Question regarding which card is better?

notstrider · Oct 28, 2005

First off, i don't know much about video cards. The cards that i have at my disposal were given to me for free. The system that i'm currently using is a p4 3.06ghz 512mb ram(i can provide more info if requested). My question is, right now I have an Nvidia Vanta/Vanta LT AGP 8mb card in, and recently I was given an ATI Radeon 7000 64mb PCI card. I'm just curious should I stick with the nvidia card for now, or switch it to the ATI? I had the ATI card in the other day, and came upon some video problems. ie. the screen would lock up and sometimes the screen would be garbled. thanks.

nkcd · Oct 28, 2005

both of your cards are so out dated right now...

ATI and nVidia are a lot better than they were, so you won't make a wrong choice regardless.

notstrider · Oct 28, 2005

haha, yeah. they were free, so it doesn't bother me. i'll probably just get a newer card this weekend. hehe. thanks. should i even take a chance to try an overclock one of them, or should i not even bother?

nkcd · Oct 28, 2005

nah, don't bother to mess with them

They're good for servers and stuff though

so what card are you getting? ATI's are getting cheaper though

notstrider · Oct 28, 2005

i'm not even sure to be honest. what would be good? i don't want to spend a lot of money on one, preferrably between $40-70. if possible.

nkcd · Oct 28, 2005

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notstrider said:
i'm not even sure to be honest. what would be good? i don't want to spend a lot of money on one, preferrably between $40-70. if possible.

Seriously, with that budget, it's kinda hard. save a lil more and be patient to ~$110 and get the nVidia 6600GT or leadtek 6800LE and unlock it.....

RangerXLT8 · Oct 28, 2005

notstrider said:
i'm not even sure to be honest. what would be good? i don't want to spend a lot of money on one, preferrably between $40-70. if possible.

You can probably find a ATI radeon 9200 in that price range. 9200 was my first aftermarket card and I loved it.

sean478 · Oct 30, 2005

get a geforce 4 ti for that price

(4200/4400/4600)

the radeon 7000 would be alot better than that vanta

Yuriman · Oct 30, 2005

Try and find a Radeon 8500, or 9100. The Ti series can't play Battlefield 2.

I think you might be able to get a new 9600np, or maybe a refurbished Pro or XT for that price.

stang8118 · Oct 30, 2005

I would try ebay and pick up a cheap 9600pro or xt. Also please use a driver cleaner if your switching from ati > nvidia or vis versa.

Use this to clean out any old video drivers you have laying around (btw use this in safemode!)

http://www.drivercleaner.net/dc.htm

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