What is the best card $70 will buy me??

[bullion416]

So is the radeon 8500le 64mb card better than the geforce3 ti 200?

 

[mrzed]

Well, accoring to the anandtech review, the 8500DV, which operates at the same speed as most 8500le cards, is a bit slower than the ti500. Given the driver updates since tha review have closed the gap a bit, I would expect that an 8500le would be about equal, but have better features and 2d, and quite possibly overclock to a better performing card.

 

[bullion416]

I was talking about the Radeon 8500le compaired to the geforce3 ti 200, not the ti 500.

 

[Gravija]

i think i remember seeing somewhere that the GF4MX's were just GF2 at higher speeds, giving a slight performance boost over the GF2. that leads me to think the GF3Ti would beat probably up to the 440.

i'd probably go with a GF3Ti200/500 or a radeon 8500le

i saw this card

never heard of it before, its $60, but probably outperformed by either one above...anyone else seen this and how it matches up to other cards before?

 

[bullion416]

So what is better......the geforce3 ti 200 (64mb) or the Radeon 8500le (64mb)????

 

[bikinistud]

Definatley go with the 8500. it now has awesome drivers and is faster than the ti 200. hth

 

[bullion416]

What do you think is a fair price to sell me ATI Radeon 64mb ddr vivo for? Here is the description: http://mirror.ati.com/products/pc/radeon64ddr/index.html

 

[rogue1979]

$45 is a fair price for the Radeon 64MB VIVO. The Radeon 8500 LE is the best choice for $66 shipped on pricewatch, a tremendous upgrade for you. However, when dealing with LE's you want to get one clocked at 250/250. If you have trouble finding one with these specs or are not sure, the Radeon 9000 Pro 64MB for $64 shipped would be almost as good.

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: EdipisReks
you should be able to pick up a 64 MB Radeon 8500le for under $70. that's what i would get.

bro has this....rma'ing mine, but his works great, even on his duron 1.1ghz setup when running UT2K3, much better than i expected anyway, good card

 

[thraxes]

Have the 8500 retail. Excellent card with great features (I love the dual head and the excellent TV-Out)