Can't Decide what to buy....

[MarquesTGB]

I don't know what I should get out of these cards (yes they are all prolly value cards now but I just need something until I get my GF4 4600 or Radeon 9700).

Evil Kyro 64 MB ( I heard it's the Kyro 2 but I'm skeptical.)
Kyro 2
Radeon LE/VE ( I know the LE is better than the VE but the VE is prolly more in my range)
GF2MX 200/400 (Same issues as the LE/VE)


Any comments are appreciated.

 

[JeremiahTheGreat]

Radeon LE !

Its the only one of the group that uses DDR ram and it still gets driver support from ATI!

 

[MustangSVT]

what card do u have right now?

just wait 1 more month, price will drop nicely.
but if you MUST get a card now geforce4 4200 are best value i think.

otherwise those Geforce3 ti200 can be had for cheap

 

[MarquesTGB]

Right now I have a 16 Meg eVGA Vanta

Yea, I thought about the Rad LE but if I save that much money I may as well keep going and get the GF4 4200

 

[AnAndAustin]

Also depends what CPU you are running but you'd be mad to go for anything lower than Rad9000, GF2TI or GF4MX. Much better buys are the Rad8500 (esp Rad8500LE-128MB) and GF4TI4200 (nearly all o/c easily to at least TI4400 speeds). Out of the cards you suggest I'd seriously avoid Kyro and KyroII leaving the depressing choice of GF2MX400 vs RadLE/VE. I'd say RadLE esp if you mod it slightly which is easy and hassle free to do. Here's some info/bms.

RivaStn GF2 & GF3 (rad & kyro2) roundup incl. CPU scaling P4-1800, Ath1200, P3-800

AnAnd CPU Scaling with many gfx cards and many games

Tech Report bunch of modern cards

TomsHW RadVE (aka Rad7000) vs GF2MX (slightly slower than GF2MX400)

Firing Squad bunch of modern cards

AnAndTech 4200 roundup

Xbit X-Bit Gigabyte Rad7500LE-SDR review (Rad7500LE, GF2MX400 & others)

AnAnd RadLE line (AND HOW TO ENHANCE IT!)

 

[fluxquantum]

can't go wrong with ati 8500LE or a geforce 4 ti4200 overclocked.

 

[Deeko]

Out of those cards, I'd take the Radeon LE. However, I wouldn't limit myself to those, for a few more dollars you can get a much better card.

 

[chizow]

What timeframe are you looking to get a GF4 or Radeon 9700? I would just wait. In a month or two, current prices are all going to drop b/c of the holiday season and the introduction of new competition (9700 and 9500/pro). If you buy a stop-gap card now, factoring in the price drops in the near-future, you may as well just buy a GF4 now. Say you spend $80 on a card now, planning to buy a 9700 or GF4 ti4600 in 2 months. Well by then those cards can probably be had for ~$200 US, so you just spent $280 for 2 cards when you coulda just picked it up for its cost now.....~250.

I just picked up an Albatron Ti4200 Turbo for $185. It clocks to ti4600 speeds easily and has 128 MB of 3.3ns BGA Ram. Price is between a Ti4200 64MB card and a Ti4400 128 MB and performs like a ti4600. I tend not to buy the bleeding edge video cards as they don't improve performance too much in existing games until about 6 mos. after their initial release.

Just my 2 cents,

Chiz

 

[xSauronx]

depressing price drops....i hate price drops, always something better for the same money in 6 weeks or so

how much cash you got now, what are you wanting to do, whats the rest of your system, and how patient can you be?