ATI Radeon 9500 PRO or Geforce4 TI-4200?

[VitalyB]

I am considering this two options (both are 128mb). They are in my price range.

Based on Tom's benchmark (http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic/20021218/vgacharts-04.html) the radeon looks very powerful.. Yet I never owned a Radeon and I am not sure about how good are they considered on the market compared with GeForce (compatibility for example?).

TI-4200 seems weaker.. But then again, it IS GeForce..

So what do you say? I am quite confused on the whole subject.

P.S No need to offer me GeForce FX or Radeon 9700 they are simply way above my budget.

 

[AMD_Man]

The 9500Pro IS RADEON! Wow! Sorry, I couldn't resist. If they're both in the same price range, there's absolutely no reason to get a Ti4200. GeForce means nothing. It's just a word. Get the Radeon 9500Pro.

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[elzt]

This is an faq. Anyway, the 9500 Pro's are much better than the Ti4200's. Period. Radeon cards may have compatibility problem in the past, but that has been dealt with for the 9500 Pro which should work well under most os platforms.

 

[VitalyB]

I was concerned with games compatibility. I have Win2k, shouldn't be a problem there.

 

[elzt]

Yeah, Nvidia vid cards are well known for their excellent games compatibility, but the Radeon's are not far behind though. Most of today's games should work fine on a 9500 Pro.

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

One could say that depending on what you mean by 'games compatibility' the current ATI products are more compatible, but then again that's a MUCH more subjective issue than it used to be. There is no CLEAR winner in the compatibilty area. Also it's less about the CARD's compatibility than the drivers, and most things that don't work initially can be fixed later, as long as the card has the hardware to support it. In the case of the 9500 vs the 4200, it's simply the Radeon has more hardware flexibility, and now most would say the drivers are about on equal terms, with anomolies in both makers cards, but no more on one than the other.

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[eden]

Additionally ATi releases frequent driver updates, WHQL certified that often have performance boosts. nVidia's drivers of late have no had that and actually sacrifice image quality for performance boosts.

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[error_911]

Heh, I just posted this question about 3 weeks ago ! I've checked it-out so much lately, and that Radeon 9500 kills the Ti4200, no question about it. I've even seen certain benchmarks where the Radeon 9500 beats the Ti4600 - and the price difference made me feel like an idiot for even considering the Ti4200. About Win2K - don't worry, though ATI hasn't had the best time with their drivers, the fact that they can constantly come up with an improvement almost as fast as their cards end-up being widely available makes those worries flush down the drain. If you need even more benchmark info - check out 3Dmark's website and check it with your mobo and CPU with either vid-card, you'll see the point difference.

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[Spitfire_x86]

Radeon 9500 Pro is the card to buy over GeForce4 Ti4200 without confusion.

And both GeForce and Radeon are nothing but brand names of two different manufacturers. If a card is good, it is not for it's brand name.



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[nYak]

And with a flashed BIOS it makes a sweet little overclocker