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i have postponed my b-day gift, for i could not decide on which card to get. This card will go to my future dual rig, doin' my school work--need a card with good 2d quality as well 3d rendering ability.
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ge4 and 8500, which one got better 2d quality?
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Go with the Geforce 4, probally the best bet will be the Ti4200. There is nothing that can touch the Geforce 4's right now.
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well you said 2d quality...correct me if I'm wrong but the Radeons are the BEST of the BEST when it comes to 2d...I colors are so much sharper and clearer...but when it comes to 3d then yes the gf4 dominates....so really it is a stalemate....I would say probably go with gf4 ti4200 if you want ALL our speed but if it is quality (which is what I look for) go with the Radeon 8500!
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maybe i should be more specific, mainly photoshop will be all i work on. still got with ti4200?
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Yeah go with the Ti4200 all around its your best bet
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hitman, could me give me a link or two, so i can do more research on ti4200? thanz man.
Thanz ya all btw
Thanz ya all btw
I'll have to dig them up, but don't worry, I'll post them(ehh if I can find them lol most of them were links from the forum but i think I can find one or two) I'll edit this post when I find them.
Here's the edit
here's one from hardocp though they don't use the 128mb version which is a realy shame.
http://www.hardocp.com/reviews/vidcards/nvidia/gf4ti4200/index.html
Here's a shorter one
http://www.hardocp.com/reviews/vidcards/nvidia/gf4ti42/index.html
Here's one that thankfully includes the 128mb version.
http://www.tech-report.com/reviews/2002q2/geforce4-ti4200/index.x?pg=1
finally, here's one on GF4's in general
http://www.techtv.com/products/hardware/story/0,23008,3371045,00.html
that should be enough reading for now. If you want/need more, I'm sure I could scrounge up a couple extra.
Here's the edit
here's one from hardocp though they don't use the 128mb version which is a realy shame.
http://www.hardocp.com/reviews/vidcards/nvidia/gf4ti4200/index.html
Here's a shorter one
http://www.hardocp.com/reviews/vidcards/nvidia/gf4ti42/index.html
Here's one that thankfully includes the 128mb version.
http://www.tech-report.com/reviews/2002q2/geforce4-ti4200/index.x?pg=1
finally, here's one on GF4's in general
http://www.techtv.com/products/hardware/story/0,23008,3371045,00.html
that should be enough reading for now. If you want/need more, I'm sure I could scrounge up a couple extra.
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i would just wait
ATI is working on a new card as i speak
its supposed to be 25% more powerful than gf4 TI4600
ATI is working on a new card as i speak
its supposed to be 25% more powerful than gf4 TI4600
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If 2d is really what you want, you should look at Matrox.
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Yeah I had a matrox G400max and it was really nice. I totally forgot about matrox until nihili mentioned them. They are really reliable, I had mine for 2 1/2 years without any problems.
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No offence but do you have anything valid on this card? All I've heard are rumors. Besides that, the R250 is suppose to come out before the one you're talking about and is suppose to compete with the Ti4200. So it may be some time before we see the R300. I remember this being brought up in about January and many places said, "It will only be a short time before we see ATI's next card" Well, now it's about 4 months later and haven't seen any updates. If you have something valid, I'd really like to see it because I am very interested in the card. Nihili made a good point, you may want to look into Matrox cards as well.
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Mhypertext said:
Plus how long do you plan on waiting. If it hasent even been announced yet (officially) figure 6 months. Maybe more.
My point is, there is always something faster coming, but if we all always waiting for something faster wed all be running voodoo1's.
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Dual rig is costly, a pair of hdd is not cheap either, not to mention the price of a 500w+ psu, as a result, a somehow tigh budge, 250max, so nothing fancy. I was looking for readeon 8500 64mb version, since i heard so many good thing about them, but again, their drivers suck (from what i have seen, at least). Ge3 200 or 500 is nice, but i am not srue about their 2d quality against ATI.. Matrox? i got one in my box, and they are pretty good looking too, but no thanz, me still got some games to play
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