ATI Radeon VE or GF2 GTS-V for a new Windows XP system?

[Goldfish]

VISIONTEK Xtasy 5632 GEFORCE2 GTS-V 4X/2X 32MB AGP - OEM $70 shipped.

ATI RADEON VE 32MB WITH CRT/ TV NO DVI - OEM $52 shipped.

Those are my choices for a video card for a new system I am in the process of putting together. I don't do much gaming at all, don't do any video editing, no DVD watching either since I have a PS2 for that. I know the Radeon has some driver problems in WinXP, which I will be using, so I am worried about getting that and not having a video signal the first time I power the system on and having to borrow a PCI video card from a friend to set it all up and everything.

I want the Radeon because of the price, and I want the GF2 because it has the best driver support and can easily be overclocked to normal GTS speeds. Which should I get?

 

[BigToque]

<< I want the Radeon because of the price, and I want the GF2 because it has the best driver support and can easily be overclocked to normal GTS speeds. >>



Why would you need to overclock the GF2 if you're not interested in gaming?

Anyway, I'd go with the GF2 just cause its a better card.

 

[Budman]

If you dont play games or watch dvds then why not just get an ATI rage pro agp?

 

[hotkimbo]

how is the performance of the Xtasy's Geforce2 GTS-V

all iknow is that it has DDR.. shouldn't it be way better the the MX???

 

[Goldfish]

<< If you dont play games or watch dvds then why not just get an ATI rage pro agp? >>



Because I want something half decent, maybe? And I'm not even sure I will overclock the GTS-V, I just might if the need arises.

 

[SgtZulu]

Best way to choose is use the eenie meenie minee mo method

 

[Agamar]

I just ordered the GTS-V...Should be a great, stable card. Comes with a fan on the CPU too. I think the ATI card will have better 2d though... I think it would get hit in the 3d dept.

 

[mithrandir2001]

Between these two, the GTS-V is the only sensible choice. While ATI is usually very good on 2D, they use a cheap 300MHz RAMDAC for the Radeon VE so don't expect anything great. In terms of 3D, the ATI is dead. The GTS-V has 4 rendering pipelines to the Radeon VE's 1. The GTS-V has 56% more memory bandwidth, thanks to its 128-bit DDR memory (ATI uses 64-bit DDR memory). The GTS-V also has a T&L engine whereas the VE does not. ATI really has no advantage other than the $18 lower price.

 

[Goldfish]

Well, the fan part isn't a big deal. I have a Blue Orb I would put on the GTS because I have it and don't want it to sit there, or a 60mm Delta fan from my Taisol that I would put on the Radeon. I guess I'll just wait and see what I get.

 

[Superwormy]

Hehe, good luck trying to get the Radeon to work in XP...

Getting a regular Radeon to work in Win2k was hard enough, have fun getting a Radeon VE working in XP!

Def. go Geforce!