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Old 09-12-2002, 07:37 PM   #1
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Radeon vs. GeForce

Question is simple:
ATI All-in-wonder 8500 RADEON 128MB DVI, CRT TV out
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Gainward GeForce4 PowerPack ! Ultra/650XP Golden Sample
I will use it for fome movies not for games\
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Old 09-12-2002, 07:45 PM   #2
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What is in the Powerpack? Any GE4 except the MX series will beat any Radeon card except the 9700...
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Old 09-12-2002, 07:54 PM   #3
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It's hard to beat Gainward.
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Old 09-12-2002, 07:58 PM   #4
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Hi eko976,

Are you going to be viewing DVD's or are you going to download video from a digital cam-corder to edit it?

I think the ATI would be a better choice in this case.

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Old 09-12-2002, 08:02 PM   #5
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NAW GAINWARD GAINWARD *startschant*

I got my VIVO working!!!!


and I would say its awesome. Very nice quality up to the 30FPS. Works very nicely . I output to a VCR then input back on. Ill have some vids this weekend.


Powerpack basically has all software needed for Movie editing. The Golden sample mean with the touch of a button you can increase performance alittle. But With that card I run between 4400 and 4600 easily......and GPU on back side and mem are cool to the touch.
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Old 09-12-2002, 09:39 PM   #6
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I will use the card to edit videos from digital camcorder not for DVD's not for games
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Old 09-12-2002, 09:45 PM   #7
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Radeon AIW gets my vote for video editing.
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Yeah, I think the radeon's have a better reputation for 2d and just being at least decent all around. GF4's are better gaming cards no doubt.
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Old 09-13-2002, 05:17 AM   #9
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Go with the radeon, you wont be disapointed.

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Old 09-14-2002, 11:41 AM   #10
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ATI or Matrox for video editing - Nvidia for gaming.
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they are both quality cards, and i doubt you will be disappointed at all by one of them. its up to what you wanna do.
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Old 09-17-2002, 06:03 PM   #12
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Depends on what you want...

A card with drivers that work - nVidia

The biggest pain in the world and a claim to have better video...ATi
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Old 09-17-2002, 09:06 PM   #13
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A card with drivers that work, unparalleled 2D display, fast as heck, and inexpensive = Matrox G550
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