Which Video card

[Rubberbband]

I'm building a system for a buddy on a limited budget. He bought a ECS mobo, and Athlon 1.2Ghz 266 FSB processor, he has 256Mb of Ram. Here's the question: He has narrowed his video card selection to two choices: The MSI geforce 2 Gts 32 Mb DDR, OR the ATI Radeon VIVO 64Mb DDR. Which one do you guys recommend????
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[flamethrower205]

The 32MB GTS card.

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[pr497]

which is cheaper? either way, both are good video cards. i would get the radeon for its dvd playback.

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[dhlucke]

Check out the Gainward GeForce2 Pro 450 before deciding.

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[Guest]

Oh my god..
The Radeon is MUCH better than the MX!
Between the GF2 Pro and the Radeon...Radeon still wins.
1. Better at high res (kills GF2 at 1600x1200)
2. Better image quality
3. VIVO
4. DVD playback


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[flamethrower205]

I am sorry, but your post is inaccurate. In benchmarks, the Radeon suffers considerable loss in FPS when the resolutions is made higher, where as the GeForce cards do not suffer as much. The GeForce 2 GTS is better than a Radeon, I have seen a 64MB Radeon struggle to keep up with a 32MB GF2 (the original). Although the MX is weaker, and will be beaten by a Radeon, I do not belive he is looking to buy an MX. The Radeon stands no chance against a Pro, your data is incorrect. In addition, I find that the image quality is not noticeable. VIVO functions can also be found on GeForce cards.

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[pr497]

this is starting to become another nvidia vs. ati debate on which card is better. bottom line...like i said before, both cards well perform very well. the performance difference between the 2 cards is almost neglible so it doesn't really matter which card you get. again...if you can find the gf2 for a price less than the radeon, get it and vice versa.

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[dhlucke]

Exactly, and the card I suggested is around $122 and it performs close to an ultra with it's 4.5ns memory. I have the card and recommend it.

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[ycs46241]

either card is a good choice but check out prices at
<A HREF="http://www.pricewatch.com/" target="_new">http://www.pricewatch.com/</A>