Video card help needed

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-04-07 05:46pm

My retailer is out of Radeon 9700's. What's the second best card?

Note: Options available are 9500's, GeForce4 Ti4600, 4200, etc.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-04-07 05:49pm

GeForce 4 Ti 4600 is your next best option.

I would suggest you wait until the R9800 is released if you can, as it runs cooler than the R9700 - and it'll drive the price of the latter down.

Brother-Captain Gaius · Post by **Brother-Captain Gaius** » 2003-04-07 05:49pm

I'd take the GeForce4 Ti4600. Better driver and game support than Radeon, and only slightly inferior in terms of speed and capability.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-04-07 06:27pm

Alright, I managed to get a hold of a GeForce4 Ti4800. Did I make a right decision or do I have to call up those people again?

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-04-07 06:44pm

Additionally, the manufacturer of my 420W power supply is Turbolink. I didn't just screw myself over or anything, did I?

EmperorMing · Post by **EmperorMing** » 2003-04-07 07:15pm

Shinova wrote:Additionally, the manufacturer of my 420W power supply is Turbolink. I didn't just screw myself over or anything, did I?

At least it's not a Powermax...One of the best powersupplies I know of is an Antec.

And I don't see any problems with the GF 4 series.

Crazy_Vasey · Post by **Crazy_Vasey** » 2003-04-08 06:48am

I'd say the r9500. Speed is about same as the Geforce4's in most aspects but it anally rapes it on shaders, pretty much all newer ATI cards own Nvidia cards when it cames to vertex and pixel shaders though.

Also you get DX9 compliance. That's nice for the future even if it doesn't mean a lot now.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2003-04-08 11:59am

I have a radeon 9700, i was wondering if anyone else was having dvd playback problems? the main problems being that the image is FUBAR and it crashes my computer.

Crazy_Vasey · Post by **Crazy_Vasey** » 2003-04-08 12:12pm

I have a 9500, which is the same chipset, and have no difficulties with watching DVDs. Do you have the least drivers for your graphics card and motherboard? If you have a VIA chipset you really want the latest drivers for that thing.

Other than a driver update being needed I have no idea. Maybe try disabling hardware acceleration.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-04-08 12:24pm

Shinova wrote:Additionally, the manufacturer of my 420W power supply is Turbolink. I didn't just screw myself over or anything, did I?

Possibly. It could be a rebadged Deer or something - I've never heard of them at all.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-04-08 12:24pm

Rye wrote:I have a radeon 9700, i was wondering if anyone else was having dvd playback problems? the main problems being that the image is FUBAR and it crashes my computer.

What driver revision are you using?

DarthBlight · Post by **DarthBlight** » 2003-04-08 12:31pm

I have an ATI Rage 128 Ultra with 32 MB VRAM. I'm thinking about getting a Radeon 9500 with 128 MB. Good upgrade? Keep in mind I only have a 4x AGP controller.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-04-08 12:41pm

DarthBlight wrote:I have an ATI Rage 128 Ultra with 32 MB VRAM. I'm thinking about getting a Radeon 9500 with 128 MB. Good upgrade? Keep in mind I only have a 4x AGP controller.

What's your processor?

DarthBlight · Post by **DarthBlight** » 2003-04-08 12:45pm

2 GHz P4

Glocksman · Post by **Glocksman** » 2003-04-08 01:19pm

Possibly. It could be a rebadged Deer or something - I've never heard of them at all.

Turbolink PS's are rebadged CWT's and CWT is a decent brand.

At least according to this thread over at the Ars Technica forums.

Though one guy says that his TurboLink was junk.
If you're at all concerned about the PS, Antec is always a safe bet.