Which video card is better and why (Geforce 2 GTS or ATI Radeon)

[zmzhang]

I could ether get a Geforce 2 GTS 32mb ddr or an ATI radeon 32mb ddr. I usually play 3d games at 1024x768@32bit color. Which card would be better for me?

 

[danii8]

For 3d games, go for Geforce 2 GTS 32mb ddr..
If you are not sensitive about frame numbers, go for ATI radeon 32mb ddr.

 

[powervr2]

Why don't you consider kyro 2 (hercules 4500) at those resolution it's better than geforce and radeon.

in quality it's better than geforce 2 (it have more 32 mbs, it's cheaper... ) sometimes it is faster (with better than 1 ghz cpu's)...

in performance radeon can't touch kyro 2 in most games...

 

[powervr2]

uau you have a 300 mhz cpu ???

disregard what I said go for the radeon or geforce they are both good...

 

[zmzhang]

the card isn't for me. it is for a friend of mine. he has a 800mhz p3

 

[hovenas]

Gforce 2 pro = raw power. If games are prime concern for choosing video card...I'd go with a GTS, although buy a pro card, they're awesome..

 

[GuardianAli]

The geforces "raw power" beats radeon in 16 bit but as soon as you switch to 32, they are about the same.
Then add in better 2d quality of the radeon, the better dvd quality it offers with iDCT, and though not full, offers alot of directx8 compatibility and the radeon gets my choice.

 

[elkinm]

From my experience, in most games you don't want to run them with v-synk disabled as there are quality defects, otherwise it only needs to be as high as the refresh rate and both cards can do that at everything but the very high resolutions where the Radeon wins.

I would get the Radeon mostly for imroved visual quality and more features like its DVD support.

But for framerates, does anyone know how to enable HSR (Hidden Surface Removal) as I saw a review once which showed sugnificant increases in framerates, as fast as a GF3 if not faster but with some visual artifacts (missing surfaces) at the higher tiling setings.