Video card dilemna : 2 options

[lanstrad]

I presently use a Matrox Millenium G450 AGP (dualhead) with 16MB
memory.

While my concern remains about productivity and look and feel (which
the Matrox card certainly offer for Sonar, as well as some occasional
photo processing), I am very limited for some newest games.

While I do not want to invest in a pricy video adapter, I bought a
Powercolor RADEON 9250 256MB Game FX board which I have not opened
yet. While the card seems to have interesting features (no fan - so
quiet, dual-head, 256MB, and so on) I just cannot find a perfect
comparison chart for both. I surely do not wish to trade excellent
graphic rendering with the Matrox for just speed and capacity to play
MYST IV...

Any comment or suggestion (especially from anyone using the RADEON
9250) ? (Also on its easiness in terms of not messing configuration
and/or with audio...)

Thanks,
Rob

System : P IV, 1.6 Ghz, 512 or 768 MB RAM

 

[Dan Wojciechowski]

I presently use a Matrox Millenium G450 AGP (dualhead) with 16MB
memory.

While my concern remains about productivity and look and feel (which
the Matrox card certainly offer for Sonar, as well as some occasional
photo processing), I am very limited for some newest games. ....
Any comment or suggestion (especially from anyone using the RADEON
9250) ? (Also on its easiness in terms of not messing configuration
and/or with audio...)

....

I've got a couple of Radeon 9200 cards and they look just fine. I doubt
that you'll
notice any real difference in any 2D applications unless you are trying for
high resolutions
at high refresh rates (above 1600x1200@100Hz). While a 9250 is pretty slow
by
today's game considerations, it ought to be worlds faster than your old
G450.

Enjoy.


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[Daniel]

While I do not want to invest in a pricy video adapter, I bought a
Powercolor RADEON 9250 256MB Game FX board which I have not opened
yet. While the card seems to have interesting features (no fan - so
quiet, dual-head, 256MB, and so on) I just cannot find a perfect
comparison chart for both. I surely do not wish to trade excellent
graphic rendering with the Matrox for just speed and capacity to play
MYST IV...

Any comment or suggestion (especially from anyone using the RADEON
9250) ? (Also on its easiness in terms of not messing configuration
and/or with audio...)

The Powercolor will have a slightly superior VGA output signal (not sure
about TV-out though), due mainly to it's 400MHz RAMDACs (on both DACs I
understand). The G450 has 360MHz on the primary DAC, and 230MHz on the
secondary.

Mind you, the G450 still looks good (in terms of VGA output) - just not
as good current cards.