ATI Radeon or Voodoo4 4500?

[PlunX]

I recently bought a TNT2 M64 that would freeze after running Windows for about ten minutes.. I took it back and used some of the money to buy a 3D Prophet II MX (GeForce2 MX) and it did the exact same thing (I'm thinking it might be a problem with the nVidia chips on my motherboard or something). I really can't dish out any more more, and since both the ATI Radeon and the Voodoo4 4500 are $149 at Fry's Electronics, I need to pick which one I want to get.. Which one performs better?

 

[john433i]

The Radeon will be faster. It also has better support for future games. Is this $149 Radeon the SDR or the DDR version?

 

[PlunX]

DDR version. It's $199 with a $50 mail-in rebate. 32MB.

 

[Ardennes]

The radeon is 199 at fry's?????? Last I saw it was around 279. Also how do you get rebate??? Can you find this deal online?

 

[PlunX]

I've been searching for a Fry's website for a long time now, and all that I've ever found were "Fry's Electronics sucks!" sites and stuff. I haven't had any problems with them, though.

I saw the add in the paper this morning but I had my mind set on the GeForce2 MX that I'm having compatibility problems with. I'm planning on taking it back and exchanging it for the ATI Radeon tomorrow.

 

[Wingznut]

Fry's doesn't actually have a website, that I know of.

Imho, get the Radeon.

 

[Sunner]

Radeon DDR vs V4-4500?

The Radeon will humiliate the V4 in just about every possible way.

 

[hans007]

a lot of the time ATI rebates are on the boxes, though sometimes you can download them from their website in a pdf. Get the ATI i'd say.

 

[JayPatel]

thats a good price for a radeon, id go for that, why pay for a voodoo 4 thats basically a tnt2ultra?? also are you sure its a ddr? that sounds like it would be a price for a sdr. better be sure about that.

FYI mr golden member, ive had a tnt2ultra and a voodoo 4 and there is no difference between the two, in fact the tnt2ultra spanked the voodoo4 on a lot of my own personal testing. nuff said!!!!!

 

[PlunX]

I just got it a few minutes ago. It's a DDR. Works really well.. It's froze in Quake3 a few times, though. The new drivers give me Windows protection errors, so.. I'm still using the reference drivers.

 

[Wingznut]

"why pay for a voodoo 4 thats basically a tnt2ultra"

Give me a break!

 

[rosarian007]

ATI Radeon gets my vote.

 

[RoboTECH]

holy mother of God, you can get a Radeon for $149?


the 4500 isn't even in the same league as the Radeon. Get the Radeon.

In fact, get 2, just because.

 

[PlunX]

Well, I got the Radeon, but I'm having problems with it. My system hangs when I try to play a game and the only drivers that'll work are the reference ones. All of the others give me Windows protection errors when Windows 98 tries to load.

 

[OneOfTheseDays]

i know what i am about to tell you may sound disheartening, but the best way to get rid of driver conflicts and the such is to do a complete reformat and reinstallation of windows. Nuke your harddrive and reinstall windows. Also make sure all your parts are connected real well and that there is good ventilation. Also, its a good idea to get a 300 watt powersupply since cards these days seem to use up so much power. use win 98 se also. hope this helps!!

 

[BFG10K]

since both the ATI Radeon and the Voodoo4 4500 are $149

They are both the same price??? Man, there is just no choice! The Radeon for sure. The V4 is just a slightly improved V3.

 

[PlunX]

I reformatted Windows 98 SE three days ago when I first got my GeForce2 MX that didn't work. Do I really have to do this again?