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My friend said 9700 is better, but i want expert advice.
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Should i get ti4600 or radeon 9700?
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the 9700 is better, there is absolutley no comparison in any way whatsoever. with that out of the way you must consider the price. the 9700 is like 350 dollars, because it is a very new video card, and very good. vs the 4600 which is probably more like 250 dollars depending on what company and what retailer you buy from. someone will probably mention that at the end of this year there will be a new nvidia card but im not sure if its gonna be that much better than the 9700. i just thought i would get that out of the way as well, so i could save someone else a post. 
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Is it $100 dollars better? All depends on the user. If you have a not-so-hot monitor that doesn't support high resolutions or you are like me and still play Team Fortress Half Life more than the next ten games combined, the 9700 may be overkill. Or for that matter, a Ti4600 may be overkill. If you are looking for the card that can play Doom 3 silky smooth with all the trimmings, why not wait for Doom 3 to hit the shelves? I assure you both cards, and whatever is to follow, will have dropped dramatically in price. It's all about Bang-For-The-Buck!
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uhhhhh, 9700
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ATI only option ever. Mcuh better features, and great driver now. Much better than the last few years. Even an 8500 o/ced would give the geforce4s a run for their money.
I would get the 9700 fer sure if you are looking but if you can wait a bit price will drop a bit.
It is a sweet card, personally I do not think the NV30 will be much better if at all I think they will be equal cards imho.
Guess time will tell, maybe I will be wrong who knows, but KUDOS to ATI for now.
cisco Kid
It is a sweet card, personally I do not think the NV30 will be much better if at all I think they will be equal cards imho.
Guess time will tell, maybe I will be wrong who knows, but KUDOS to ATI for now.
cisco Kid
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Get a Ti4200 or Ti4400. The latter can be had for like $180 now.
Demont said:
they are still to expensive, in my opinion when the video card is more expensive than any other component in your rig that is not right! 8500 soooo cheap, very good. maybe when the 4400 gets down to like 125.
exactly my thoughts
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Make sure you have a motherboard that supports 8x.
Radeon 9700 is 8x, isn't it?
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Radeon 9700 is 8x, isn't it?
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Cullam3n said:
R9700 supports AGP (2X/4X/8X)
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