Radeon 9500 Pro vs. Ti4200

[Sturmur]

I'm torn between these two cards: ATI Radeon 9500 Pro
Albatron GF4 Ti4200P Turbo

I know that the Albatron goes ahead of the ATI in most tests but the ATI kicks it with AF + 8x AA. Plus it has DX9 complience.

What I'm wondering is...

Will AGP 8X be a big thing when the world shifts toward them ?

Will the Geforce 4 ti 4200s be able to handle all aspects of DX9... Once I had a Radeon 64mb DDR ViVo and it couldn't run the Nature Game in 3dMark 2001 because of a outdated pixel shader. Will this happen with the GF4 in DX9?

and

Will the GF4 Suffer in benchmarks in not being like ATI's cards and be 'DX9 supported'?

Thanks.

 

[Crashman]

AGP8x is meaningless for either card. The 9500 Pro should ALWAYS outperform any Ti4200. And GeForce4's will NEVER support all the new features of DX9, or even the majority of them.

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