Radeon 9000 Pro or TI4200


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I am going to be buying a new video card in the next month and wondering what do guys think I should go with a Radeon 9000 Pro or Ti4200?

I currently have a GF4 MX 440

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than the TI 4200? you kiddin? HEHE... the 9000 beats the MX 460 by a lil and the TI 4200 stomps all over it.

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.html?i=1655&p=6

just for the hell of it.. go there and you'll see... in UT 2003

ATI Radeon 9000 Pro (64MB) 141 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 (128MB) 198 FPS

so that's a no brainer!

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Hey SHoTTa35

I looked at the comparison but the comparison is between a 64MB card and128MB card. I am looking at a ATI Radeon 9000 Pro (128MB)

Do you know any site that compares these cards with the same amount of memory against each other?

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actually the 128MB card would only be faster in a 1600 X 1200 X 32 bit world. And no the 9000 Pro still wont ever beat the TI 4200s It's just a faster card. As for the 9700s those things ROX!! I'm sorry i love nVidia but that thing mops the floor full of **** with the GF4 Ti 4600s!!! If i was going to upgrade soon i'd get that card for sure.

the 128MB version would only give you a lil more FPS, maybe 10 if that. And it's actually slower too.. the ram chips are slower and soemtimes like 50Mhz slower

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Thanks guys for responses

grimlock you are right I would never spend $400.00 on a video card. I usually upgrade my video card every year and I want to upgrade my video card to a faster one soon.

Doom 3 is coming out one day and I want a card that will be support by the game and allow me to play the game at 1280X1024 in 32bit color, the Ti4200 is looking good

By the way does anybody know if the Ti4200 comes with a adapter that would allow me to connect a CRT monitor to the DVI port?

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realmccoy, Most cards come with the connector to connect the CRT to the DVI ports. If they don't then they usually have both DVI and VGA ports, and you can use either one or both. If you go with a Ti4200 I would recommend Gainward, I have two of them myself.

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Originally posted by SHoTTa35

than the TI 4200? you kiddin? HEHE... the 9000 beats the MX 460 by a lil and the TI 4200 stomps all over it.

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.html?i=1655&p=6

just for the hell of it.. go there and you'll see... in UT 2003

ATI Radeon 9000 Pro (64MB) 141 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 (128MB) 198 FPS

so that's a no brainer!

even the Parhelia is kicking the R8000 ass on that benchie :p

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wait for Radeon9500, i think there will be one like that out, and it'll be like low-radeon9700 and i think it'll be at good price.. beats gf4ti4200 for sure ;)

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get a ti4200 of course

performence wise and driver issues wise, ti4200 is the deal in ur case

(i'm sure u don't want those buggy ATi drivers, althought 8500's had improved much since but it's still VERY BUGGY!, not recommand presonally)

and price-wise, ti4200 is only like $40-50 bucks more, that's really not much

unless u'r going for image quality, tv-out feature, and dvd quality, then i guess u can go drop $$ in ATi's pocket:P

p.s. i own 8500 but i'm also had a mental breakdown due to its game incapability....

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Radeon9000 and Radeon9000Pro were made to compete with the GF4MX seriers, and they are beating them without any problems, they weren't made to compete with the Ti series, the 9500 should be the competer along with 9700 the king for now :knocked-o

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I'm in kind of a similiar situation. Currently I have an old ATI Rage Fury 128. I want to upgrade my video card (as well as some other components). I was looking at getting a 8500 128MB or even the 8500LE since they are well priced. But then there are the new cards coming out as well as the Ti4200.

I don't want to spend loads of cash (since it would just be bottlenecked by the rest of my PC), but I want something that will be able to run UT 2003, Doom3 etc effectively. What would be the best choice for under $175 in the next month or so.

My CPU is only a 850MHz T-Bird, so almost everything will perform about the same I think since my cpu is slow.

What should I do?

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I recommend the Nvidia card and here are the reasons:

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1-Providing the ultimate platform for digital entertainment, NVIDIA's GPUs are the overwhelming choice to power more than 600 of the hottest new games - including PC and Xbox titles - on display at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). From Tomb Raider's Lara Croft to the online world of EverQuest to the newest wave of games for the Xbox game console, NVIDIA GPUs provide the graphics processing power needed to unleash stunning 3D worlds and the most life-like character animations ever seen in interactive entertainment.

2-Nvidia has a better track record than ATI: Nvidia's drivers and tech support are much better than ATI's.

3-GEFORCE 4 ROCKS!!!!!!!!:p

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If you check out the reviews of 64MB 9000Pro VS 64MBTi4200 most sites are saying to go with the Ti4200 as they're normally within $30US of the 9000Pro, but do better for gaming.

I've personally got a Ti4400 currently, so no real reason to upgrade unless the 9700 just totally blows *everything* away.

Ah, I love having a hardware shop on the side....

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