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10-21-2002, 02:26 PM
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Radeon vs. GF Ti
Hi, I need to decide whether I should get a Radeon 8500Le or a GeForce 3 Ti200. They would both be 128 MB DDR memory and I would be upgrading from a GeForce 2 MX400 64 MB. I don't do any hardcore gaming...just games like Warcraft and UT. Thanks a lot guys!
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10-21-2002, 02:56 PM
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I know I will get grief for this, but I am not an ATI fan. I had an ATI card in my last machine and was very disappointed in their driver updates and general support in fixing issues. I am an avid gamer and sometimes you'll need an updated driver to fix a glitch in a game, or get a game to run properly, etc... well, I've never seen it before where an updated driver will finally make "game x" work, but nothing else functions! True story...
I now have the GeForce4 Ti4400 in my new machine and have been loving it since day 1. Nice gaming card and it'll get just about everything else done that I could possibly imagine doing. |
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10-21-2002, 06:12 PM
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I like my ATI 7500 just fine. The drivers were a tad bit confusing but I've gotten updates for it and I'm pleased with it. I think ATI has better picture quality, but Nvida based cards have higher framrates. Plus Nvida has all these different companies manufacturing their cards. I thought it was confusing trying to find the right one to get. I know ATI is starting to do this with the 8500, but it has alot less confusion over what card to get etc.
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10-22-2002, 08:36 AM
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I'll recommend Gainward. Had no problems with mine. Here is a Geforce 3 Ti200 "Golden Sample" for $113.00(US).
http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage....128-116-04.JPG |
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10-22-2002, 10:59 AM
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Yep, O Beachian, that is exactly the same one I was going to get if I went the nvidia route. I think I'll go with the GeForce...but now I have another dilemma. Go for the GF3 Ti200 or the GF4 Ti4200. If I get the GF3 I'll have enough money to spare to change out my case fans and buy a new hsf for my cpu...my temps are a little high now, but not bad. If I go for the GF4, I'll only have enough for that and no fans...what do you guys think there? Thanks in advance!
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10-22-2002, 09:42 PM
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Radeon 9700 is the industry's best now.even better than Ti4600
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10-22-2002, 11:03 PM
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Yeah, I know, but I can barely afford a Ti4200 let alone a Radeon 9700. Believe me, if I had the money, there would be no question as to what vid card I would get!
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10-24-2002, 09:32 PM
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System: MSI K7N2G | AMD XP 1700+ | Gainward Geforce FX 5700 256 meg | 512mb Mushkin PC3200 RAM | Enlight case/PSU | Hercules Muse 5.1 DVD | Lite - On 16X DVD, and 48X CD-RW | Western Digitail 20GB, and 80GB| Netgear Ga302T gigabit adapter |
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10-26-2002, 08:58 AM
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I ordered myself a GAINWARD/CARDEXPERT GeForce 4 Ti 4200, 4ns, 128MB DDR, Power Pack Golden Sample this morning for my birthday which was on October 16th. Anyone else have this card? I've done plenty of reading on it... so I know it's a power house. I can't wait to try UT2K3 with it!!!
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10-26-2002, 02:21 PM
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I put a Gainward 64mb Ti4200 plain jane model into a kid's AMD 1.2 machine to replace a Radeon LE - the difference in Counterstrike is like night and day. 3D mark went from 2500 to 6700 running it stock with the drivers off the CD.
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10-27-2002, 03:05 PM
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another great way to increase 3dmark is to close the windows 98 virus,
ITS CONSTANTLY RUNNING ON MY COMPUTER AND NORTON IS DEFENSELESS |
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