radeon 9000 vs x300

[ice]

hi all!

1. ati radeon 9000 vivo (64mb, agp 4x)
2. ati radeon x300 SE HyperMemory 128 (64mb???, pci-express)

which is better?
thanks

-ice-

 

[Augustus]

hi all!

1. ati radeon 9000 vivo (64mb, agp 4x)
2. ati radeon x300 SE HyperMemory 128 (64mb???, pci-express)

which is better?
thanks

Better for what? Better for Vista? Only the X300SE Hypermemory unit will run
Aero (but not too well)
Better for VIVO? The X300SE has no VIVO features

There are no modern ( I know they made one or two atrocities during the
transition era) motherboards around that can take both a PCIe card or an AGP
one. Neither is a good gaming card for anything. The X300SE Hypermemory 128
card is a bottom feeder card, non-VIVO, 325Mhz DX9.0 core but with 64bit
memory (some have 32Meb onboard, some 64Mb)and sharing system RAM to make up
to 128Mb max. Low bandwidth...3.2 Gb/s. The Radeon 9000 is a crippled
8500LE, with a 250Mhz DX8.1 core and 128bit 200Mhz (400effective) memory.
Bandwidth 6.4Gb/sec. AGP 4X only. VIVO was an option on some like yours.

Neither are a desirable card, when $99 will get you an new X800 Pro VIVO in
PCIe (pricewatch)

 

[ice]

Neither are a desirable card, when $99 will get you an new X800 Pro VIVO
in PCIe (pricewatch)

thanks a lot for your reply

i've a mb that support dual pentim 3 CPU (both at 1ghz) and have pci-e slot
available for video card
so i've to choose if i'll keep this mb and buy a pci-e video card or change
the mb (pratically for free) with another server mb (dual p3 again) that
have an agp 4x slot
in this last case i'll use the ati radeon 9000 vivo 'cause i've it on my
hands

the final target is a server so i don't need a gaming video card
i know x800 series is good but a bit expansive... i'd like to use a video
card from previous generation to save a bit
no preference for ati or nvidia but i've read tha at entry-level ati is
better in last months (radeon x300 is better than geforce 6200 tc)

thanks a lot
-ice-

 

[Cuzman]

ice wrote:

" i've a mb that support dual pentim 3 CPU (both at 1ghz) and have
pci-e slot available for video card so i've to choose if i'll keep this
mb and buy a pci-e video card... "


Pentium 3? Well good luck trying to put a PCI-Express video card into
what can only be a PCI-X slot. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI-X

 

[ice]

what can only be a PCI-X slot. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI-X

you're right... big mistake by me
anyway my problem is solverd: i'll use a standard 32-bit pci video card

thanks for your reply
-ice-