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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
If these are your only choices I would always go for the AGP card

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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
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)

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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
Not necessarily true. If you have crappt Ram on the card, the best Interface does not do anything for you.

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Posted By: fernan82
Date Posted: 26 May 2003 at 9:29pm
Before you get an AGP card check that your motherboard has an AGP slot, believe it or not not everybody has one.......

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Posted By: damaster
Date Posted: 26 May 2003 at 10:55pm

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  wts ur opinion bout it??



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Posted By: Gullanian
Date Posted: 27 May 2003 at 4:18am

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
Originally posted by damaster damaster wrote:

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  wts ur opinion bout it??



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...

Originally posted by Gullanian Gullanian wrote:

Dont worry hehe I have AGP!  Im not stupid!

Im probably going for the 128mb sd agp then

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??
Also one thing when buying Graphic Boards. It is one of the only things where I buy a replacement plan ($14/2years) as after a year or two the card is old and they guarantee to replace it with an equal one or better. Most Cards should not be available anymore after a year or two and somehow mine always breaks then.



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Posted By: Gullanian
Date Posted: 27 May 2003 at 11:07am

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

I know they are way more thus you should eventually consider waiting till you have the money, there will be a performance difference.



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Posted By: Gullanian
Date Posted: 27 May 2003 at 1:35pm
A performance difference worth another £60?  Probably not for me



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