Video Cards?

[CobraboySucks]

I'm gettin a new viedo card, I'm just wondering if its a good one.

128MB DDR Ati Radeon 9700

Is it any good? Got it for 111$.

 

[Viper_Maniac]

Hell yeah thats good.

 

[Jugend]

As long as you don't buy a card with the nvidia nv17 chip that won't let tv-tool use your tv-out it is a good card.. oh and I got one !

/D

 

[CobraboySucks]

Its a TX with TV-Out and DVI, that good?

 

[milefile]

What do you need 128mb for?

 

[CobraboySucks]

Nascar game. www.sierra.com

 

[Shannon]

Originally posted by milefile
What do you need 128mb for?

Doom III.

I have a GeForce 4 Ti4200 128mb DDR. I want an ATi Radeon 9800 Pro though.

 

[OmicroN]

Geforce FX 128mb 5200 here. I got it for the price, had to use something other than the old geforce 2 gts 32mb.

 

[Solid Fro]

I want a GeForce FX 5900 Ultra.

http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NDc0 In this benchmark, the 5900 Ultra beats the 9800 Pro by 20 fps in Doom III.

 

[KosmikFool]

Originally posted by Viper Zero
I want a GeForce FX 5900 Ultra.

Same here. Anyways, who doesn't?

 

[Viper_Maniac]

Originally posted by Shannon
I want an ATi Radeon 9800 Pro though.

Me too.

 

[oosacker]

I gots a GeForce2 MX 32meg.

 

[rjensen11]

... Why settle for a card that only has 128MB when there are cards out there with 258MB?

 

[Giancarlo]

I have a GeForce 5200 Ultra...

BTW, is Radeon really better than GeForce? Or do people just assume the higher cost means that rather than it's just more popular?

 

[Solid Fro]

Radeons typically have better image quality and GeForces have speed advantages.

 

[rjensen11]

Originally posted by Viper Zero
Radeons typically have better image quality and GeForces have speed advantages.

bling bling!

Radeon is for people who like to look at nice images

GeForce is for people who like higher framerates.

Basically, they're both good, it's just which you prefer more. Myself, I side with Radeon.

 

[hanker]

I got a G-force 4 mx 440 128 mb, i hear mx series are crap but i came with my comp when i bought it and seems to be doing hte trick!

 

[Shannon]

Originally posted by hanker
I got a G-force 4 mx 440 128 mb, i hear mx series are crap but i came with my comp when i bought it and seems to be doing hte trick!

Yes. MX cards are crap.

Your GeForce 4 MX card is probably only a fraction faster than a GeForce 2.

 

[CDailey]

Originally posted by rjensen11
... Why settle for a card that only has 128MB when there are cards out there with 258MB?

#1 Cost. Why pay more money when you're not even gonna use what you payed extra for?

#2 There are no games that require even 128Mb of video memory (to my knowledge. and if there is, the visuals must be ****ing stunning) so why have 256MB when no game requires anything close to that?

The highest video memory requirement I have ever seen is 64MB.
About the only thing you would need 256MB of video memory for would be if you are editing gigabytes upon gigabytes of video files.

 

[rjensen11]

Originally posted by Integra Type R
#1 Cost. Why pay more money when you're not even gonna use what you payed extra for?

#2 There are no games that require even 128Mb of video memory (to my knowledge. and if there is, the visuals must be ****ing stunning) so why have 256MB when no game requires anything close to that?

The highest video memory requirement I have ever seen is 64MB.
About the only thing you would need 256MB of video memory for would be if you are editing gigabytes upon gigabytes of video files.

Hehehe....

 

[hanker]

......he has a point, 128 is good enough, unless your really into gaming, and think you will notice a difference!

 

[OmicroN]

Soon Doom 3 and Half-Life 2 will be out. The visuals on those are AMAZING, also they both require at LEAST a 128mb video card. I might have to upgrade to a 256 .

 

[CDailey]

Originally posted by rjensen11
Hehehe....

What is so funny?

 

[Solid Fro]

The HL2 demo at E3 was running on a Radeon 9800 256 MB. You'll probably need a card with 256 MB to run it well.

 

[rjensen11]

Originally posted by Viper Zero
The HL2 demo at E3 was running on a Radeon 9800 256 MB. You'll probably need a card with 256 MB to run it well.

Yeah, I'll have to make sure we get a 256MB card on my new computer once I get it....