Video card suggestions?

Specs are Sony Vaio Pentium 1.8 .. 512 meg ram..GF Ti200...Looking at getting a new video card but don't want to put a small fortune into a soon to be obsolete box (ain't they all :) Any suggestions on good mid price range card? Would the ATI 9600 pro be a decent increase for the 150.00 or do? For Nvidia what would be the logical choice? Mainly run NR2003 and the mods. Opinions welcome and appreciated. Dan

> Specs are Sony Vaio Pentium 1.8 .. 512 meg ram..GF Ti200...Looking atgetting a > new video card but don't want to put a small fortune into a soon to beobsolete > box (ain't they all :) Any suggestions on good mid price range card? Wouldthe > ATI 9600 pro be a decent increase for the 150.00 or do? For Nvidia whatwould > be the logical choice? Mainly run NR2003 and the mods. Opinions welcomeand > appreciated. Well, I own a Ti4400 but the general opinion seems to be that the 9600 is good all-round choice at the moment. From what I understand, most people in this group seem to feel that ATI's drivers are fine with games like N2003, F1C, GPL etc. Is that right ATI owners?

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 18:30:28 +1000, "Steve Simpson" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Well, I own a Ti4400 but the general opinion seems to be that the 9600 is >good all-round choice at the moment. From what I understand, most people in >this group seem to feel that ATI's drivers are fine with games like N2003, >F1C, GPL etc. Is that right ATI owners? >I went from a 4400 to a 9700 Pro recently and have been extremely happy with it. -- Andrew. To email unscramble [email hidden] & remove spamtrap. Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards, please don't top post. Trim messages to quote only relevent text. Check groups.google.com before asking a question.

> Well, I own a Ti4400 but the general opinion seems to be that the 9600 is > good all-round choice at the moment. From what I understand, most peoplein > this group seem to feel that ATI's drivers are fine with games like N2003, > F1C, GPL etc. Is that right ATI owners? Yep. I use to think that not having as many driver options as Nvidia has with all its beta drivers floating around would be a bad thing. I have not misssed the driver of the week of Nvidia at all. My second 3d video board was the ATI Rage Maxx Fury and from that I went to a Geforce 2 then Geforce 3. While the Nvidia performance was great I missed the visual quality of the ATI cards. Now that I have a 9700 pro I have the best of both worlds. Now I just need a better CPU to push it than my 2100xp. MadDAWG

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>> Specs are Sony Vaio Pentium 1.8 .. 512 meg ram..GF Ti200...Looking >> at getting a new video card but don't want to put a small fortune >> into a soon to be obsolete box (ain't they all :) Any suggestions on >> good mid price range card? Would the ATI 9600 pro be a decent >> increase for the 150.00 or do? For Nvidia what would be the logical >> choice? Mainly run NR2003 and the mods. Opinions welcome and >> appreciated. > > Well, I own a Ti4400 but the general opinion seems to be that the > 9600 is good all-round choice at the moment. From what I understand, > most people in this group seem to feel that ATI's drivers are fine > with games like N2003, F1C, GPL etc. Is that right ATI owners?

I really like my 9700 Pro with cat 3.7 drivers, runs N2003 very well in D3D - however, I am seeing some graphic corruption after installing the patch for N2003. -- Don Burnette remove clothes when replying via email

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 07:10:34 -0500, "Don Burnette" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I really like my 9700 Pro with cat 3.7 drivers, runs N2003 very well in >D3D - however, I am seeing some graphic corruption after installing the >patch for N2003. Strange, it is working fine for me with the same setup. -- Andrew. To email unscramble [email hidden] & remove spamtrap. Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards, please don't top post. Trim messages to quote only relevent text. Check groups.google.com before asking a question.

Don't have a definitive answer for you but I bought a new video card yesterday. The day before that I installed a new cpu. Getting my card delivered tomorrow. Had a Athlon XP 1700+. Now have a 2400+. Had a Geforce3 Ti 200. Here is the deal on the new card... Description Qty Price Total Visiontek Xtasy G4 TI 4600 [Item: 108489] 1 $122.00 $122.00 Subtotal $122.00 Shipping $13.94 Tax $0.00 Total $135.94 I understand it's not the greatest card in the world, but hey, look at what you get for what you pay. The reason I say it's not the definitive answer is that all the guys are happy with their ATI cards. No problem with that. Nvidia may not have the best cards but when this card came out it was the best available. Also it was about 400 bucks. Maybe you could find one for about 175 on ebay if you are lucky. Anyway good luck. Leftyx BTW I run GPL, N2k3, and LFS on my current card and they run pretty good. Can't wait to see what the new card does. Also I believe the ATI 9600 got blown out by the TI4600. "Bamadano" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Specs are Sony Vaio Pentium 1.8 .. 512 meg ram..GF Ti200...Looking atgetting a > new video card but don't want to put a small fortune into a soon to beobsolete > box (ain't they all :) Any suggestions on good mid price range card? Wouldthe > ATI 9600 pro be a decent increase for the 150.00 or do? For Nvidia whatwould > be the logical choice? Mainly run NR2003 and the mods. Opinions welcomeand > appreciated. > Dan

