EPOX 8K7A+ Motherboard New Graphics Card Purchase.

[JonathanF]

I wanted the best Graphics Card for my EPOX 8K7A+ Motherboard.

My final two choices were between the ATI Radeon 64 MB VIVO DDR and the Visiontek GeForce 3 Graphics Cards.

I chose the ATI Radeon 64 MB DDR Graphics Card, and purchased it at www.newegg.com for $ 153.00 for the Retail Version which was only $ 3.00 more than the OEM Version.

I know that the GeForce 3 is the way of the future, but why pay almost $ 200 more for the Visiontek GeForce 3 Graphics Card, when the ATI Radeon is a much better deal for the espeically for the price.

All of the GeForce 3 Graphics Card currently are now currently between $ 350 and $ 425.

The GeForce 3 Graphic Cards prices will drop by the end of the year to the mid two hundred dollar price range.

My Computer System Consists of the following components.

EPOX 8K7A+ Motherboard.
AMD Athlon 1.4 GHZ CPU.
PC Power & Cooling Mid-Tower Computer Case.
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 425 Watt ATX Power Supply.
PC Power & Cooling Computer Case Front And Back Silencer Fans.
Cooler Master EP5-6I11-A1 Heatsink And CPU Fan.
256 Megabytes DDR PC-2100 RAM.
Western Digital 80 Gigabyte ATA 100 IDE DIsk Drive.
Western Digital 26 Gigabyte ATA 66 IDE Disk Drive.
Iomega External SCSI ZIP 100 Drive
Plextor UltraPlex SCSI CD-ROM Drive.
Plextor Plexwriter 16/10/40A CDRW Drive.
Adaptec 2940UW SCSI Disk Controller PCI Card.
Diamond Viper II 32 Megabytes AGP Graphics Card. - Current AGP Graphics Card.
ATI Radeon 64 MB DDR AGP Graphics Card - Will Be In A Few Days.
3COM 10/100 NIC PCI Card.
US Robotics 56K Internal PCI Modem.
Sound Blaster Live PCI Sound Card.
Viewsonic P815 21 Inch Color Monitor

Jonathan


Jonathan

 

[extremity]

Just wondering what your question is, or are you merely giving us the rundown on the success of your choices?.

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[Oni]

seems like you only told us what you got
I paid $334 for a Visiontek geforce 3 and it kicks major booty.
I hate to tell you but I'm pretty sure geforce 2 GTS, and geforce 2 GTS pro mop up the place with that Radeon, not in VIVO capability (Well maybe with Asus V7700 deluxe) but in hard core 3d games its a sure winner.
From your post it seems like you really wanted a geforce3, you would have been better off getting an $80 geforce 2 MX and getting that geforce 3 at Christmas time when prices should be down.