What do you say about this card?

[Vortexsm]

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/products/ar64s_h.htm

I am not talking about prices...I'm talking about performance....
Is this card good? Which Geforce series card is equivalent to this card in performance?

Thanks

M64'er finding an alternative

 

[Actaeon]

A Radeon7500LE is equivilent to a GF2Ti. Not sure on the performace dfference between the LE and nonLE, but the NonLE is a bit faster than the GF2Ti, but slower than the GF2Ultra.

 

[Vortexsm]

well, is it worth 76$?
is it better than Geforce 4 MX420/440/460?

i'm living in a country where Ti4200 costs 170$

 

[Rand]

I'd strongly recommend passing on it, GigaByte's R7500LE only uses SDR SDRAM and is MUCH slower then virtually any other R7500's.
It'll perform similarly to a GF2 GTS or GTS-V which is roughly comparable to a GeForce4 MX420.
Almost any other Radeon 7500, or a GF2 Ti, GF4 MX440 or better would definitely be a higher performance alternative.

I'm not sure where you live or what prices are like where you live, but almost anywhere you should be able to find alternative R7500 models that will give superior performance at a similar price point. The GF4 MX440 shouldnt be too much more expensive either.

 

[Vortexsm]

thank you very much
i've now see benchmarks of the SDR version for the first time.

FFS , Geforce 2 MX 400 surpasses it!

i'll just pass.
thanks

 

[Vortexsm]

how about this one? it's not LE, and it have DDR memories
http://www.a-tektm.com/products_gc_ati_radeon_7500_DDR_64.html

 

[rbV5]

hmm, the link to that card seems to imply that it perhaps has a 64bit memory bus (I thought that was exclusive to the RV100?) I think I'd pass on that one. Perhaps there are some of the 9000 series Radeon cards available for a good price there? Otherwise, there is another 7500 on that site that would be superior to the card in the link.

 

[Rand]

Originally posted by: rbV5
hmm, the link to that card seems to imply that it perhaps has a 64bit memory bus (I thought that was exclusive to the RV100?) I think I'd pass on that one. Perhaps there are some of the 9000 series Radeon cards available for a good price there? Otherwise, there is another 7500 on that site that would be superior to the card in the link.

I get the impression it has a 64bit memory controller also, judging by the title. Unusual, I've never seen an R7500 with a 64bit memory controller. Simply using SDR SDRAM is generally a bit cheaper then dropping to a 64bit memory controller with DDR and will yield marginally better performance. Though I suppose using DDR is preferable from the manufacturers point of view as it certainly 'sounds' a lot better then SDR RAM to the average consumer.

The "Radeon 7500 DDR 128Bits Graphics Card" listed on that site should be a good option, the R8500 listed would be great if you can afford it though it'll likely come at a price premium relative to the R7500.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: Rand

I get the impression it has a 64bit memory controller also, judging by the title. Unusual, I've never seen an R7500 with a 64bit memory controller. Simply using SDR SDRAM is generally a bit cheaper then dropping to a 64bit memory controller with DDR and will yield marginally better performance. Though I suppose using DDR is preferable from the manufacturers point of view as it certainly 'sounds' a lot better then SDR RAM to the average consumer.

Actually I've heard quite the opposite - using a 64bit memory controller with DDR is much cheaper and easier to produce than a 128-bit SDR bus. And that was before DDR/SDR was at a price parity. Supposedly the amount of traces makes a big deal in manufacturing.

Vortexsm - $170 for a GF4 Ti4200 (especially a 128MB version) is actually a pretty good deal. Otherwise, stick to a good card with a 128-bit DDR memory bus (Radeon 7500, GF2,3,4). Also, avoid anything with an "MX" in the title.