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It's about that time and the birthday is coming up. I've had my GEFORCE 2 MX for about a year and a half now and have been very happy with it. But it's 2002 and you can buy really nice video cards for a really good price. I've been pricing them over the net and reading reviews and it's come down to 2.

ATI VS. NVIDIA

I've heard the ATI RADEON 8500 is a really good video card. But I might want to stay in the Nvidia family and go with Geforce3 TI-200. I'd really like the TI-500 or the All in Wonder 8500, but I don't think I can get apporval from the wife :)

So let me know your views...
 
I would grab the GeForce 4 sure man ....

NVidia chipsets rock ...............


If you wait till the GeForce 4 to be released in the next 4 weeks or so..... you will pick up a Geforce 3 for about $100 cheaper


:)
 
No point in me upgrading my vid card until I upgrade my cpu, which won't be any time soon.
 
Get a ASUS Geforce3 Ti500 or MORPHEUS Geforce Ti500. You dont want them go for the GeForce2 Ti200 which is better than the Geforce3 Ti200 for some reason. :cool:
 
nVidia all the way baby!

(If anyone at nVidia sees this, you can send me a card and I will recommend nVidia for 2 years!!!)
 
if only i could afford one :(


i have entered that competiton here on the front page about ten times , i hope i win one......


Let the GeForce be with you
 
B4 i answer ya poll, u should attach a pic of ya wife.. so we can decide whether she is worth saving money for
 
Yeah upload a picture of your wife. That way we can see if she is worth saving for. If not i definetly sya that you should stay with the geforce 3.
 
Radeon 8500 so much cheaper

I just noticed this....Radeon 8500 is a LOT cheaper than Geforce 3 ti500 AND(according to worldwide 3dmark scores)it is better.....Pricewatch.com's cheapest Raedeon 8500 is 166 USD and G3ti500 is 269 USD...big diff there....
 
Just wanted to update all....
I ended up going with the ASUS V8200T2 Geforce 3 TI-200 pure. I saw the deluxe, but I knew I wouldn't use all the other gadgets.(video out, tv-out, 3d-glasses etc) the only thing I really want for overclocking was the heat sinks on the memory. So I went out and spent the extra 9 bucks for heat sinks and installed them myself. I'm currently running the card at 215/485 and it's running great!!! Thank-you all for your comments..

P.S.-- E.P.- the nvidia 2.3.1.2 drivers run great, no lock up problems what so ever...:D
 

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