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Which card to get (Radeon8500/GeForce3)

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January 11, 2002 12:09:15 AM

I just got an Athlon 1600 XP and 256MB of 2100 DDR RAM. The 830LR motherboard has support for up to x4 AGP.

Well, I'm running a Voodoo3 3000 atm, so I was also planning on upgrading that too.

Pricewatch has both of these cards (the regular GeForce3) at $169.

The only thing that scares me about the Radeon8500 is the drivers, but it seems that it would be quite a bit better (once it gets better drivers)

BTW, I don't really want this thread to turn into a you and your card suck flame fest, so try to keep as much with the facts as you can.

Finally, I'm not looking for a whole bunch of extras like TV out and stuff of that effect, just a video card.

Thanks

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January 11, 2002 6:57:00 PM

Go with the Radeon 8500 by far. The Radeon 8500 no doubt will work way better with the new Athlon XP's rather then the Geforce 3's would. The leaked drivers for the radeon are great and i have found no bugs yet but still the offical drivers from ATI that will be probably 10 times better then the leaked ones havnt came out yet so that is something to look forward to. Def get the Radeon 8500 im sure you will get alot of "get the radeon 8500" too.
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