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Geforce4 Ti4600 or ATI Radeon 9500 Pro

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February 1, 2003 10:48:18 PM

PRETEND the prices were the SAME, which card would you buy and why?

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February 4, 2003 1:59:07 PM

Yo V,

Have you checked out the VGA charts? The GF4 beats the 9500 pro in a very few benchmarks..........what games do you play?

I am putting together another system & I will be using a Sapphire Radeon 9500 PRO & it is based on money. If they had very close hardware specs & very close prices, I would go with the GF4 Ti4600, because nVidia throws out much more updated drivers every year for all their GPUs/cards(although not all their updated drivers work with all systems).

Right now I feel the Ati cards are the best in their price range & out perform the nVidia cards. This trend is going to stay for most of 2003, the GeForce FX looks to be just a Loud, power hungry Beast throwing out a lot of hot air.......it still does not best the ATi Radeon 9700 PRO in most benchmarks. Maybe the GF FX will be faster after nVidia releases better drivers.

Good Luck in your choice, both are very good cards, but check out the VGA Charts & look at the benchmarks & base your choice on the benchmark that you trust/use.

Peace Out.............tile2

Why do you want to believe me?
February 6, 2003 4:00:41 AM

If you OC the 9500 and used catalyst 2.5 (stay away from catalyst 3 they suck) you get performance very close to a ti4600. If you use aniso or fsaa (as many gamers do) 9500 wins hands down. I bought mine about 2 months ago and have had no regrets. Deffinetly go with 9500 Pro.

If its not broken, you're not trying hard enough.
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February 6, 2003 4:24:18 AM

Yeah I checked the VGA charts. It seems as if the Ti4600 beat the Radeon 9500 Pro just about in all the benchmarks cept when they started to apply 4x FSAA and 8x anisotropic the Ti4600 loses it's place.

The question now is, is 4xFSAA and 8x anisotropic really going to make a noticeable difference when playing games?
February 6, 2003 4:28:50 AM

Okay, but then the Ti4600 has a higher core and memory speed plus it to can be overclocked. Just wonder how much more I will get out of a OC'ed Ti4600 vs a OC'ed Radeon 9500 Pro.
February 6, 2003 4:32:47 AM

Stock speedss on a 9500 Pro are 275 (core) and 270 (memory) i run mine at 360 and 315. The performance between an OC'd 9500 Pro and ti4600 will be extremly close without aniso or fsaa on, with the ti4600 slightly ahead. But with either of them on the 9500 blows the Gf4's away with a 10-gauge. Plus it is directX 9.0 compliant.

If its not broken, you're not trying hard enough.
February 7, 2003 12:10:23 AM

I see. Hmm so I guess it's best off moving on to the Radeon 9500 Pro?
Do you actually see any noticable improvements with aniso/fsaa on?
February 7, 2003 12:41:15 AM

yes i can tell a big difference with fsaa on/off and aniso looks better too.

If its not broken, you're not trying hard enough.
February 7, 2003 10:27:50 PM

Okay looks like I'll be getting rhe Radeon 9500 Pro.
Or maybe I might be safer waiting just a little while to see how the new generations of video cards are with GDDR, DDR I, etc.
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