Geforce 3 Ti 200

[Mad Butter]

Hey Everybody! I am going to buy a Geforce 3 Ti 200. It is good. I have a Voodo 5 right now. Will I see a big difference??? I wouldcenjoy some feedback.




-evan

[Cisco Kid]

Originally posted by Mad Butter
Hey Everybody! I am going to buy a Geforce 3 Ti 200. It is good. I have a Voodo 5 right now. Will I see a big difference??? I wouldcenjoy some feedback.


You will see a huge difference in performance. The G3 Ti200 is a very good card.

What are going to pay cause another though is an OEM Radeon 8500 (250/250) for about $190 that will be faster than a G3 Ti200 and if you get one with fast ram you may be able to flash the bios to retail speed and possibly even get 300/300 out of it.

Also for $107 you can get a Radeon 7500 which are great imho. Mine is retail and does 342/281(mem 562) default is 290/230. Not as fast as a G3 Ti200 but = to and faster than an Ultra even when overclocked and faster than a G2 Ti200. Also costs about $50 to 60 less than a G3 Ti200, and can do TV out at 1024x768.

But if you are deadset on a G3 Ti200 you made a great choice, go with the Leadtek brand if ya can, solid cards.

Cisco Kid




-evan :cool:

[Akumu X]

congrats Cisco Kid for getting hired by ATI and all...

[Cisco Kid]

Originally posted by Akumu X
congrats Cisco Kid for getting hired by ATI and all...

Thanks man, can not help it it always happens , friends tell me the same thing LOL

What can I say best bang for ya buck is ATI

Cisco Kid:)

[Mad Butter]

Thanks you guys. Very much. Is Windows 98lite a good operating system to run it off of?? Will the Geforce 3 work well with 98?


-evan

[funnyperson1]

Originally posted by Akumu X
congrats Cisco Kid for getting hired by ATI and all...

Cisco Kid is right though, because for 30$ more than a Ti200 you can overclock an OEM 8500 far enough that it would crush most any Ti500 out there...hes just trying to present all aspects of the picture...

[RainMaQer]

In answer to your original question... YES!!! I went from a Voodoo 5 5500 AGP to my current vid card (see my sig below for sys specs).... wow.... I can't put it any other way... just wow:D

[Stephen Castles]

is going from a Geforce 2 mx 64 mb to a Radeon 8500 worth it where i will see a big difference ?

[Cisco Kid]

Originally posted by Stephen Castles
is going from a Geforce 2 mx 64 mb to a Radeon 8500 worth it where i will see a big difference ?


Huge performance increase to an 8500, you can not even compare the 2 cards the difference will be huge.

I went from a Radeon 64 DDR vivo to a Radeon 7500 and I saw a big improvement and a radeon 64 DDR vivo would beat a MX400 . You do the math.

Even if you went to a 7500 you will see a big improvement, newer technology is flat out faster.

Csico kid:cool:

[FerrariF50]

heheh Cisco Kid is on a role!
:cool: :D

[Mad Butter]

Will the Radeon 8,500 like windows 98 and does it have 64 mb.. And if it does. Is it DDR ram? What is the transfer rate of it??? How many Gb per second?

[el]

I have two v5 and I would trade both of them for another G3 200! the v5 is a great card but 32bit color and 4ish x AA at 1600x1200 is so pretty I just walk around in UT. sometimes I forget to fire since I am looking at the walls and the other models.

[Cisco Kid]

Originally posted by Mad Butter
Will the Radeon 8,500 like windows 98 and does it have 64 mb.. And if it does. Is it DDR ram? What is the transfer rate of it??? How many Gb per second?


The 8500 is pretty much the fastest card made right now along with the G3 Ti500. It has 64 DDR ram @ 3.6 ns in retail form. Go to ATIs site for all the specs on the card. Transfer of 2.4 gigatexels second.

It will work fine in 98, but why dont you get onto XP, it is so much more stable. gaming performance in XP is quite good.

here is a link for you to read more on it.

http://www.sharkeyextreme.com/hardware/videocards/article.php/932821

http://www.ati.com/na/pages/products/pc/radeon_8500/index.html

Cisco kid:cool:

[Stephen Castles]

does the radeon 8500 come in a VIVO model?, the last card i bought (this one) didn't have VIVO, and now i hate myself for not getting one with VIVO.

[FerrariF50]

Originally posted by Stephen Castles
does the radeon 8500 come in a VIVO model?, the last card i bought (this one) didn't have VIVO, and now i hate myself for not getting one with VIVO.


I think it's called the Ati Radeon 8500 all in wonder... and it's a little too much $$$ for me...

