What GFX card to buy for ePSXe...?

Zataki · June 21st, 2001

Yay, finaly scourged enough money to buy a new gfx card; (goodbye ATI Rage 128, you served my well...)

Anyways; I was wondering what card would have a much better performance on ePSXe, and quality for $350.

I would appreciate some buying consideration.

cgil · June 21st, 2001

Anything vased on Nvidias GE Force 3 will do the trick.

**Ryos** · June 21st, 2001

With that much cash, I'd wait just a short time for some of the other GeForce 3 cards to be released. The Gainward one looks fairly decent for the moment, though (starts at ~$342).

Zataki · June 21st, 2001

What about ATI Radeon?
I heard there was a recent price drop.

gerbilcannon · June 21st, 2001

Once ATI hires someone to write some decent drivers then maybe, just maybe, I would consider recommending an ATI card of any sort for any kind of quality gaming experience. Right now I say go with eithe ra GeForce 2 or a GeForce 3, all depends upon how much you want to spend and/or whether the features of the gf3 float your boat enough.

Adair · June 21st, 2001

If your looking to get a gefoce 3, you may wanna consider waiting till december. This is around the time when the 2nd generation of GF 3 will be hitting the market, and the 2nd generation of a card is always better. Especially if you wanna overclock.

404 · June 21st, 2001

Get GeForce 3 by Winfast

OR

For the ultimate Environment Bump Mapping (which is COOL!), Get KYRO II !

404 · June 21st, 2001

Buy KYRO II for AGP, and buy Voodoo 5 5500 PCi for Double Pleasure

JAZ · June 21st, 2001

gerbilcannon why u slate ati cards?
Have u ever used one?
I have an AtI radeon 64ddr vivo and I can tell u it ROX.
Seriously u should give them a chance,I was going to buy a G-Force but I found that they were a lot more ££ (about £50 more) so I decieded to try the radeon and I have to say I'm very pleased with it.All my games run very smoothly in 32 bit with everything maxed out @1280x1024.
For example =
unreal T=D3D=avg 90fps OGL=avg 60 (@1280x1024x32 with compressed textures)
Q3=@1280x1024x32 max everything =60fps
Also the colours look amazing on my radeon and with the raid-on tweaker putting the aniostrphy@128 its crystal clear as far as u can see.
I have it running at 200x400 no problems with stock cooling.
Sure going by the mad onion 3d marks or games in 16bit the radeon gets its arse kicked by the g-forces but 3d marks geared towards the g-forces and who plays in 16bit when u have the 32bit option.3
Just my opinion btw

As for Zataki's question I'd agree with Ryos and Adair either buy something cheap to fill the gap and wait a few months to see a price drop on the G3 or await the new radeon 2.

gerbilcannon · June 21st, 2001

Yes I have run an ati card. Maybe they've improved their drivers since then but I doubt it. I've run a radeon and a rage pro (BLECH) and I was severely unimpressed with either not to mention there were many video glitches and the visual quality just wasn't quite as good as it should have been. And yes I did tweak.

June 21st, 2001	#1 (permalink)
Zataki Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: California Posts: 79	What GFX card to buy for ePSXe...? Yay, finaly scourged enough money to buy a new gfx card; (goodbye ATI Rage 128, you served my well...) Anyways; I was wondering what card would have a much better performance on ePSXe, and quality for $350. I would appreciate some buying consideration. __________________ "Worst episode ever!"--Comic Guy--

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cgil Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 50	Anything vased on Nvidias GE Force 3 will do the trick. __________________ He who shares his knowdledge is the master of his world.

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Ryos Revenger of Vengeance Join Date: May 2001 Location: Nowhere Posts: 11,250	With that much cash, I'd wait just a short time for some of the other GeForce 3 cards to be released. The Gainward one looks fairly decent for the moment, though (starts at ~$342). Last edited by Ryos; June 21st, 2001 at 05:00.

June 21st, 2001	#4 (permalink)
Zataki Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: California Posts: 79	What about ATI Radeon? I heard there was a recent price drop. __________________ "Worst episode ever!"--Comic Guy--

June 21st, 2001	#5 (permalink)
gerbilcannon The Pretty One Join Date: May 2001 Location: Collegedale, TN Posts: 1,247	Once ATI hires someone to write some decent drivers then maybe, just maybe, I would consider recommending an ATI card of any sort for any kind of quality gaming experience. Right now I say go with eithe ra GeForce 2 or a GeForce 3, all depends upon how much you want to spend and/or whether the features of the gf3 float your boat enough. __________________ "Me? I'm a pop idol." "And you will shed tears of scarlet!"

June 21st, 2001	#6 (permalink)
Adair Ghost Hacker Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 1,830	If your looking to get a gefoce 3, you may wanna consider waiting till december. This is around the time when the 2nd generation of GF 3 will be hitting the market, and the 2nd generation of a card is always better. Especially if you wanna overclock.

June 21st, 2001	#7 (permalink)
404 Ultraman Agent Join Date: May 2001 Location: 0101001111010110101001 Posts: 680	Get GeForce 3 by Winfast OR For the ultimate Environment Bump Mapping (which is COOL!), Get KYRO II ! __________________ = hah hah hah! I'm back! not! = --- Last edited by 404 on 09-09-99 at 06:66 AM

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404 Ultraman Agent Join Date: May 2001 Location: 0101001111010110101001 Posts: 680	Buy KYRO II for AGP, and buy Voodoo 5 5500 PCi for Double Pleasure __________________ = hah hah hah! I'm back! not! = --- Last edited by 404 on 09-09-99 at 06:66 AM

June 21st, 2001	#9 (permalink)
JAZ Nintendo Zealot Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: UK Posts: 1,424	gerbilcannon why u slate ati cards? Have u ever used one? I have an AtI radeon 64ddr vivo and I can tell u it ROX. Seriously u should give them a chance,I was going to buy a G-Force but I found that they were a lot more ££ (about £50 more) so I decieded to try the radeon and I have to say I'm very pleased with it.All my games run very smoothly in 32 bit with everything maxed out @1280x1024. For example = unreal T=D3D=avg 90fps OGL=avg 60 (@1280x1024x32 with compressed textures) Q3=@1280x1024x32 max everything =60fps Also the colours look amazing on my radeon and with the raid-on tweaker putting the aniostrphy@128 its crystal clear as far as u can see. I have it running at 200x400 no problems with stock cooling. Sure going by the mad onion 3d marks or games in 16bit the radeon gets its arse kicked by the g-forces but 3d marks geared towards the g-forces and who plays in 16bit when u have the 32bit option.3 Just my opinion btw As for Zataki's question I'd agree with Ryos and Adair either buy something cheap to fill the gap and wait a few months to see a price drop on the G3 or await the new radeon 2.

June 21st, 2001	#10 (permalink)
gerbilcannon The Pretty One Join Date: May 2001 Location: Collegedale, TN Posts: 1,247	Yes I have run an ati card. Maybe they've improved their drivers since then but I doubt it. I've run a radeon and a rage pro (BLECH) and I was severely unimpressed with either not to mention there were many video glitches and the visual quality just wasn't quite as good as it should have been. And yes I did tweak. __________________ "Me? I'm a pop idol." "And you will shed tears of scarlet!"

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