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-- Transcendent -- · Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2001 9:42 am

I'm sure you people must be really bored of this hardware discussion, but I'd love you to share your expertese.

I'm clueless in this field, and was wondering which card has more merit, a Geforce 2 MX or the Radeon 64 DDR.

I use my computer primarily for 3d graphics, max and things.

Thanks in advance.

[Shizo] · member Member # Joined: 22 Oct 1999 Posts: 3938

Prolly GF cause its cheaper and is DDR too.. But i dunno which one is ddr, maybe not MX.
But if you're a pro in 3dmax get one of those phat 3d cards like.. what is it Turtle Beach? Or wait.. i think thats a sound card :)

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gLitterbug · Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2001 2:52 pm

I would go for the Radeon 64MB DDR as I have done.
I think ATI will improve driver support and it�s pretty cheap now.
Don�t know how good it is in 3d-Apps but I think much better than a GForce mx.
I�m satisfied with my Radeon�s performance, my only complaint is driver support! I�m convinced the card could perform better with better drivers!
Think it has very good 2d quality.

-- Transcendent -- · Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2001 11:41 pm

Sure, everyone would like a "pro" card - not everyone can afford it. And putting into account my rickety system, and finincal constraints, it's not a worthy investment.

Thanks (both) for your suggestions - the replies I hear are very mixed

I'd just like to know which card excels more in professional 3d graphics (though the word professional can be quite misleading, let's say anything that's not gaming [I do play games - but everything seems to work fine on my old 8MB video card, so I don't think that is of too much question

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And if it didn't make a difference, well, then I'll just make my choice randomly.

faustgfx · Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2001 12:48 am

/me drools all over the thread

elsa gloria 3..

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shahar2k · Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2001 1:48 am

heh I'm running a GeForce 2 Pro (which I'll be paying for the next year or so...)
it's quite good, and the constantly upgraded drivers are a good reassurance,
ATI has better 2D quality so if you like photoshop go with the RADEON allso, the Radeon is pretty cheap, but their drivers are historically bad... I mean they just don't release them as often so it takes longer to fix...

it is more bang for the buck compared to an GF2MX card as for the Gloria... isn't there something you can do to mod a GF2 into one of those? or was it a Quadro....

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-- Transcendent -- · Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2001 8:58 am

thanks for your input.

I just purchased a Radeon 64 DDR ... the drivers are surprisingly stable (though I had very low expectations of it), and it cost a few dollars less than it's nearest compeitor, the Geforce 2 64 MB.

Affected · Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2001 11:26 am

Well, nothing that has the acronym DDR in it can be a bad thing.

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