getting new vid card

VooDoo · Post by **VooDoo** » Mon Jan 06, 2003 3:04 am

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

Slugbait · Post by **Slugbait** » Mon Jan 06, 2003 3:08 am

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.

VooDoo · Post by **VooDoo** » Mon Jan 06, 2003 3:19 am

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

Busby · Post by **Busby** » Mon Jan 06, 2003 8:23 am

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.

VooDoo · Post by **VooDoo** » Mon Jan 06, 2003 12:00 pm

Busby-- DVI??

d_b · Post by **d_b** » Mon Jan 06, 2003 12:07 pm

DVI=for one of those digital flat panel jobs.

Absolut Talent · Post by **Absolut Talent** » Mon Jan 06, 2003 4:27 pm

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

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Mon Jan 06, 2003 5:24 pm

im diging my 9500, so I can only guess the 9700 supperior.

Greg