whats the best vid card out there that will last

[BaDNaN0TH0N]

im in the market for an upgrade and wanted to know what vid card to get. i only plan on spending $200 max, and it has to be 64mb
so far my choices are:
msi geforce2 pro 64mb
ati radeon 64 mb ddr
geforce2 gts 64mb

i know that i can oc the pro and have it run as an ultra. but i want to know which card is going to last the longest(wont be outdated in 3 months). and give good performance on nwere games such as black and white and tribe2
thanks

 

[BaDNaN0TH0N]

and for more info ill be plugging it in to a msi k7t pro kt266 mobo and running win2k
and i want it to perform better than my geforce 256 32mb card that i have right now. the ati radeon 64mb ddr article i read by anand, says that the geofrce256 sdr perfroms pretty similar to the radeon, and beats it in 16bit textrures

 

[nealh]

As for tribes2 I am seeing reports around the forums that people are having performance issues with bothe Radeon 64 and Geforce2 cards...it seems the game is poorly optimized for the available hardware

I have not had a Geforce2 but from what I see priceerfromance the Pro version maybe the best...but prices will go down I would guess after Kryo 2 is released and Geforce3...keep that in mind.

I recently bought a retail Radeon 64mg VIVO for about $168...replaced my V5 that I can no longer get to run 3D hardware accel..not sure why..I really miss FSAA even in fps..loke UT and NOLF..I personally think even in 16bit vs 32 bit the V5 was really nice....the 32 bit image is very nice on the Radeon

The cpu you run will important to factor in as well...

I would guess the Radeon has a better chance of "being" outdated before the higher end Geforce2 cards....

 

[BaDNaN0TH0N]

thanks for the info. looks like i might get a pro