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doownek
11-04-2002, 12:05 AM
im in search of a vid card. i have a voodoo 5 5500 agp and it is plenty fast and looks good for most of what i do(unreal tournament and flight sim 2002 mostly game wise). but with the new games like unreal 2003 and doom3 and america;s army it dont work:-( on sat i bought a ati radeon 9700 pro, and im disapointed with it, its faster, but quality wise it looks worse!. i tried several diff drivers and diff OS's (win2k, XP pro, 98se, ME) so i am ganna take the radeon 9700 pro back in the morning, was wondering what you all have and your opinions of the cards.

i have an asus a7a266 mobo, xp1900 chip, 1 gig ddr ram, blah blah blah. i trying to decide what to buy next(hopefully that looks good)

thanks for the info
94_AcCoRd_EX
11-04-2002, 12:09 AM
Damn, that Radeon 9700 is supposed to be top notch. I've had nothing but good luck with the GeForce 4 line of cards. I guess you'd want the 4600 series.
Maxvla
11-04-2002, 01:06 AM
msi ti4400 323/650 stock cooling

for doom3 i'd suggest as fast as you can afford. it puts my 4400 though a pretty good workout.

radeon 9500 looks nice for the price. i'd suggest looking into that card. otherwise ti4600 or radeon 9700.
ShagginJet
11-04-2002, 01:28 AM
Wow... maxvia, a girl, into computers. nice.

Doownek: I don't know if you're familiar with Sierra or not, but i work for them, in tech support none the less. I sugg an nVidia based card. I've always had luck with them, and never much problems. If you can afford the Ti versions of the GeForce 4, then i'd go with that, otherwise i'd use a GeForce 3 Ti over a GeForce 4 MX... Ebay, GeForce 2 Ti, 50 bucks. BAMM!!
94_AcCoRd_EX
11-04-2002, 01:43 AM
Originally posted by ShagginJet
Wow... maxvia, a girl, into computers. nice.



He's a guy :D
drdingo21
11-04-2002, 02:40 AM
the 9700 has problems running on motherboards that don't support agp 8x. They have suck massive power requirments that the 4x agp boards can barly run it. I have a gforce 3 ti200 and i only have this card becase my gf bought it for me my birthday. But if i were you i would look into a gforce4 ti. www.newegg.com is an excellent place to order from.

BTW if you going with a gforce 4 mx card, don't. Go for the gforce 3, it can display some textures that the gforce4 mx cards cant
slowEJ6
11-04-2002, 03:09 AM
gf4 mx440 is a budget card that can play the majority of games and be average.
for only about $80, ya cant really complain. however, i do - because mine is a piece of shit that likes to lock up. im ditching this pos in favor of a Ti4600 as soon as i can afford it.
drdingo21
11-04-2002, 03:29 AM
gf3s are about 70 bucks at newegg.... and they are better
Maxvla
11-04-2002, 04:21 AM
best buy in the lower price range is bar-none the radeon 8500.
Maxvla
11-04-2002, 04:22 AM
Originally posted by ShagginJet
Wow... maxvia, a girl, into computers. nice.
wanna date sugarpie? :D

j/k :pfft:
Racing Rice
11-04-2002, 08:01 AM
I have a 32Mb Radeon VE card.

Its got dual monitor outputs, I have 2 17s hooked to it. Its nice for Webpages and photoshop.:)
mt.biker
11-04-2002, 08:31 AM
nvidia tnt2 32mb

it works and thats all i really care about right now.
ChrisCantSkate
11-04-2002, 10:30 AM
i have a 64mb gForce4 mx 420 with tv out right now, i have problems with it sometimes though, i might ditch it down the road.
ohiochica
11-04-2002, 11:25 AM
radeon 8500.......it can play all the games.
Addict
11-04-2002, 11:35 AM
Radeon 64MB DDR ViVo

Wish it had better drivers......

Works great. I'll get a new one sooner or later though. For now the CPU tends to pickup the slack.;)
spoogenet
11-04-2002, 12:28 PM
Matrox G400 Max.

I like my 2D.

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HoLun
11-04-2002, 01:20 PM
I have a Geforce4 Ti4600 from PNY

Rest of my system..
Althlon XP 1700+
1GB DDR ram
WD 80 GB HD, 8MB Cache 7200RPM
SB Live 5.1
3Com NIC
ABIT KR7A Motherboard
Maxvla
11-04-2002, 08:08 PM
Originally posted by HoLun
I have a Geforce4 Ti4600 from PNY

Rest of my system..
Althlon XP 1700+
1GB DDR ram
WD 80 GB HD, 8MB Cache 7200RPM
SB Live 5.1
3Com NIC
ABIT KR7A Motherboard
always makes me laugh when people put nic's and other minor cards in their system lineup. its like saying... you have a keyboard. ok. good for you. lol. ;)
slowEJ6
11-04-2002, 08:12 PM
Originally posted by Maxvla
always makes me laugh when people put nic's and other minor cards in their system lineup. its like saying... you have a keyboard. ok. good for you. lol. ;)
:D:D:D
94_AcCoRd_EX
11-04-2002, 08:14 PM
Originally posted by Maxvla
always makes me laugh when people put nic's and other minor cards in their system lineup. its like saying... you have a keyboard. ok. good for you. lol. ;)

Haha :D
slowEJ6
11-04-2002, 08:19 PM
Originally posted by drdingo21
gf3s are about 70 bucks at newegg.... and they are better
cheapest i saw was $90 for a GF3 Ti200.
Maxvla
11-04-2002, 08:21 PM
Originally posted by slow ej6
cheapest i saw was $90 for a GF3 Ti200.
ti200 64mb 69.00
ti200 128mb 96.00

you are both right. :)
slowEJ6
11-04-2002, 08:28 PM
can you gimme a link to the $69 card?
or did you get those prices from somewhere other than newegg?
Maxvla
11-04-2002, 08:50 PM
Originally posted by slow ej6
can you gimme a link to the $69 card?
or did you get those prices from somewhere other than newegg?
pricewatch

just make sure you check www.resellerratings.com before buying from a p/w company.