DVD playback question

[wyvrn]

I am building this system for a friend:

Shuttle AK-11
Duron 1Ghz
256 MB PC133
Cyberdrive 12 DVD
WD 20GB
Radeon 32 DDR
Windows XP Home

And have the choice of 2 video cards for DVD playback:

AOPEN GeFORCE2 MX-200 32MB AGP VGA W/SDR MEMORY VGA CARD

or

ATI RADEON 7000 32MB AGP

I know ATI has great hardware DVD support on their video cards. How much a difference would it make in DVD playback to use the Geforce MX instead? Would I have to pay extra for DVD software since I don't think the Geforce comes with any?

Other infos:

this guy is not a gamer, DVD is what he wants
he is not a super computer techno geek and we have a price limit on the system
the Geforce card is about 30% cheaper and neither have TV out (which he does not care anyway)

Thanks

 

[eplebnista]

<< ATI RADEON 7000 32MB AGP >>



IMO, the Radeon is by far the superior card in terms of its 2d & DVD playback quality in comparison to the MX200 and well worth the extra 30%.

My $.02,
eplebnista

 

[wyvrn]

Thanks

I was thinking so but sometimes good to hear confirmation.

 

[wyvrn]

Anyone else want to chime in?

 

[GTaudiophile]

Radeon 7500 + SB Audigy + PowerDVD 4DTS = Desktop DVD heaven!!!

Go for the Radeon!

(I should add that my Sony 19" monitor and Boston BA4800 speakers don't hurt either, but I also had these peripherals matched with an SB Live! and Dxr3 DVD decoder card, and my new setup blows the old one out of the water!)

 

[Cosmic_Horror]

yep go with the radeon

 

[XWolfsraider]

Easy, the radeon has the better picture quality.

I tried g-force mx 400 64 mb vs the rage 128 32 mb and radeon a.i.o. wonder 32 mb ,on two systems p-4 1.5 256 rdram and p-3 866 512
sdram and i prefer ati over g-force mx400 64 as the mx400 had tearing and green dots/blocks on both systems,both had nice picture quality although i liked ati quality much more.

alsoin games the mx400 strugled to play any detailed games without freezing or tearing go with ati is my recomendation or move up to g-force pro.

 

[vailr]

The Radeon 7000 is not very fast for gaming/3d; might consider the 7200 or 7500 if you can find a good price.
A 3dfx Voodoo 3 2000 (or 3000) has good I.Q., if you can still find one