actually narrowed vid card to 2

vivrantpig · August 29th, 2002

i was gunna get a geforce 3 but then started looking at the radeon 9000 too... it looks like theyre prettry equal in speed?? which one??

RADEON 9000 or GeForce3 TI 200?!?!?!? i ono radeon 8500 looks koo too.... or?? should i wait and save up for a radeon 9700?

**Kane** · August 29th, 2002

The Radeon 9000 will kick if memory serves. The GeForce 3 ti200 is the lowest end DX 8 part IIRC. However, I don't trust ATi after problems in the past. Oh, and don't get the 8500 whatever you do.

vivrantpig · August 29th, 2002

hmmm -_- thx for the info... still i cant decide

Badaro · August 30th, 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by Lord Kane
Oh, and don't get the 8500 whatever you do.

I have no problems with my 8500...

[]s Badaro

**Kane** · August 30th, 2002

I've heard more than a fair share of horror stories about it. When compared the the problems I've heard from GeForce owners?

Particleman · August 30th, 2002

I had an 8500 and I didn't have any more problems with it than I had with any of my nVidia cards. As for choosing between the Ti200 and 9000. At stock speeds the 9000 or 8500 will be faster. The Ti200 is usually a pretty good overclocker, but there are no guarantees in overclocking, and without overclocking it is significantly slower than the 9000 or 8500.

jegHegy · August 30th, 2002

go for the ATis! love and peace

nyaa

Badaro · August 30th, 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by Lord Kane
I've heard more than a fair share of horror stories about it. When compared the the problems I've heard from GeForce owners?

I must admit I also heard several "horror" stories, but most were releated to drivers issues, and those improved tremendously in recent days. I bought mine about a month ago and it's been working flawlessly (using Catalyst 2.2 drivers).

[]s Badaro

vivrantpig · August 31st, 2002

hmmm.. ok so 9000 or 8500.... in a lot of bench mark things i saw that 8500 was faster then 9000???

JAZ · August 31st, 2002

I think most of you know I own a Radeon64, however yesterday I bought a MSI G4ti4200.
I know everyone says ATI drivers aint that good and you will experiance glitches in some games but I havent found 1 game with glitches since I bought the R64 over a year ago.
I removed my R64 and put in the MSI G4, I played GTA3 and haha all the text and 2d (like the map) is just square bits of colour, other games like winkawaks/UT I get weird flashes as well.
I have a few more problems as well but I wont slate the card till I've done a clean install, but I have to say nvidia drivers seem to have as many/more problems than Ati.

vivrantpig · August 31st, 2002

o by the way are radeon 9000 and 8500 fast enuf to play morrowind?? my voodoo 3 wont even start it up O_o

ebola · August 31st, 2002

boo ati. go with nvidia. ati has to fix their drivers to win me back.

Badaro · September 1st, 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by vivrantpig
o by the way are radeon 9000 and 8500 fast enuf to play morrowind?? my voodoo 3 wont even start it up O_o

I don't have Morrowind, but I'm pretty sure they'll work.

[]s Badaro

Zapages · September 1st, 2002

Ati is good if you want a graphic for video editing and other stuff like Playing games...

Nvida is good for just playing games....

I own TNT 2 Pro M64

andré · September 1st, 2002

the gta3 error u got can be solved by checking the readme for a link to a needed file.

vivrantpig · September 1st, 2002

ok i decided to get the radeon 9000 thx a lot for the comments u guys really helped

Zerthr · September 2nd, 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by vivrantpig
ok i decided to get the radeon 9000 thx a lot for the comments u guys really helped

the radeon 9000 is a pumped down version of 8500.... i rather u just get the 8500 but its all up to u

Esturk · September 2nd, 2002

Heh heh. Esturk got a AGP Geforce 256 for free yesterday. The guy at the flea market said it didn't work, but all that was wrong with it was overheating. So I'm going to stick a Pentium fan and heatsink on it. How does the 256 compare to my Voodoo 3 PCI?

**Kane** · September 2nd, 2002

Considerably faster

Esturk · September 2nd, 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by Lord Kane
Considerably faster

Seriously? Or are you being sarcastic?

