Gainward Ti 200 or Hercules Radeon 8500LE

[tuan121]

I want to buy a new grahic card, but I can not decide which card to get, the Gainward Ti200 or the Hercules 8500LE. Any suggestions?

 

[jaeger66]

Depends on what your primary usage of the card is.

 

[tuan121]

Casual gaming and watching some movies. =D

 

[jaeger66]

I'd get the Radeon if your main interest is movies.

 

[Blurry]

If that is what you want to use, AND these are the only two cards you can pick, then defintely go with the RADEON 8500. However, the RADEON 8500 beats the TI 200 at everything, so I suggest you pick a RADEON 7500 if you are a casual gamer. It will offer the same benefits as the 8500, except only much cheaper and the gaming performance would be less.

 

[Rand]

Definitely the Radeon 8500LE IMHO.
A bit faster gaming card then the GF3 Ti200, better FSAA, better DVD playback, better 2D image quality, better 3D feature set, HydraVision, TV-Out and DVI-Out by default.
The GF3 Ti200 offers somewhat better drivers by comparison, that's about the only advantage to it IMHO.
Both are decently overclockable too if you care for that.