ATI RADEON 32MB DDR. DOES IT WORTH?

[diablo1]

I am a disatisfied owner of a geforce 2mx card and I'm thinking to buy a Radeon 32MB DDR. Does it worth? Is it better than Geforce256 DDR chipset? Any advice would be very helpful.
NOTE: DONT TELL ME ABOUT RADEON LE. I DONT WANT IT SINCE ITS WORST THAT RADEON 32MB DDR AND THE MONEY ISN'T BIG TROUBLE(ALTROUGH I cANT AFFORD TO BUY THE 64MB VERSION).

 

[hclarkjr]

i have the card you are talking about and switched from a asus geforce DDR to this card. you will like the improved image quality but if you are a frame per second nut you will be better off staying witht he geforce. the radeon is a little slower but nothing major.

 

[diablo1]

I prefer fast speed, good visual quality. So Geforce256 or radeon?

 

[hclarkjr]

well if you want both get the radeon and overclock it like i did. the default speed on the radeon is 166 i have it at 183 right now with no trouble at all. it benches out at about the same 3dmark2000 score as my geforce did when it is overclocked.

 

[rbV5]

Money IS a problem, the Radeon64 DDR is not much more than a Radeon 32 DDR, If you can't afford the Radeon64 DDR, you realy need to research a little better, repeat after me "The Radeon 32DDR Le is the best low cost 3D gaming card period" LOL, really though a registry tweak to enable hyper-z and a little overclocking puts the Le performance on par with the retail 32DDR for almost half the price...your choice.

 

[diablo1]

Well even when you overclock radeon le,still the radeon 32mb ddr is better (even a few) thats the hole point!

 

[oldfart]

The LE will perform withing a couple fps of a 32 DDR when tweaked. Another thing: When the LE first came out, it was 1/2 the price of a 32 DDR. This is no longer true. I was in Curcuit City this weekend and saw retail 32 DDRs for $99 after rebate. The 64 DDR was $179 after rebate. The 64 DDR is really nice if you can swing it. If not, and you are uncomfortable with the LE, you can find a good deal on the normal 32 DDR.

 

[lifeguard1999]

The Radeon LE is available for $79 shipped from newegg.com. Hack the registry and o/c it, and you have a card that is almost as fast as a GeForce2 and significantly faster than a GeForce 256.

Then again, the prices on the GeForce line of cards is falling. A Geforce2 is less than $150. The KyroII card will be coming out soon (this month I believe) and it will cost around the same price point.

All in all, it is a great time to buy CPUs, memory, and video cards.

 

[rbV5]

<I was in Curcuit City this weekend and saw retail 32 DDRs for $99 after rebate>

OK, there you go! Nice price on the 32ddr. I didn't realize the DDR had dropped so much....

 

[oldfart]

Yeah, you have to be careful. This stuff changes fast. I'm not so sure the LE is quite the &quot;hot deal&quot; its was a short time ago.

 

[bupkus]

I just called Circuit City and asked about the Radeon 32 DDR for $129-$30 rebate for $99 and he said it's the VE. Isn't that the one that's slower than the LE?

 

[duragezic]

Yeah the VE is crap, it's only good for dual-head.

Well the LE is only a little cheaper than the Retail 32ddr but like others said, all you do is enable hyper-z via the registry and overclock it to Retail speeds and wow you basically have a Radeon 32ddr retail.

 

[oldfart]

I could swear the one I saw was a retail DDR 32. It was $99 after rebate. They had the VE for $99 with no rebate. Who knows, I could be wrong (it wouldn't be the first time).