ATI Radeon or Nvidia GeForce ?

[Spiffy]

so..... go for Nvidia 

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Yes.

Edited September 5, 2005 by Spiffy

[Darken]

how a bout this :

Nvidia G-force 5200 128mb for about 60$

what you think?

[Agozer]

IIRC, that is quite a low-end card. The HP Pavillion computers sold here have GeForce 5500s and those aren't too good either.

[Madman]

Well, what kind of card you should spend your money on depends on your PC a lot. It doesnt make sense to stuff a 6800 GT in a Pentium3 @ 550 MHz. So tell us about your comp a bit. CPU Type, clock and RAM will do.

 

From my experience, in my old Athlon Thunderbird @ 1.2 GHz comp i was running a Geforce4 MX 64MB and i changed it to a FX5200 128 MB and stuffed the geforce4 into a P3@550 MHz.

I didnt notice any improvements with the new graphicscard on my comp and was pretty dissappointed. Besides FX5200 supports DirectX9, so some games run now, which didnt run before but still were close to unplayable.

I guess the slow CPU was the cause.

 

So if you have a somewhat decent PC with lets say 2.0+ GHz CPU Pentium or 1.8 GHz AMD it may be smarter to save another month.

If you have a comp like my old one around 1.2 GHz, an FX5200 will be sufficient, as its hard to get anything below that.

Edited September 6, 2005 by Madman

[pepinos]

i have nvidia 6800 gt, but due to the circumstances, it is unlikely to be strong enought for games,and emulators,since next winter

 

but for now,any nvidia card 6800 if you afford the money is a good choice..yet the 7800 series are too much high expensive

 

here the prices starts from 400 euros,and beyond

 

and also you need decent pc with at minimum 2 gigahertz

[wacko_jacko]

how a bout this :

Nvidia G-force 5200 128mb for about 60$

what you think?

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You won't be able to run much with that. For best bang for buck, try a NVIDIA 6600GT if you have AGP. If you have PCI-Express, you can get a 6600GT as well, but for a few more $, you can get a ATI X800GT. Both should be cheaper than $300 Australian, so around $200 US.

[Madman]

I have a Asus 6600 GT PCI-e in my Athlon64 3200+ and it runs everything just fine, from FarCry over Doom3 to HL2. From his question about the fx5200 i guess hes a little short on money (like all of us). I can rec the 6600GT it gives you the most fps for your buck (or Euro)

[Shibathedog]

Depends on WHICH Radeon and WHICH GeForce

 

Overall i reccomend ATi Cards of NVidia cards though

[Otaku Ichise]

get Nvidia Ge Force 7 series, its the best for gamers.

you will be hapy with it.

Edited October 17, 2005 by Otaku Ichise

[Madman]

get Nvidia Ge Force 7 series, its the best for gamers.

you will be hapy with it.

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Totally pointless if his CPU is too slow.

Unless he can afford a 6800 GT, which i doubt a bit due to the 5200 he asked for, the 6600 GT is the best atm, even if he must save some more.

the 7800 is out of question for anyone who is not rich or not a maniac.

Besides that, for emulation, the CPU weighs more.

 

Check my sig, i put it up with my specs now.

Edited October 17, 2005 by Madman

[Gryph]

Not to mention the 7800 is extremely expensive. However, the new ATIs do quite well compared to the 7800s. The latest is always expensive though. For best price/performance I'd go for a Radeon 9600/9700/9800 or GeForce 6600GT/6800. Those should all be under $200.

[Weirdy]

I like nvidia better

Edited October 17, 2005 by Weirdy

[Shibathedog]

Usually the way the Nvidia Vs ATi Race goes is ATi Will have some super card, Nvidia comes out with a better one for awhile, then ATi tops it for a super long time again.

 

Waiting to see if that will happen with the X1000....

 

Does anyone remember how long the Radeon 9800 series lasted? Omg it was tops for like years. You can STILL get away with using the XT.

[Jjangthekid]

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2005/10/1..._x1800xl/1.html

 

The ATI x1800xl is better in some fields and the 7800GT was better in other fields. Each has their pros and cons but being a fanboy that I am, I rather go with ATI.

[Shibathedog]

yeah id have to say i like ATi better in alot of ways

 

nVidia 6800GT is a sweet card tho for a good price