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01-07-2003, 06:33 PM
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Help Choosing Graphics Card
I want to upgrade my video card to a Radeon 7500 64MB DDR. I just want a good card with TV out under a 100 bucks. But isn't this considered downgrading? Gaming wise? The TV out isn't all that important if it's going to bring down my gaming performance.
But since DDR=Double Data then would it actually be 128 Single Data? Bottom line, I just want to know wich card is better : Palit Geforce2 MX400 128MB SDR or ATI Radeon 7500 64MBDDR. Thanks for your responses. |
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01-07-2003, 07:01 PM
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MX cards are stripped down versions of the original chip design and just not worth getting. The 7500 is a better card between the two.
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01-07-2003, 07:35 PM
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Good Call Hal!
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01-07-2003, 10:18 PM
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I agree with the foregoing.
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01-07-2003, 11:49 PM
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Even when it has half the memory the GF has, HAL?
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01-08-2003, 05:35 AM
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Yeah, being only half the memory was worrying me but I'll take your word for it. I think you know a lot more than I do. I appreciate the help guys.
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01-08-2003, 08:10 AM
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As I recall, the benchmarks showed the 7500 to be faster than a mx card. Now if it was an gf4mx460, that would be just short of a gf3 speedwise.
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01-08-2003, 03:39 PM
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But what about 64MB DDR versus 128MB SDRAM???
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01-09-2003, 01:01 AM
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I would take the 64 DDR - there aren't any games out yet that require more than 64 for optimum performance - Doom 3 is going to be the first I believe.
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01-09-2003, 06:53 PM
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What about "powered by" ATI cards? The one I just orderd on newegg was a Sapphire manufactured card. Is this a bad thing? And wich company would have a the right drivers?
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01-09-2003, 08:45 PM
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The "powered by ATI" cards are perfectly safe to use. They are the cards that are built by manufacturers other then ATI, using exactly the same hardware. Sapphiretech is a very reputable ATI manufacturer, your card will run excellently. You can get new drivers right from ATIs website, www.ati.com
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