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getting new vid card
Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2003 3:04 am
by VooDoo
our uncle sam is getting me a new vid card
im retiring my voodoo5 to the video card hall of fame
now here are my top pics
1. ATI RADEON 9700 PRO 128MB DDR AGP Graphics Card
2. PNY Verto GeForce4 Ti 4400 128MB DDR AGP Graphics Card
opions?
me
Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2003 3:08 am
by Slugbait
My Voodoo5 is my PCI/secondary card.
I have a Personal Cinema GF3 Ti200. Pretty nice. Compro sells GF4 versions of the Personal Cinema, too. If yer into Personal Cinema, that it.
Personally, I wouldn't buy an ATI card.
Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2003 3:19 am
by VooDoo
i have a ati 7500 but when i try to play games on it the graphs are "striching"
ill hock it up this wekend and try to take a screen shot of it it show you what im talking about
me
Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2003 8:23 am
by Busby
I got an ATI Radeon 9700 Pro and it screams! No problems whatsoever and it plays every single game I've thrown at it beautifully. Even the DOOM 3 Alpha runs at about 40 fps, which compared to a Ti4600 runs at about 9 fps. The Radeon will be faster for sure, plus you have DVI, VGA, and S-Video outputs. ATI's weak point has been drivers. The drivers for the Radeon 9700 Pro and the whole Radeon series have continually improved with the Catalyst series of drivers. There are already DX9 drivers out for the Radeon series, I don't think nVidia has DX9 drivers out yet.
Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2003 12:00 pm
by VooDoo
Busby-- DVI??
Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2003 12:07 pm
by d_b
DVI=for one of those digital flat panel jobs.
Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2003 4:27 pm
by Absolut Talent
voodoo
I would suggest the ati 9700. It has better benchmarks. It can run games smoothly with all AA and crap turned on.
That is a card that will last for the next few years with next gen games
Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2003 5:24 pm
by nexus_7
im diging my 9500, so I can only guess the 9700 supperior.
Greg