GeForce or Radeon

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I need a new video card and I'd like your advice before I decide which.

All I can afford at the moment is either a DabsValue Radeon 9200SE 128MB
or a DabsValue GeForce 4 MX440-8x 128MB. Both about £35-£40. I wish I
could afford to spend more but I have 3 rugrats eating me out of house
and sanity.

I'd really appreciate your views on these cards.

Regards
chipshop
 
Wed, 21 Jan 2004 18:56:56 +0000, ejgn@*remove*gmx.net suggested:
: I need a new video card and I'd like your advice before I decide which.
:
: All I can afford at the moment is either a DabsValue Radeon 9200SE 128MB
: or a DabsValue GeForce 4 MX440-8x 128MB. Both about £35-£40. I wish I
: could afford to spend more but I have 3 rugrats eating me out of house
: and sanity.
:
: I'd really appreciate your views on these cards.

The MX line of GeForce 4 cards is generally considered to be low
performance. I'm not familiar with the 9200, but if it's at all
comparable to the 9000 it sounds like a better value to me.
 
I need a new video card and I'd like your advice before I decide which.

All I can afford at the moment is either a DabsValue Radeon 9200SE 128MB
or a DabsValue GeForce 4 MX440-8x 128MB. Both about £35-£40. I wish I
could afford to spend more but I have 3 rugrats eating me out of house
and sanity.

I'd really appreciate your views on these cards.

Regards
chipshop
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It's about a toss up. You might find a good deal on a GeForce 4 FX
5200, these are around in the US for around $60US. It is a fairly
usable card and supports DX9.
Enjoy,

Tim Wisner www.wisner.us

"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
- William Pitt (the Younger)
 
andrewunix said:
Wed, 21 Jan 2004 18:56:56 +0000, ejgn@*remove*gmx.net suggested:
: I need a new video card and I'd like your advice before I decide which.
:
: All I can afford at the moment is either a DabsValue Radeon 9200SE 128MB
: or a DabsValue GeForce 4 MX440-8x 128MB. Both about £35-£40. I wish I
: could afford to spend more but I have 3 rugrats eating me out of house
: and sanity.
:
: I'd really appreciate your views on these cards.

The MX line of GeForce 4 cards is generally considered to be low
performance. I'm not familiar with the 9200, but if it's at all
comparable to the 9000 it sounds like a better value to me.
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The 9200SE though has only a 64-bits memory pad...umm... how about speed killing.
 
21 Jan 2004 15:50:45 -0800, (e-mail address removed) suggested:
:> Wed, 21 Jan 2004 18:56:56 +0000, ejgn@*remove*gmx.net suggested:
:> : I need a new video card and I'd like your advice before I decide which.
:> :
:> : All I can afford at the moment is either a DabsValue Radeon 9200SE 128MB
:> : or a DabsValue GeForce 4 MX440-8x 128MB. Both about £35-£40. I wish I
:> : could afford to spend more but I have 3 rugrats eating me out of house
:> : and sanity.
:> :
:> : I'd really appreciate your views on these cards.
:>
:> The MX line of GeForce 4 cards is generally considered to be low
:> performance. I'm not familiar with the 9200, but if it's at all
:> comparable to the 9000 it sounds like a better value to me.
:
: The 9200SE though has only a 64-bits memory pad...umm... how about speed killing.

I'd still expect it to outperform a GeForce 2, which is essentially what
the GeForce 4 MX is. Of course, depending on the application, they may
both be equally good for the job.
 
I need a new video card and I'd like your advice before I decide which.

All I can afford at the moment is either a DabsValue Radeon 9200SE 128MB
or a DabsValue GeForce 4 MX440-8x 128MB. Both about £35-£40. I wish I
could afford to spend more but I have 3 rugrats eating me out of house
and sanity.
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The 9200 is more like a GF3 card... the 9200SE is a bit slower than
the mx440. Since these are both below-standard gaming cards - memory
is not an issue... 64mb or 128mb.

The ATI should give you better 2D output.
 
ChipShop... said:
I need a new video card and I'd like your advice before I decide which.

All I can afford at the moment is either a DabsValue Radeon 9200SE 128MB
or a DabsValue GeForce 4 MX440-8x 128MB. Both about £35-£40. I wish I
could afford to spend more but I have 3 rugrats eating me out of house
and sanity.

I'd really appreciate your views on these cards.

Regards
chipshop
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my advice - wait another month.

save another tenner and get a fx5200.

they are readily available at shows and on the web for £50.

Batters the pants off a 440 and a 9200, but not the best card really.

If you really are stuck with one of those though, get the MX440 - solid
card - no driver issues - 9200 - old ATI before they started thinking about
getting it right (in my opinion). Built at the etime ATI had a bad name.

The only problem with both those cards is that they wont be able to play any
new games - Prince of persia etc. Just wont run because cant do shading.

Go for the 5200 if you can though - it will run it - even if you have to
turn the graphics down.
 
I upgraded six months ago to a XP2400 and a
Radeon 9100 128mb (which is way faster than the 9200)
and sold my XP1700 and GeForce2ti to my brother for £40. He's run all the
games we share happily and Ive had nothing but hastle farting around with
drivers. For Half-Life, Warcraft III, Call of Duty and Knights of the Old
Republic you'll be fine - even Halo will play okay on that card. Deus Ex 2
won't run on a MX but Ive played it and your better off without it and you
can forget Doom III but you already know that. Enjoy your kids mate - far
better than any PC.
 
Thu, 22 Jan 2004 09:16:35 -0000, (e-mail address removed) suggested:
:
: If you really are stuck with one of those though, get the MX440 - solid
: card - no driver issues - 9200 - old ATI before they started thinking about
: getting it right (in my opinion). Built at the etime ATI had a bad name.

I thought that the 9200 was a recent low-end model?
 
Republic you'll be fine - even Halo will play okay on that card. Deus Ex 2
won't run on a MX but Ive played it and your better off without it and you
can forget Doom III but you already know that. Enjoy your kids mate - far
better than any PC.
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Thats a matter of opinion... PCs and video cards don't crap in their
pants, cry about stupid stuff, scream, make you spend money on the,...
they don't break windows... er, okay sometimes.
 
I upgraded six months ago to a XP2400 and a
Radeon 9100 128mb (which is way faster than the 9200)
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Define way better than 9200. There is pretty much no specs on this
card. None listed on the site.... On the TOMS hardware super VGA
review (Which again, fails to include a 64bit fx5200 or 5600)

I think the 9100 was a very limited product, perhaps mostly aimed at
the oem market. The 9200s cost more... and they can't have it compete
against their 9600se.
 
okay I exagerated the differance between the cards - the 9200 has 1 less
texture sampling unit - but the gist of my earlier post was that the MX
would be a easier card to use and its drivers more stable/compatible and a
guy with a family has BETTER things to occupy him than computers.
 
okay I exagerated the differance between the cards - the 9200 has 1 less
texture sampling unit - but the gist of my earlier post was that the MX
would be a easier card to use and its drivers more stable/compatible and a
guy with a family has BETTER things to occupy him than computers.
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we don't know that... some kids are rotton...

:)
 
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