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jbarket · 01-06-05, 03:53 AM

I know that it's going to be difficult if not impossible to compare these cards considering the sheer amount of time between their releases. I was curious, however, if anyone here could provide some insight into comparitive performance of these two cards.

I know it's a little silly, but this Geforce 3 Ti has run Doom 3 with decent settings at playable FPS, and even though the 9250 is a much newer card, it seems unlikely it could do the same.

A friend's little bro is getting ready for his first build, and if the Geforce 3 Ti will outrun the 9250, giving it to him will free up some of his budget for other things.

ferria · 01-06-05, 08:43 AM

The Gforce 3 Ti series cards are great value.I still have a Leadtek Ti 500 running in one of my systems and it plays all games on decent settings,of course dont except to see any of the DX9 eye candys.

Yuriman · 01-06-05, 11:48 AM

The Ti500 is comparable to the radeon 9000pro, which is 275/275. The 9250 is clocked at 240/200, and costs a lot more because it has 256mb of ram. I would say generaly the Ti would be faster. Now, if you can get your hands on a radeon 8500, thats another story...

LmpPns · 01-06-05, 01:43 PM

The 8500 wonder days are over, ever since manufacturers caught wind of the 8500/8500LE mania they started putting all sorts of crappy cores/RAM in their PCBs, and then down-clocking them way past the default clock speed, simply because they couldn't do run that high anyway.

Geforce 3's are great, same architecture as the Geforce 4's. If your friend's little brother is getting a system with PCI express, I would get a Geforce 6200. Otherwise, the Geforce 3 Ti you have or a $50 Geforce 4 Ti-4600 off of eBay is appealing.

jbarket · 01-06-05, 07:44 PM

Thanks for the advice guys. I figured the 3 would be a better card, but I didn't want to end up giving him something worse than he was going to buy.

I actually just got the Geforce 3 Titanium for free when I helped a friend swap in a 6800 GT, so it's just a freebie for the kid, so he can spend his money on something worthwhile instead of a 9250.

TUK101 · 01-06-05, 08:57 PM

I have a few TI200s that I use in my kids' computers they still work great. How much memory is on each card? If one has 128 and the other has 64mb then I would take the one with more memory since they are very close in perfromance.

01-06-05, 03:53 AM	#1
jbarket Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Little Rock, AR	Weird benchmark question: 9250 or Geforce 3 Titanium? I know that it's going to be difficult if not impossible to compare these cards considering the sheer amount of time between their releases. I was curious, however, if anyone here could provide some insight into comparitive performance of these two cards. I know it's a little silly, but this Geforce 3 Ti has run Doom 3 with decent settings at playable FPS, and even though the 9250 is a much newer card, it seems unlikely it could do the same. A friend's little bro is getting ready for his first build, and if the Geforce 3 Ti will outrun the 9250, giving it to him will free up some of his budget for other things. __________________ Lian Li PC-60 Athlon64 3200+ [Winchester] @ 2.45Ghz MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI eVGA nVidia Geforce 6800GT @ 410/1105

01-06-05, 08:43 AM	#2
ferria Member Join Date: Feb 2002	The Gforce 3 Ti series cards are great value.I still have a Leadtek Ti 500 running in one of my systems and it plays all games on decent settings,of course dont except to see any of the DX9 eye candys. __________________ EVERY DAY WE HAVE, ITS ONE MORE THEN WE DESERVE !! main rig:P4@2.2 asus P4T,60 GIG IBM,Gforce4Ti4400 gaming rig:AMD XP 2200,GA-7VRXP,120 GIG WD 8 MB cache drive,1gig OCZ 2700 memory,MAYA edition RADEON PRO 9700 ohh and almost forgot this is all packed in a COOLER MASTER CASE

01-06-05, 01:43 PM	#4
LmpPns Member Join Date: Jun 2004	The 8500 wonder days are over, ever since manufacturers caught wind of the 8500/8500LE mania they started putting all sorts of crappy cores/RAM in their PCBs, and then down-clocking them way past the default clock speed, simply because they couldn't do run that high anyway. Geforce 3's are great, same architecture as the Geforce 4's. If your friend's little brother is getting a system with PCI express, I would get a Geforce 6200. Otherwise, the Geforce 3 Ti you have or a $50 Geforce 4 Ti-4600 off of eBay is appealing. __________________ Desktop C2D E8400 @ 3.75GHz (MB 417FSB wall) \| 2x2GB PC-1000 DDR2 \| Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3L \| Gigabyte Radeon HD 4890 1GB (1GHz Core, 1.15GHz Memory) \| Seagate Barracuda 7200.11/WD Raptor 74GB/Maxtor DiamondMax 10 250GB \| Antec EA650 650W \| Xigmatek 120mm Rifle Cooler \| Silverstone SST-TJ06B-W \| Dell 2405 FPW LCD\| \| Logitech Z5500 Laptop Inspiron E1705 \| Yonah 1.83GHz \| Geforce 7900GS \| 2GB DDR2-667 \| 100 GB 7200 RPM HDD

01-06-05, 07:44 PM	#5
jbarket Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Little Rock, AR	Thanks for the advice guys. I figured the 3 would be a better card, but I didn't want to end up giving him something worse than he was going to buy. I actually just got the Geforce 3 Titanium for free when I helped a friend swap in a 6800 GT, so it's just a freebie for the kid, so he can spend his money on something worthwhile instead of a 9250. __________________ Lian Li PC-60 Athlon64 3200+ [Winchester] @ 2.45Ghz MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI eVGA nVidia Geforce 6800GT @ 410/1105

01-06-05, 08:57 PM	#6
TUK101 Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Wash. State	I have a few TI200s that I use in my kids' computers they still work great. How much memory is on each card? If one has 128 and the other has 64mb then I would take the one with more memory since they are very close in perfromance. __________________ Asus A8N-E; 1gig OCZ; GF7600GS; Samsung SyncMaster997df 19 inch flat screen 2X XP 1700 based computers for the kids :attn: My Heatware: http://heatware.com/eval.php?id=8937

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01-06-05, 11:48 AM	#3
Yuriman Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: The OCFORUMS	The Ti500 is comparable to the radeon 9000pro, which is 275/275. The 9250 is clocked at 240/200, and costs a lot more because it has 256mb of ram. I would say generaly the Ti would be faster. Now, if you can get your hands on a radeon 8500, thats another story...