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Budget Graphics

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JeremyJ83

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I will probably be building a computer for my father in a little while. The computer will probably only be used for editing photos, wordprocessing, maybe a few older games, and as a DVD player. I was thinking of 1 of these 4 chipsets. Which one would be the best: GeForce 4 Ti4200, GeForce 3 Ti200, Radeon 8500LE, or Radeon 7500? Thanks for the help.

Jeremy
 
for you father the 7500 would be more then enough. though the ti4200 would be the fastest.

Save the money and pick up a 7500 or 8500le at most.
 
The 8500LE is the best value for your needs at around $100. If want top notch 3D even though your dad may never use it, get the GF4 TI4200 64mb at around $160 or so. I'd say the 8500LE is most likely good enough.
 
For "maybe a few older games" a Geforce 2MX 200 would be absolutely fine. There's no point spending money on even a Radeon 7500 if it's not gonna get used.
 
Key word here is as a DVD player (In addition to the 2d apps). Definatley the 8500LE. That's your best bet.
 
Of the boards listed I'd vote for the R7500.

If he's only an occasional games and mostly playing older games then even the R7500 would be over-kill in terms of performance so he certainly wouldnt need a R8500/Ti4200.

Plus with photo-editing and the like he'd be better matched with ATi's superior 2D visual quality... and with it seeing use as a DVD player it's even more in ATi's favor with ATi having what's widely regarded as the industry's best DVD playback.
 
I vote for a fanless Radeon LE (not VE.... well, actually, a 7000/VE wouldn't be too shabby for his needs.)

The Radeon LE still has good oomph for some gaming but a Radeon 7000 would be more than adequate (awesome DVD too!) for everything except hardcore gaming.
ATI is also known for excellent 2D graphics.

Keep your eyes open for a good deal on a Matrox G400 or G450 as well.... again, solid DVD and 2D quality.
 
u said budget graphics... so i came in expecting like mx this... le that... 😛 but for ur purposes... the 8500le would be very nice.
 
the radeon8500 series can not display subtitiles when hardware accelearation is on in dvd software

Is still a good bang for the buck card though

 
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