What gamer card has the best 2D graphics

[Lud]

Looking for the BEST 2D/3D gamer card. Please list the best of the bunch.

Which gamer card has the best 2D capabilities?

TIA

 

[arod324]

Radeon DDR all the way IMHO. The 2d quality is worse probably only to the matrox. However, the matrox blows @most 3d apps, whereas the Radeon DDR is a very good contender in 32 bit performance. Also, the Radeon DDR will hardly put a dent in your wallet at only $85 shipped! (www.newegg.com)

 

[Davegod75]

another vote for radeon

 

[Lud]

The only thing about ATI is that the drivers scare me off??? Funny thing there head office is just down the street too

 

[oldfart]

Well, thats good! If you don't like the drivers you can walk over there and slap them around!

 

[arod324]

Good one oldfart ... actually the drivers have not presented a single problem for me yet.

 

[Rendus]

Another vote for Radeon DDR. I have an AIW Radeon (if anyone has a right to gripe about ATI's drivers, the owners of AIW Radeons do :/), and only wish I could use newer drivers that were compatible with Oni and such.

 

[vlieps]

Have not seen Radeon but Voodoo 3,4,5 is better 2D than Matrox G400 and NVidia definitely. That was several people opinion when we saw it. Was the same monitor.

 

[Taz4158]

Unquestionably for your needs the Radeon is top choice.

 

[TravisBickle]

this is a silly question. 2d speed is very much the same between all the cards. and if you don't go above 1024x768 chances are you won't see a difference in any of them.
haven't you heard of the search function?

(Geforces are known to give poor images above 1024x768)

 

[Taz4158]

<< this is a silly question. 2d speed is very much the same between all the cards. and if you don't go above 1024x768 chances are you won't see a difference in any of them. >>

As usual you completely miss the point. Where did he say anything about speed?????

 

[Lud]

The monitor display will be setup at 1280 x 1024 x 32. Right now I'm using a Matrox 2D/3D (card is great in 2d) card with 8megs and a Voodoo 2 with 12meg add-on card. Please don't laugh it paid for

 

[UltraWide]

Radeon has crisp 2D. so did my voodoo3 3000.