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Unread 20 Dec 2002, 09:14   #1
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buying a new videocard, which one geeks?

I am thinking of a

Nvidia Gforce4 Ti4200 64 mb.

or a

Gigabyte ATi Radeon 9000Pro 64 MB TV-out/DVI/Retail

or

or Hercules ATi Radeon 7500 AllinWonder 64 MB TV-out/DVI/Retail



Anyone has experiences with these cards? I've heard a lot of good things about the Radeons for pure speed but also that they give some problems regarding to compatibility and such.

Maybe it's good to know that I have a system of a P3 800 mhz.
I also could just go for the Gforce4 MX440 64 MB but I've heard from several people that you shouldnt buy the MX versions.
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Unread 20 Dec 2002, 09:22   #2
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The nVidia or the Radeon 9000 btw.
The nVidia also has DVI/TV out - it's standard on all GF4 Ti's.
Out of all those you listed, I think the nVidia is the most powerful without checking.
Which I'm not going to do.

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the Ti4200 is easily the fastest out of the 3, but would be more expensive, forget the R7500.

What is the listed prices for the Ti4200 and the R9000pro?
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I just saw the i4200 128MB for 175 euro. I think I go get that one next month.
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i got ti4200 for £100
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I recently got a Radeon 8500 which blisters along but is a bitch for compatibility. It plays new stuff fine, and causes no problems with Windows, but older games do not like it one bit :O/

A Geforce4 TI will shame your system. Bear this in mind when you go to run Doom III, that your processor will be the bottleneck.
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I just saw the i4200 128MB for 175 euro. I think I go get that one next month.

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