Hop
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I posted this to the video forum, but with hardly a response. So I posted it here with hopes that I didn't breach any rules.
I would like some opinions to help influence my graphic card upgrade decision. It's only fitting, considering it was the review I read here at Anandtech that pushed me away from the Leadtek Winfast Titanium TH and towards the Gainward GeForce2 Ti/500 XP VIVO Golden Sample. The only problem now is that I'm looking at the GeForce3 Ti/450 (which is about $34 more at newegg) and I'm wondering if that is the better deal. I looked at the CPU scaling comparison at RivaStation and found the G3/Ti200 improved well with a faster system over the G2/Ti200. Since I'm running an Athlon XP1800 with 512mb of DDR, I had to take this into consideration.
The VIVO chipset is a curious dilema too. Gainward uses the Philips SAA7108E in the G2, and the Conexant CX25871 in the G3. I found that the CX25871 has more capabilities, but all resolutions are in a black frame, where the SAA7108E fills the screen. I could find nothing in the form of a quality comparison with the two VIVO chips. Video-In isn't a big issue for me because I use firewire to load video from my digital cam anyway.
So I'm ready to pull the trigger on the G3, but I really want to read a few highly respected opinions here before I do. I would also like to know more about NewEgg before I get it from them. I've never ordered from them before, but they have a good shipping plan, and California is only one state away.
I'm currently using a Diamond Multimedia 770 Ultra (TNT2) which has been a good card for the past two years, but it's time for it to go into one of my lesser machines.
Any opinions would be highly appreciated! THANKS!
- Hop
I would like some opinions to help influence my graphic card upgrade decision. It's only fitting, considering it was the review I read here at Anandtech that pushed me away from the Leadtek Winfast Titanium TH and towards the Gainward GeForce2 Ti/500 XP VIVO Golden Sample. The only problem now is that I'm looking at the GeForce3 Ti/450 (which is about $34 more at newegg) and I'm wondering if that is the better deal. I looked at the CPU scaling comparison at RivaStation and found the G3/Ti200 improved well with a faster system over the G2/Ti200. Since I'm running an Athlon XP1800 with 512mb of DDR, I had to take this into consideration.
The VIVO chipset is a curious dilema too. Gainward uses the Philips SAA7108E in the G2, and the Conexant CX25871 in the G3. I found that the CX25871 has more capabilities, but all resolutions are in a black frame, where the SAA7108E fills the screen. I could find nothing in the form of a quality comparison with the two VIVO chips. Video-In isn't a big issue for me because I use firewire to load video from my digital cam anyway.
So I'm ready to pull the trigger on the G3, but I really want to read a few highly respected opinions here before I do. I would also like to know more about NewEgg before I get it from them. I've never ordered from them before, but they have a good shipping plan, and California is only one state away.
I'm currently using a Diamond Multimedia 770 Ultra (TNT2) which has been a good card for the past two years, but it's time for it to go into one of my lesser machines.
Any opinions would be highly appreciated! THANKS!
- Hop
