Exchange my GF3 for a ATI 8500 Retail ?

[Ak47]

I almost did that swap, selling my Asus Geforce 3 for a Radeon 8500.
Didnt happen though, too lazy i guess, but yeah go for it.

[vertices]

Originally posted by WildThing




People saying the gf3 is better don't know what the F*** there talking about! i had the gf3 and my 8500 kick the crap out of it! i put my gf3 in a faster pc and i still beat it with 8500 in a p3 1000!
you prob never had any of the 2 cards so shut up!

I'm not gonna get into a pissing contest with you over how much hardware I have owned or currently have. However I will tell you that I have owned every nvidia card since TnT2. I have also owned a Radeon 32DDR and an 8500. Not to mention countless other cards.

You sir are wrong. I care not to flame you anymore. You have shown your level of intelligence in your posts and it is not worth my time.

[AMD_Man]

Originally posted by vertices
Well ATI can now finally beat the GF3 (barely). It only took how long? ATI has had IMMENSE problems with drivers. This is undisputable. Perhaps they have a winner this time with the new drivers but will it last? Even HardOCP questions the longevity of ATI's solid drivers.

Saying a GF3 is a piece of junk has got to be the most ridiculous statement I have heard in quite some time. It was the top performer for some time and only recently (3 months ago) lost its performance crown to the new GF4s. It has stomped all over the 8500 forever up until just now. The problem is that now the 8500 is competing against the ti4400 and ti4600 cards and it STILL is not top dog. Never has been, never will be.

Funny how the 8500 has forever lagged far behind the GF3 in many ways and now 8500 owners are calling the GF3 junk. It's a strange world.

The R8500 has been matching or outperforming the Ti500 since the 6043 drivers.

Yes, it will last. ATI uses unified drivers now so they can only get better. They'll never have to start a driver from scratch for a new product ever again! The R8500 was released way before the GF4Ti. ATI has roughly a 9month - 12 month product cycle while nVidia has an average 6 month product cycle. ATI is simply skipping a generation with the R300. The RV250 might or might not compete with a GF4.

With that said, the GF3 is by no means junk. It's slower than a R8500 and has slightly lower IQ but it's still a great card.

[Dot]

Originally posted by Newbie-Overclocker


True but if some one is setting up a system and its unstable and then blaims it on the NVIDIA drivers or vidoe card then he's oviously new to PC building.

Well, do you ever consider the fact that someone using an ATi videocard may be new to PC building? Or maybe something in the system is screwed?

ATi isn't the only company with driver problems. :rolleyes:

[WildThing]

Originally posted by vertices



I'm not gonna get into a pissing contest with you over how much hardware I have owned or currently have. However I will tell you that I have owned every nvidia card since TnT2. I have also owned a Radeon 32DDR and an 8500. Not to mention countless other cards.

You sir are wrong. I care not to flame you anymore. You have shown your level of intelligence in your posts and it is not worth my time.

Jeez why don't you go jump in front of a bus

[therocksays]

Originally posted by vertices
You have shown your level of intelligence in your posts and it is not worth my time.

Originally posted by WildThing
Jeez why don't you go jump in front of a bus

You've just proved his point exactly :rolleyes:

[[DWC]DarkWolf]

If you can make a clean exchange, do it. I much rather have an 8500 than a GF3... not just beucase of the speed, but beucase of the immage quality. Also, don't let anyone feed you any crap about ATi's drivers, they're fine. I've had my ATI card for a long time and i have not had to worry about updating drivers in quite some time.