StarDestroyer.Net BBS

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


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

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.

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

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?

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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?

2 GHz P4

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.