Graphic Cards: Screen Quality

[aznmist]

Which cards have the best 2s/3d sreen quality:

Radeon
Geforce 2/3
Kyro 2

 

[Tates]

I must say that my VisionTek GF3 is the best graphics card, in both 2d & 3d, I've ever owned.

 

[PotNoodle]

I think its generally accepted that NVIDIA's 2D is the worst of the lot - certianly at the Pre GF3 era; but a lot this is apparantly due to the quality of components some (or all?) of NVIDIA's board vendors are using.

Opinion is divided on GF3's 2D IQ from what I have seen so far - some saying its the best thing since sliced bread, others still being a little more sceptical of it; I wonder what those who say it is great have been using previously.

This thread at NVNEWS.net is one such thread showing divided opinions - interesting one of the NVNEWs staff chimes in and says that in his opinion the Vtek GF3 not as good as Radoen.

Personnally I have been privy to 3dfx V3 & V5, Vtek GTS and KYRO's (1 & 2) 2D displays close up and would rank them 3dfx - KYRO - Vtek GTS. I have not personally witnessed GF3 or Radeon (although ppl do seem to like Radeons 2D IQ).

 

[Rand]

My rating for 2D visual quality would go...
Matrox G400/G450
3dfx Voodoo 3/4/5
ATi Radeon
NVidia GF 1/2/3

Of the two GF3 cards I've sen thus far neither have seemed to possess appreciably better image quality then the average GF2 card.

 

[pay]

azmist

The Kyro II has better 2D than the Geforce 2/3, but not better than the Radeon's.

 

[Archknight]

I would rate it Radeon - KyroII - GF2. Haven't seen a GF3 yet so no comment.

Tates do you owned anything other than Nvidia previously, like a V5, Radeon or Matrox? And what you using previously?(Please don't get offended by this question, I just interested to know if your comment is biased or not.)

 

[Taz4158]

Well I just switched back to the Radeon from the GF3.

 

[pen^2]

i have owned g400, v3 and radeon...
unfortunatley i didnt have this FD trinny back when i was using g400, it looked great on a 14'' (lol). if it was paired up with my current monitor, i assume it would have been fantastic. as for v3 vs radeon, i give a nod to radeon by a slight margin altho i dont run crazy high resolutions, so i never notice 2d quality all taht much

 

[ruther]

When you say(the guys above...) the Radeon has better screen quality than others video cards, this include the Radeon 32MB SDR???

I´m going to buy a video card in the next days, then I have to decide between ATI RADEON 32MB SDR and GEFORCE 2 MX(ASUS V7100 pure)...(This ATI is only 10 dollars more expensive...)

I really would like to buy a Radeon LE, but I live in Brazil, so it´s not easy to find this card...(I had never seen kryo(or krio!) here...

I´ll run Linux(and Windows) too and I know nvidia has the best drivers for Linux, but I thinking to get this Radeon...

Thanks for any help...

 

[pay]

NO! dont get the SDR! It sucks! Get the LE, its much much better

newegg.com has the Le's for $70 but I dont know if they ship to Brazil, but you can try!

 

[ProviaFan]

My Radeon SDR is better than my TNT2, but I haven't compared it to other, more modern, cards.