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HotSauce
Recruit
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 Posted - 02/02/2003 : 6:26:03 PM
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| Im getting an amd athlon xp and I wanna get a new graphics card along with it. should I get the 128mb ATI Radeon 9000 (not pro) or anything else that is under the amount of 150$ canadian. Please help me, i really need some help. anyone got a benchmark test or graphs showing the performance? someone help me out cuz i need to know whether to get a ati radeon 9000 128mb not pro, or a nvidia geforce 4 or something close to 150$ cnadian $. Can anyone tell me good things about the radeon 9000 or ati itself, and good things about the nvidia cards, and bads about them. |
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CR6
Administrator
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Posted - 02/03/2003 : 02:10:00 AM
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I just helped 2 friends put together new computers over Christmas, and I recommended both buy a ATI Radeon 9000 PRO because they needed good 2D and good DVD hardware support (and the occasional games). Both friends find it runs great on their Pentium 4s.
The 9000 has been on sale at Future Shop for $149 Cdn. It is an EXCELLENT deal. Don't bother getting a non-ATI Radeon, as the quality varies.
Also, the 9000's are true DirectX 8 cards, whereas the GeForce 4 MX 440, 460 etc. are actually GeForce 2-level DirectX 7 cards. (You'll have to get a GF 4 Ti 4200 to get DX8 features.
If you want a nVidia card in your price range, I'd recommend any GeForce 3.
See this thread for more of my comments ATI vs GF.
http://forums.3dretreat.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4061
Also, check this chart for speed comparisons:
http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/20030120/vgacharts-05.html |
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dookiebot
Sergeant
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Posted - 07/16/2003 : 1:48:58 PM
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*EDIT BY MOD*
What's the relevance of this? I don't see why you posted this. |
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