Video Card comparison

[metroplex]

anyone know where I Can find a chart showing the fastest to slowest video cards on the market?

Madonion's ORB used to have this but I can't find it anymore - its sorta like a leaderboard.

 

[WHipLAsh13]

Text This is a little out dated now since it dont have the 9600, 9800 and the fx5900 series cards, but hope it helps/

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Well, if you want advice on looking for a card, we can help you too so you don't have to look at graphs and make your conclusion. If you do, just tell us how much money you can spend and what you plan to use the card for.

 

[metroplex]

oh ok cool -

my budget is $200 max, would prefer $100-$150 range.

Plan to use it for games like America's Army, GTA3, etc...

I have a GF3 that I'm thinking about retiring to an older PC.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

You have a couple of choices.

For $200 you can get a 9700 non pro at mwave.com, that will give very high performance for your budget and you'll be very happy with it

For less than that, you may want to get a Ti4200 or a 9200 Pro. The 9200 Pro is faster and has DX9 support. Letting yourself spend $200 will give the most performance but you can go lower should you choose. Just a little cheaper is the 9600 Pro and 9500 Pro, both are around $180 but they are way better than the 9200 line.

$200 9700 Non Pro
$180 or so 9600 Pro or 9500 Pro
Less than those, 9200 Pro

 

[srk]

Originally posted by: AgaBooga
You have a couple of choices.

For $200 you can get a 9700 non pro at mwave.com, that will give very high performance for your budget and you'll be very happy with it

For less than that, you may want to get a Ti4200 or a 9200 Pro. The 9200 Pro is faster and has DX9 support. Letting yourself spend $200 will give the most performance but you can go lower should you choose. Just a little cheaper is the 9600 Pro and 9500 Pro, both are around $180 but they are way better than the 9200 line.

$200 9700 Non Pro
$180 or so 9600 Pro or 9500 Pro
Less than those, 9200 Pro

Little off topic but..................hey another INDIAN dude in USA.......................darn it.

 

[Pete]

THE 9200 DOES NOT SUPPORT DX9 FEATURES. At least, not any more than any other DX8 card, like the 9100/9000/8500/GF4/GF3. It's DX9 compatible, not compliant.

I've seen this in a couple of threads, and it's not true. The 9200 (RV280) is simply a 9000 (RV250) with AGP 8x support. I also haven't seen it in Pro form, and neither the 9000P nor the 9200P (if it exists) can really compete with the 4200 in terms of speed, though the gap between the two would close with AF on. An 8500/9100 is a better 4200 competitor, but still slower (yet cheaper, so it evens out).

Your choices for 128MB cards are:

$200 9700 (Sapphire @ Mwave/ Powercolor @ GameVE)
$170 9600P (ATi @ Mwave/Sapphire @ Allstarshop)
$150-160 FX 5600 (bunch of places)
$140 4800SE (bunch of places)
$140-150 9500 (Sapphire @ Allstarshop & NewEgg--potential mod to 9700)
$100 4200 (Albatron @ GameVE)

The 4200 and 9700 are probably the best price/performance cards in their price leagues (the 9700 can be 2x as fast as a 4200 w/AA&AF). The 9600P may be better if you have a weak PSU. The 5600 isn't really an exceptional buy ATM, IMO; the 9600P outperforms it with AA/AF, and the 4800SE outperforms it without. Still, if you value DX9 and must buy nVidia, consider it for future-proofing. The 4800SE is a good card if you don't value AF or AA. The 9500 is a dark horse; it shines once you enable AA & AF, and you may be able to softmod it into a 9700, but otherwise performance is relatively unexceptional. The 4200 is just a solid card, but it won't be as pretty as the others, as it's really not fast enough to enable AA & AF, except maybe at low levels.

As always, the Radeon cards offer better 2D and DVD playback than the GF4 series, but the FX series should be better in that regard.

 

[vaporize]

does the $200 oem 9700 card at mwave come with all the cables and drives?

 

[PraetorianGuards]

Originally posted by: vaporize
does the $200 oem 9700 card at mwave come with all the cables and drives?

I don't know about the cable, but the drivers you can just download from ati's website.

 

[Pete]

Dunno, but the Powercolor at GameVE seems to come with everything you'd need (DVI adapter, S-Video cable, S-vid-to-composite adapter, composite cable, DVD player). I'm curious how the warranty coverage differs b/w the Mwave Sapphire and the GameVE Powercolor.