radeon 9100 pci or geforce 5200 pci

[Bandith]

i want to know should i get a visiontek radeon 9100 at fry for $110 usd $69 after rebate or geforce5 5200 for $120 also at fry's
i cant buy from the internet so dont suggest that and dont suggest i get a upgrade on my whole system because i cant my parent dont think so and it wont be for another 2 maybe 3 year before i can get a job i mean im only just starting high school
so 9100 or 5200
i would get a radeon9600 or a gf5600 or above, but no agp slot here
so im limited to those
i also read a forum about the same subject but they didnt answer my question well enough
anything would be better then my intergated intel stuff

my spec is 2.0ghz celeron 256mb !845 intergrated graphic (get about 15-30fps on mw4merc at 800*600 max setting ,lowest setting in gta3 get about 15to20fps) 60gb hd ,combo cd16x4x16/dvd drive16x something like that not really sure about the drives

[Yeloazndevil]

get the radeon9100 the 5200 is a piece of crap

[Andrew Hruska]

get the 9100. the 5200 is good for people like, say, me, with a Voodoo 5 5500 AGP

[Bandith]

hey how do i get the custom piture under my name

[Kane]

15 posts.

[Galway no Sora]

Get that R9100. GFX5200 suitable if you're really don't have enough money to spent.

[RF]

9100. Then overclock the sucker.

9100 = 8500. 8500 = 4x2 card. 8500 > 5200


9000 < 5200

9200 < 5200

[Bandith]

chrisray what do you mean by 4x2
i know it has 4 pipeline and 2 texture unit but 4x2 mean.......? also what does 3p. and 2 t. units means anyway

[Bandith]

if i o/c the card what the highest i can overclock it w/o changing the cooling fan or adding heatsinks and having no anomoly ,distortion, crashes or problem.

all the computer store that are near me that i have check dont supply video card accessories so no new fan
i havent check one store yet but i think they only have nvidia heatshink will those be compatible with the 9100

Originally Posted by Bandith

chrisray what do you mean by 4x2
i know it has 4 pipeline and 2 texture unit but 4x2 mean.......? also what does 3p. and 2 t. units means anyway

Thats what I mean by 4x2 :P

Means it can double its texel fill rate without requiring additional pipelines.

Radeon 9000 cards have half the texel fill rate

[Bandith]

are u telling me it has 2gigatexel fill rate
because i hear radeon 9000 only has 1gigatexel fill rate and radeon9100 has 1.1gigatexel
but the box said 2.2 gigatexel
everyone is giving me different details

Originally Posted by Bandith

are u telling me it has 2gigatexel fill rate
because i hear radeon 9000 only has 1gigatexel fill rate and radeon9100 has 1.1gigatexel
but the box said 2.2 gigatexel
everyone is giving me different details

Texel fill rate is kinda like texture fill rate. Anyway thats good.

[Demigod]

Originally Posted by Bandith

are u telling me it has 2gigatexel fill rate
because i hear radeon 9000 only has 1gigatexel fill rate and radeon9100 has 1.1gigatexel
but the box said 2.2 gigatexel
everyone is giving me different details

Here's the fill rate of the two cards

Radeon 9000

1 gigapixels/s (250 core x 4 pipes)
1 gigatexels/s (250 core x 4 pipes x 1 TMU)

Radeon 9100/8500

1.1 gigapixels/s (275 core x 4 pipes)
2.2 gigatexels/s (275 core x 4 pipes x 2 TMUs)

A pixel is a single dot on your monitor. A texel is a textured pixel, a pixel that has gone through the rendering process. Having 2 texture mapping units (TMUs) allows you to apply two textures on a single pixel in a single pass, thereby doubling its potential fill rate, but only for multitexturing games (pretty much all modern games use multitexturing).

[Bandith]

is the radeon 9200se better then the 9100?

keep in mind 128mb and pci