[FerrariF50]

Originally posted by el
I have two v5 and I would trade both of them for another G3 200! the v5 is a great card but 32bit color and 4ish x AA at 1600x1200 is so pretty I just walk around in UT. sometimes I forget to fire since I am looking at the walls and the other models.


yeah Ut is a awesome game.... I gotta get back to playing it after I totaly clean out my spare hard drive and reinstall Windows Xp again... make sure eveything is fresh so when I get my mobo things will go smooth :) Don't get me wrong but one of the defalt maps I like in Ut is the Phobos moon one... lol around and around we go :) I like standing on that metal thingy above the inside of the ship...

[Stephen Castles]

right now as far as money, about all i can afford is a MSI Geforce 2 GTS VIVO, All in wonder cards are very expensive.

[wildone]

YES,you will see a huge difference ,I have a ti200,which is faster then a regular gf3 ,and they overclock very well.My current 3d mark score is 7928 I think and thats under Win XP ,on win 98 you would probably hit 82-8300.You will see a huge performance difference either way you go.

wildone

[Stephen Castles]

i dont have money to upgrade at the moment, after looking some more, i found that the geoforce 2 ti 500 with vivo was affordable.

[Mad Butter]

Where is a good web site to get the radeon 8,500 from? They are only 200 I hope. Right?

[Cisco Kid]

Originally posted by Stephen Castles
right now as far as money, about all i can afford is a MSI Geforce 2 GTS VIVO, All in wonder cards are very expensive.


You may wanna consider a radeon 64 DDR vivo for about $145 US. It is a very overclockable card if you buy it in retail form. Look for the SE model that comes with 5ns ddr ram. Mine would do 245/490 with ramsinks and a lapped blue orb, performance should be on par with a Geforce 2 Ti200 or just a touch behind. But you will get much better 2 D video and DVD playback as well as great vivo.

Cisco Kid:D

[Cisco Kid]

Originally posted by Stephen Castles
does the radeon 8500 come in a VIVO model?, the last card i bought (this one) didn't have VIVO, and now i hate myself for not getting one with VIVO.


8500 is available in a vivo model it is called the 8500DV and it is sweet best reasonably priced multimedia card available hands down.

Cisco Kid:D

[Mad Butter]

Thank you but do you know a store or website that is trust worthy and will get me the right profuct nd wont rip me off. Cause I have a voddo 5 5500 and I bought it from a company onloine and my computer only reads it at 32mb of ram on it but it boots up as 64mb of ram. Any suggestions?


-evan

[Cisco Kid]

Go to pricewatch.com check the vendors, many of them have ratings on what they are like.

Cisco kid

I can only suggest some good Canadian ones that you probably do not need.

cisco Kid:)

[RainMaQer]

I have a voddo 5 5500 and I bought it from a company onloine and my computer only reads it at 32mb of ram on it but it boots up as 64mb of ram.

That's actually a "lie" on 3DFXs' behalf.... the memory is actually divided... 32 meg per chip... comes out to 64 but both chips process the same data from different memory... to sum it up it stores 1 texture twice, one for the first 32 megs and one for the second 32... can't remember where I read that...

[wolfsid]

I like the geforce 3 ti 200 or 500 better then radion just because its cleaner graphics i think compared to the overclocking yes you can get a little more out of the radion but what is speed without quality...:cool:

[iggybaseball]

during christmas i should be going from ONBOARD 8mb to a Radeon 8500. I say should because i want to get the epox8kha+ and a new monitor and cpu and i will have to work out how i get the rest of the money

[Stephen Castles]

i'm getting the EPOX 8KHA+ tommorow, but i dont have any DDR ram to use with it :(:eek: :confused: :mad:

[wolfsid]

Originally posted by Stephen Castles
i'm getting the EPOX 8KHA+ tommorow, but i dont have any DDR ram to use with it :(:eek: :confused: :mad:


OMG why on earth do you buy a board and no ram with it when upgrade i try buying everthing at once just makes it easyer for rma's :D

[Stephen Castles]

realax, i'm not buying it, it's my christmas present.:cool: I do have money for ram, i just cant use the mobo imediatly because i dont have the ram at the moment.

[wolfsid]

Originally posted by Stephen Castles
realax, i'm not buying it, it's my christmas present.:cool: I do have money for ram, i just cant use the mobo imediatly because i dont have the ram at the moment.

Sweet what kind of ddr U getting i get either pc2700 or if you can wait get pc3000 from Ocz.

[Stephen Castles]

about all i can afford is a 128mb stick at the moment, maybe from work, which is mushkin ram, it would cost me like $35 or something.

[wolfsid]

Originally posted by Stephen Castles
about all i can afford is a 128mb stick at the moment, maybe from work, which is mushkin ram, it would cost me like $35 or something.

not bad i seen some of them at 150 fsb stable