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Edward Fitzgerald
I have a nvidia 4400 with 128mg ram, and I want to upgrade. My question is
regarding two cards that I am looking at
an Nvidia 5700 256mg ram and a Radeon 9600xt with 128mg of ram, both of
these cards are in the $200 range. In doing some research it seem that the
consensus is the Radeon is the better card, but before I buy one I would
like to understand why some more cards with 128 mg of ram are more
expensive that some cards that have 256mg. Which is more important the
chipset or the memory. I have a Pentium 4 2.4 processor on a Intel
motherboard with 800mhz front size bus that supports hyper threading
technology, and two 512mg ddr memory modules. I work allot with digital art
using several programs and do 3d rendering and I am hoping a new card will
speed up the rendering time. I also am a flight simulator user and like to
have a card that when I set the high end display settings it doesn't slow
down or degrade the graphics. I know that my question is fairly general but
would appreciate having anyone's knowledge and experience with these or
similar graphic cards.
Edward
regarding two cards that I am looking at
an Nvidia 5700 256mg ram and a Radeon 9600xt with 128mg of ram, both of
these cards are in the $200 range. In doing some research it seem that the
consensus is the Radeon is the better card, but before I buy one I would
like to understand why some more cards with 128 mg of ram are more
expensive that some cards that have 256mg. Which is more important the
chipset or the memory. I have a Pentium 4 2.4 processor on a Intel
motherboard with 800mhz front size bus that supports hyper threading
technology, and two 512mg ddr memory modules. I work allot with digital art
using several programs and do 3d rendering and I am hoping a new card will
speed up the rendering time. I also am a flight simulator user and like to
have a card that when I set the high end display settings it doesn't slow
down or degrade the graphics. I know that my question is fairly general but
would appreciate having anyone's knowledge and experience with these or
similar graphic cards.
Edward