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hunter8472

08-14-2002, 10:04 AM

I am goin to be replacing my Asus V7700 32MB for the best card I can get? This card has worked great but these newer games, it just can't handle. I am a gamer so I want a card that is well known and compatible with most (hopefully all) games and can look good at the same time. Everyones suggestions are welcome as for which is the fastest and best looking graphics card in gaming? Games I play; UT, Black Hawk Down, Americas Army (using UNREAL engine) , and soon Warcraft III and UT2003. Thanks to all who read.

AllGamer

08-14-2002, 10:15 AM

The fastest and best graphics

RADEON™ 9700 PRO
http://www.ati.com/products/pc/radeon9700pro/specs.html

AllGamer

08-14-2002, 10:16 AM

Affordable and Best Graphics

RADEON™ 8500
http://mirror.ati.com/products/pc/radeon8500128/index.html

AllGamer

08-14-2002, 10:17 AM

2nd best and kinda affortable

GeForce4 Ti 4600
http://nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=geforce4ti

hunter8472

08-14-2002, 10:26 AM

Is the Radeon 9700 faster than the 8500? The 9700 seems to have a lot more rendering techniques and than the 8500. So the Radeon 9700 does look promising. Do you know how fast the GPU's core speed and memory throughput is?

hunter8472

08-14-2002, 10:28 AM

I have heard more people in favor of the Geforce 4 Ti 4600. Is the Radeon new and better?

AllGamer

08-14-2002, 10:50 AM

do a search for 9700 in this forum, you'll find the opposite, and there is 2 review that proves 9700 better than 4600

AllGamer

08-14-2002, 10:59 AM

never mind here is what i wanted to show you

LOOK at these 3D render Eye Candies

This is an eye candy brough to you by ATi RADEON 9700
(it's not a picture, it's a 3D render)

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2002/hardware/radeon9700/radeon_screen005.jpg

And check out the 128 bit colors!!
(a small quote from the whole article)

"The 128-bit internal color range will allow for a much wider dynamic range for colors."

http://gamespot.com/gshw/stories/flat/0,12880,2874779-3,00.html

Here you can compare the difference between normal and improved 32 vs 64 vs 128 bit color

http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/02q3/020718/radeon9700-06.html

AllGamer

08-14-2002, 11:02 AM

make sure you read the full articles

http://gamespot.com/gshw/stories/flat/0,12880,2874779,00.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/02q3/020718/index.html

NDD

08-14-2002, 08:12 PM

Another thread (http://www.sysopt.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=114100) on the subject ...

grimfandango

08-15-2002, 04:09 AM

A gf4 ti4200 or a ti4400 is real good!
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