. Great cards, high quality, great software, and full screen DVD with no problems. I also play Return to Wolfenstein, MOHAA, and Nascar 2002 with absoulutly zero problems on an ATI Radeon All-In-Wonder 32MB.
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08-18-2002, 09:46 PM
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And finally the hopes of better driver support. ATI has developed their Catalyst Suite series of drivers that promises 8 to 10 updates per year which is probably on par with nVidia. Time will tell if these updates come that often, but they've had 2 in 2 months already.
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08-18-2002, 11:16 PM
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My geforce 4 has had zero problems with dvd. I just recently bought a dvdrom and all is well. Lord of the Rings looks awesome on it. The one thing that I really love about nvidia cards geforce 3 and above is digital vibrance. When you turn it on, the colors just come alive.
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08-19-2002, 12:06 AM
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Not saying that the GF cards will have probs with DVD playback, they shouldn't at the speeds things run these days. I just tend to stay with the philosophy that hardware is better than software or hardware/software decoding.
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08-19-2002, 02:05 AM
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That is true. My main graphic needs are fps. Frames Per second. Woohoo. I do like the way the 9700 looks, but Can't wait 'til november, though.
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08-19-2002, 09:14 AM
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The 9700 is out now... cobra just posted about it.
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