new graphic card

[Sazar]

Originally posted by tones10
Hi, Thanks for all your replies, I found some of the cards
mentioned in the posts, so what do you think of these,

128Mb ddr GigaByte ATI Radeon 9000 Pro II Retail DVI/TV

Radeon 9000 128MB DDR AGP RP DVI VO

GeForce 4 MX440 128MB DDR AGP RP VO

Sapphire Radeon 9000 Atlantis 128MB DDR
AGP, ATI 9000, DVI, TV-Out, Retail, all of these cards can be had
within my price range.

highly recommend the 9000pro card.. the first one... if its within your price range

it has better multimedia and has the best dvd (IQ-wise) playback... and gigabyte makes nice boards...

else to go cheaper get the regular 9000 series...

 

[tones10]

Hi, Sazar, I will probably go for your choice, one other question,
I have a Matrox G400 32mb card at present and have always liked its 2d and colour qualities, will this new card be as good or
better than the Matrox.
Many thanks

 

[Sazar]

Originally posted by tones10
Hi, Sazar, I will probably go for your choice, one other question,
I have a Matrox G400 32mb card at present and have always liked its 2d and colour qualities, will this new card be as good or
better than the Matrox.
Many thanks

it'll be better than the matrox in terms of performance... for sure

the 2d from matrox is probably the best in the business... but the 2d is going to be pretty good for the ati card... or even the nvidia card...

3d will be better though... much better than your current card... and tv out and dvd playback is the best in the business...

 

[LeeJend]

If your into speed benchmarks here's a link.

http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic/20030120/vgacharts-05.html

In a generalized benchmark (3dmark2001) from best to worst they rate:

For DX8 applications
GE4 MX 440 and Radeon 9000 are about the same speed.
Radeon 9000Pro and 8500 are both about 25% faster.