Geforce 3 w/ VIVO versus OEM Radeon 8500

[ggupta]

I am having a philosophical quandry here. I have 250 or so bucks to spend on a video card. I cant get the retail version of the Radeon 8500 for the price I'm looking for, however the slower OEM version is available. The other option is a gainward Geforce3 w/ VIVO and golden pack or whatever. Both cards are 64 megs of DDR. Which one do I go with? I watch some movies on the DVD player, but mostly DIVX ripped movies, and I do my fair share of gaming. Help be decide. Oh yeah, the VIVO feature is nice to have because i like to do some editing, but am willing to sacrafice it if there is a significant reason to go with the radeon 8500. thanks.

 

[AA0]

It all depends how much you want the video in port. Heres what you get in return. The 8500 is a bit faster, has better DVD, has dual monitor and tv out. Plus it has a lot of technology behind it the GF3 doesn't.

Both cards are good and blazing fast, I have no use for tv in, just out myself.

 

[anime]

i think this questions about ati 8500 vs gf3 -all boils down to your prefrence of what you want to do with your video card.
Both of them are great card, I know coz I have both of them in my system. If you really want to ask this question over and over again--the debate and answer about this -proly will never end. Both cards are excellent performer--admitted ATI initial driver release kindda sucks--but the 3286 driver fixed a lot of probs for most people.