Which Radeon to buy?

[DougK62]

I want to buy a 32MB Radeon card. My question is which one is best? A quick trip to pricewatch and I see three 32MB Radeon cards listed. Radeon VE, Radeon LE, and Radeon 32MB DDR. What are the diferences between these, and which one will give me the most bang for my buck? Thanks.

 

[KydLynx]

Radeon LE FOR SURE!!! no one else need to repsond...this question has been answered many times.

all for about $80 OEM...mine is comming in the mail today or tomorrow if UPS delivers saturday

 

[Big Lar]

Like KidLynx said/ the LE is best for the value, 1 reg hack, and it will run within 1 fps of the retail DDR. You can just download a tweaker from Rage3d, and OC, and do the reg hack right from the tweaker, nice and simple.

 

[Wingznut]

Btw, the registry hack is to enable "Hyper-z" which is ATI's way of getting more bandwidth (to put it simply). LE's Hyper-Z comes disabled from ATI. If you leave it disabled, there is a significant performance difference between the LE and 32mb DDR. If you enable it, then the difference is insignificant.