I saw this card down at my local pc store today for a really good price. I'd be looking use it as replacement for the GF2MX 100 in my sisters machine.
Thanks FaTs
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I saw this card down at my local pc store today for a really good price. I'd be looking use it as replacement for the GF2MX 100 in my sisters machine.
Thanks FaTs
The 7000 is a Radeon VE.
Whats a MX100?
A GF2 MX @ 145/145Quote:
Originally posted by GB_Cobber
The 7000 is a Radeon VE.
Whats a MX100?
Is the VE any good ?
pretty much as an gf2 mx200 VE is the dualdisplay versionQuote:
Originally posted by FaTs
A GF2 MX @ 145/145
Is the VE any good ?
The radeon VE is a terrible card. Much worse then a gf2mx. I remember i went from a gf2mx to the VE and every game played like crap and that was when it first came out.
Ahh, never seen that one b4.Quote:
Originally posted by FaTs
A GF2 MX @ 145/145
Is the VE any good ?
If its 64bit SDR like the 166/166 MX200 then its probaly slower than the 7000 in 32bit but may still win out in 16bit colour since GF2's are some 30% faster in 16bit while radeons gain around 5%.
The 7000 isnt really a gaming card,rather a value multimedia solution.
It has no hardware T&L, only one rendering pipeline. Only its 64bit DDR memory bus is twice the bandwidth on a GF2 MX200's 64bit SDR but i dont think it makes up for the loss of core features. The 7000 is considerably slower than the radeon SDR which itself is very close to a GF2 MX,again untill you drop to 16bit where the MX takes a big lead.
Its a close call. i woudnt consider it an upgrade.
A Visiontek GF2 GTS-V from newegg.com would probably be a better deal? What's the really good price?
I have a Radeon 7000. It isn't that bad of a card for the money. ( I spent $45) I don't have many new games, but in Jedi Knight II with Average to High settings at 1024 I get about 40 fps. Not too bad for a 2 year old card in my opinion.
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Originally posted by Chuck232
A Visiontek GF2 GTS-V from newegg.com would probably be a better deal? What's the really good price?
Considering FaTs is an Aussi and Newegg is for US credit card holders with US addresses I don't think it would work out ;)
Here's a comparison chart between it and a bunch of other cards (Not counting the GF2 MX 100). click here
The Radeon 7000 is what happens when friends don't ask there computer geek friends (me) what a good cheap video card is. :mad:
Oh well, I guess they will have to live with it, not me :D
Hmm... good point. Looks like I should've read the little side profile thing:D. Um... how much are you getting the R7000 for? I'd say you probably can get a really cheap GF2 Ti for that much maybe, or add $10.Quote:
Considering FaTs is an Aussi and Newegg is for US credit card holders with US addresses I don't think it would work out ;)
About the same a GF2MX 200.Quote:
Originally posted by Chuck232
A Visiontek GF2 GTS-V from newegg.com would probably be a better deal? What's the really good price?
Looks like she'll have to save up the extra $300 for a Ti4200. (read: borrow it from me).
An R8500 is about the same sort of speed as a Ti4200 isn't it ?
A little slower but people tend to think Doom 3 will perform faster on an 8500 and the 8500 does perform faster on Wolfenstein and Jedi Knight 2.
Looked on digit-life.com a MX100 is clocked at 143/166 with 32-bit SDRAM. That pathetic thing has a memory bandwidth of 0.66GB/sec. Even a Voodoo Banshee had more.
The 8500 is close in current games but in newer engines like the new UT2003 demo and especially in highest detal, the 4200 can be up to 50% faster.Quote:
Originally posted by FaTs
An R8500 is about the same sort of speed as a Ti4200 isn't it ?
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.html?i=1647
ATI seem very overpriced in australia. I can get a Powercolor 64MB 8500LE for $337.
MSI 64Mb ti4200 is only $405 ,or the triplex 128Mb w3.3ns ram and clocked at 64Mb speed of 250/500 is selling for $423 at my favorite computer store littlecomputers.com.au
Ive seen the triplex 64Mb card at other sites for around $360.
I think thats a good deal. It also uses 3.3ns ram and comes
clocked by default at 250/550. Very close to ti4400 speed.
I think that deficit is driver and program related. They're still optimizing the game, so when it comes out, I'm sure it will run much faster.Quote:
Originally posted by GB_Cobber
The 8500 is close in current games but in newer engines like the new UT2003 demo and especially in highest detal, the 4200 can be up to 50% faster.
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.html?i=1647
Thanks I think that what i'll get her.Quote:
Originally posted by GB_Cobber
The 8500 is close in current games but in newer engines like the new UT2003 demo and especially in highest detal, the 4200 can be up to 50% faster.
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.html?i=1647
ATI seem very overpriced in australia. I can get a Powercolor 64MB 8500LE for $337.
MSI 64Mb ti4200 is only $405 ,or the triplex 128Mb w3.3ns ram and clocked at 64Mb speed of 250/500 is selling for $423 at my favorite computer store littlecomputers.com.au
Ive seen the triplex 64Mb card at other sites for around $360.
I think thats a good deal. It also uses 3.3ns ram and comes
clocked by default at 250/550. Very close to ti4400 speed.
Thanks for the help everyone, very helpful :)