best card for ~$50

[jhurst]

Originally posted by: CraigRT
I'd go with the 9100
I like them, basically the same as an 8500, and I chose an 8500 over a Ti4200 cause I liked the way it ran the games I used it for, better.

This is a ridiculous statement. Maybe on your system the 8500 wins out (although I don't know how). A Ti4200 rolls over an 8500. Get the Ti4200 128mb.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: jhurst

Originally posted by: CraigRT
I'd go with the 9100
I like them, basically the same as an 8500, and I chose an 8500 over a Ti4200 cause I liked the way it ran the games I used it for, better.

This is a ridiculous statement. Maybe on your system the 8500 wins out (although I don't know how). A Ti4200 rolls over an 8500. Get the Ti4200 128mb.

agreed, 4200 is faster than a 8500 in just about everything

 

[konakona]

but you get nicer avi/dvd/2d quality with 8500 if thats your thing... works for me 🙂

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: VanillaH
but you get nicer avi/dvd/2d quality with 8500 if thats your thing... works for me 🙂

2d on the 4200 is just as good as the radeon if its by a decent AIB maker, i would imagine the other stuff would be almost the same if not just as good as well

 

[konakona]

no, video is definitely better on 8500 if you watch A LOT like i do. ATi's have always been known for sweet warm color tone, something that wont be fixed by messing with gamma or brightness. plus they are the only once to support both hardware motion compensation and iDTC in hardware for dvds

 

[SickBeast]

It depends on how cheap you are, no offence. I would buy the ti4200 for $20 more. It depends on how much $20 means to you. It's basically 30% more money for about 30% more performance, so it's your call really.

It's very rare to find a ti4200 card that will match the 8500's 2D image quality so beware of that. I would say the 8500's have better 2D IQ than 95% of the nVidia GF4 cards out there.

 

[BudAshes]

go to the forsale/trade forum and buy a used card off somebody if you want good performance for cheap.

 

[blazer78]

radeon 9100

 

[spazo]

I've waited and I've found the perfect card for me. A Ti4200 for $80 brand new 🙂

Anyways its the 8X version and my mobo only supports 4x but this card will still work right? Its made by Asus and its their "superfast" model whatever thats suppose to mean...It has 3.3ns memory and I was wondering what the rated speed reading for it is...

 

[GeneralGrievous]

3.3 ns ram is rated at 333 mhz I think.

1/ 3.3*10^-9

 

[UCSDHappyAsian]

yah.. geforce4 is good stuff

 

[howdyduty]

Ti4200 is a nice card. Huge upgrade from TNT. Where did you get it at?