Thanks all. Looks like it's down to the ATI 9600 of the G4 Ti 4600. Dan

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> Don't have a definitive answer for you but I bought a new video card > yesterday. The day before that I installed a new cpu. Getting my card > delivered tomorrow. Had a Athlon XP 1700+. Now have a 2400+. Had a Geforce3 > Ti 200. Here is the deal on the new card... > > Description Qty Price Total > Visiontek Xtasy G4 TI 4600 > [Item: 108489] 1 $122.00 $122.00 > Subtotal $122.00 > Shipping $13.94 > Tax $0.00 > Total $135.94 > > > I understand it's not the greatest card in the world, but hey, look at what > you get for what you pay. The reason I say it's not the definitive answer is > that all the guys are happy with their ATI cards. No problem with that. > Nvidia may not have the best cards but when this card came out it was the > best available. Also it was about 400 bucks. Maybe you could find one for > about 175 on ebay if you are lucky. Anyway good luck. > > Leftyx > > BTW I run GPL, N2k3, and LFS on my current card and they run pretty good. > Can't wait to see what the new card does. Also I believe the ATI 9600 got > blown out by the TI4600. >

Yes, the 4600 beats the 9600 pro....until, you turn on anti-aliasing and anisotropic, where the 9600 trounces the 4600.

"Will" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > "Jordan Sacks" <[email hidden]> wrote in messagenews:<V3ncb.8333$[email hidden]>... > > Don't have a definitive answer for you but I bought a new video card > > yesterday. The day before that I installed a new cpu. Getting my card > > delivered tomorrow. Had a Athlon XP 1700+. Now have a 2400+. Had aGeforce3

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> > Ti 200. Here is the deal on the new card... > > > > Description Qty Price Total > > Visiontek Xtasy G4 TI 4600 > > [Item: 108489] 1 $122.00 $122.00 > > Subtotal $122.00 > > Shipping $13.94 > > Tax $0.00 > > Total $135.94 > > > > > > I understand it's not the greatest card in the world, but hey, look at

what > > you get for what you pay. The reason I say it's not the definitiveanswer is > > that all the guys are happy with their ATI cards. No problem with that. > > Nvidia may not have the best cards but when this card came out it wasthe > > best available. Also it was about 400 bucks. Maybe you could find onefor > > about 175 on ebay if you are lucky. Anyway good luck. > > > > Leftyx > > > > BTW I run GPL, N2k3, and LFS on my current card and they run prettygood. > > Can't wait to see what the new card does. Also I believe the ATI 9600got > > blown out by the TI4600. > > > Yes, the 4600 beats the 9600 pro....until, you turn on anti-aliasing > and anisotropic, where the 9600 trounces the 4600. trounces is being kind....

Thanks for the info. Where did you find it? Ebay prices are running higher. A lot of MSI brand on Ebay. Never heard of this one. Anybody familiar with MSI? Dan <snip> Here is the deal on the new card... Visiontek Xtasy G4 TI 4600 [Item: 108489] 1 $122.00 $122.00 Subtotal $122.00 Shipping $13.94 Tax $0.00 Total $135.94

Dan I purposely didn't give the name of the company because I believe the Ti4600 was a closeout at that price. I don't think they have anymore at that price. I guess I got lucky. On the other hand when I upgraded to the AthonXP2400+ the 3dmark2001 score only went up 200 but when I put in the Ti4600 it went up 4500 points to about double what it was. That blew me away. And on the other hand...whew that's a lot of hands... the guys with the ATI 9600 says it beats the Ti4600 badly with AA and Aniso so they may have a point. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful. I really am. One thing about the Visiontek is it's the barebones card without tons of software etc...most of which I don't want or need anyway. And it came with PowerDVD whichi is a dynamite DVD player software. Leftyx "Bamadano" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Thanks for the info. Where did you find it? Ebay prices are runninghigher. A > lot of MSI brand on Ebay. Never heard of this one. Anybody familiar withMSI?

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> Dan > > <snip> > Here is the deal on the new card... > Visiontek Xtasy G4 TI 4600 > [Item: 108489] 1 $122.00 $122.00 > Subtotal $122.00 > Shipping $13.94 > Tax $0.00 > Total $135.94

Thanks...I understand Leftyx. I appreciate the info on the card. If you change your mind..remove nospam :) Dan

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>Dan > I purposely didn't give the name of the company because I believe the >Ti4600 was a closeout at that price. I don't think they have anymore at that >price. I guess I got lucky. > On the other hand when I upgraded to the AthonXP2400+ the 3dmark2001 >score only went up 200 but when I put in the Ti4600 it went up 4500 points >to about double what it was. That blew me away. > And on the other hand...whew that's a lot of hands... the guys with the >ATI 9600 says it beats the Ti4600 badly with AA and Aniso so they may have a >point. > > Sorry I couldn't be more helpful. I really am. > > One thing about the Visiontek is it's the barebones card without tons of >software etc...most of which I don't want or need anyway. And it came with >PowerDVD whichi is a dynamite DVD player software. > >Leftyx > >"Bamadano" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> Thanks for the info. Where did you find it? Ebay prices are running >higher. A >> lot of MSI brand on Ebay. Never heard of this one. Anybody familiar with >MSI? >> Dan >> >> <snip> >> Here is the deal on the new card... >> Visiontek Xtasy G4 TI 4600 >> [Item: 108489] 1 $122.00 $122.00 >> Subtotal $122.00 >> Shipping $13.94 >> Tax $0.00 >> Total $135.94 > > > > > >