Graphics cards
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Topic: Graphics cards
Posted By: Gullanian
Subject: Graphics cards
Date Posted: 26 May 2003 at 10:43am
| Found two graphics cards I want, both GeForce 4's, one is 128MB SDRam AGP, the other is 128MB DDR Ram PCI. Im wondering which one would be better! Both are the same price... |
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Posted By: michael
Date Posted: 26 May 2003 at 11:35am
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If these are your only choices I would always go for the AGP card ------------- http://baumannphoto.com" rel="nofollow - Blog | http://mpgtracker.com" rel="nofollow - MPG Tracker |
Posted By: Gullanian
Date Posted: 26 May 2003 at 12:07pm
| Ok thanks, so the AGP one with SDRAM will presumably give a better FPS than DDR |
Posted By: michael
Date Posted: 26 May 2003 at 5:06pm
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It all depends on the card. SDRam is the older technology and generally slower. I have the 4400AGP and am very happy with it but if I where to buy one right now I would prob go with the ATI 9800Pro (thus not the cheapest) ------------- http://baumannphoto.com" rel="nofollow - Blog | http://mpgtracker.com" rel="nofollow - MPG Tracker |
Posted By: the boss
Date Posted: 26 May 2003 at 8:08pm
| AGP is always faster than PCI |
Posted By: michael
Date Posted: 26 May 2003 at 8:39pm
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Not necessarily true. If you have crappt Ram on the card, the best Interface does not do anything for you. ------------- http://baumannphoto.com" rel="nofollow - Blog | http://mpgtracker.com" rel="nofollow - MPG Tracker |
Posted By: fernan82
Date Posted: 26 May 2003 at 9:29pm
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Before you get an AGP card check that your motherboard has an AGP slot, believe it or not not everybody has one....... ------------- FeRnAN http://www.danasoft.com/"> 
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Posted By: damaster
Date Posted: 26 May 2003 at 10:55pm
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well I was plannin 2 buy a 128 MB VGA card by ATI RADEON fount 2 cards in the top most category like RADEON 9700 PRO & RADEON 9800 As compard to the Nvidia I think that ATI provides better performance -------------  >>>>>>> www.damasterz.com <<<<<<<
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wts ur opinion bout it?? 
Posted By: Gullanian
Date Posted: 27 May 2003 at 4:18am
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Dont worry hehe I have AGP! Im not stupid! Im probably going for the 128mb sd agp then |
Posted By: michael
Date Posted: 27 May 2003 at 8:39am
Personally I think the Radeons are great cards and again it always depends on what you do. If you do mainly video editing I found the nvidia chip to perform a little better actually but in tests I read the ATI is better for most games...
Are your options based on pricing? I don't know what's available in the UK but why don't you get a DDR AGP?? ------------- http://baumannphoto.com" rel="nofollow - Blog | http://mpgtracker.com" rel="nofollow - MPG Tracker |
damaster wrote:Posted By: Gullanian
Date Posted: 27 May 2003 at 11:07am
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Price wise the DDR is 2x more expensive... £60 for sd, £120 for ddr |
Posted By: michael
Date Posted: 27 May 2003 at 12:03pm
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I know they are way more thus you should eventually consider waiting till you have the money, there will be a performance difference. ------------- http://baumannphoto.com" rel="nofollow - Blog | http://mpgtracker.com" rel="nofollow - MPG Tracker |
Posted By: Gullanian
Date Posted: 27 May 2003 at 1:35pm
| A performance difference worth another £60? Probably not for me |