August 29th, 2002	#1 (permalink)
vivrantpig (>^_^)> KIRBY Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 2,609	actually narrowed vid card to 2 i was gunna get a geforce 3 but then started looking at the radeon 9000 too... it looks like theyre prettry equal in speed?? which one?? RADEON 9000 or GeForce3 TI 200?!?!?!? i ono radeon 8500 looks koo too.... or?? should i wait and save up for a radeon 9700? Last edited by vivrantpig; August 29th, 2002 at 05:18.

August 29th, 2002	#2 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	The Radeon 9000 will kick if memory serves. The GeForce 3 ti200 is the lowest end DX 8 part IIRC. However, I don't trust ATi after problems in the past. Oh, and don't get the 8500 whatever you do. __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

August 30th, 2002	#5 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	I've heard more than a fair share of horror stories about it. When compared the the problems I've heard from GeForce owners? __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

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Zapages Prince of Persia Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: USA Posts: 1,099	Ati is good if you want a graphic for video editing and other stuff like Playing games... Nvida is good for just playing games.... I own TNT 2 Pro M64 __________________ Prince of Persia Legacy and Prince of Persia Gallery

August 29th, 2002	#3 (permalink)
vivrantpig (>^_^)> KIRBY Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 2,609	hmmm -_- thx for the info... still i cant decide

August 30th, 2002	#6 (permalink)
Particleman Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 462	I had an 8500 and I didn't have any more problems with it than I had with any of my nVidia cards. As for choosing between the Ti200 and 9000. At stock speeds the 9000 or 8500 will be faster. The Ti200 is usually a pretty good overclocker, but there are no guarantees in overclocking, and without overclocking it is significantly slower than the 9000 or 8500.

August 30th, 2002	#7 (permalink)
jegHegy Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Hungary Posts: 2,184	go for the ATis! love and peace nyaa

August 31st, 2002	#9 (permalink)
vivrantpig (>^_^)> KIRBY Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 2,609	hmmm.. ok so 9000 or 8500.... in a lot of bench mark things i saw that 8500 was faster then 9000???

August 31st, 2002	#10 (permalink)
JAZ Nintendo Zealot Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: UK Posts: 1,424	I think most of you know I own a Radeon64, however yesterday I bought a MSI G4ti4200. I know everyone says ATI drivers aint that good and you will experiance glitches in some games but I havent found 1 game with glitches since I bought the R64 over a year ago. I removed my R64 and put in the MSI G4, I played GTA3 and haha all the text and 2d (like the map) is just square bits of colour, other games like winkawaks/UT I get weird flashes as well. I have a few more problems as well but I wont slate the card till I've done a clean install, but I have to say nvidia drivers seem to have as many/more problems than Ati.

August 31st, 2002	#11 (permalink)
vivrantpig (>^_^)> KIRBY Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 2,609	o by the way are radeon 9000 and 8500 fast enuf to play morrowind?? my voodoo 3 wont even start it up O_o

September 1st, 2002	#15 (permalink)
andré sakabatou_x Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: TEXAS (everything's bigger) Posts: 1,256	the gta3 error u got can be solved by checking the readme for a link to a needed file. __________________ andré:.thrasher10:.sakabatou_x:. emulator:epsxe:.os:xp_pro:.processor:amd_athlonxp_3000+:.mobo:epox_8rda3+:. gfx_card:radeon9800pro_256mb_ddr:.ram:1.5gb_ddr:.pad:super_dual_box_2p_usb_adapter:.

September 1st, 2002	#16 (permalink)
vivrantpig (>^_^)> KIRBY Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 2,609	ok i decided to get the radeon 9000 thx a lot for the comments u guys really helped

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Esturk Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,957	Heh heh. Esturk got a AGP Geforce 256 for free yesterday. The guy at the flea market said it didn't work, but all that was wrong with it was overheating. So I'm going to stick a Pentium fan and heatsink on it. How does the 256 compare to my Voodoo 3 PCI? __________________ Necrosaro: Windows XP Pro x64 Edition SP2 \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 4MB L2 Cache \| Asus P5K Deluxe, Intel P35 Chipset, Socket 775 \| 4GB Kingston PC5300 DDR2 \| Nvidia GeForce 8800GT, 1024MB \| Creative SB X-Fi Fatality Edition \| Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD, 150Gb, SATA, Western Digital WD5000AAKS, 500GB, SATA \| LG 16x DVD-RWx2 SATA.

September 2nd, 2002	#19 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	Considerably faster __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

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