Video cards!!!! ARGHHHH.

[Andrewf]

How many bloody video cards are out on the market... I am trying to choose between a few so I will list them here:

Hercules Prophet 8500 LE 64MB - $203
Radeon 9000 64MB - $138
Radeon 9000 Pro 64MB - $218
Hercules Prophet 9000 128MB - $272
GeForce 4 MX460 128MB - $196

All prices are in Australian prices... it is really hard to determine if one card is worth the extra ???

Any thoughts?

Andrew

 

[muckshifter]

Welcome to PCR Andrew

Hercules has to be the highest profile video card manufacturers to incorporate a Radeon family GPU into its own line. This time around it's the Radeon 8500LE, identical to the Radeon 8500 in every aspect except a slightly slower core and memory clock. To be exact, the Radeon 8500 runs a core and memory clock of 275/275MHz, while the LE version ships at 250/240MHz - or at least in the case of the 3D Prophet FDX 8500 LE. Although Hercules may not offer a full-blown 8500, the 8500LE is definitely the next best thing.

What you Get

I see your dilemma ... To me the ATI are "trying" to compete with the MX from nVidia. Well I would choose the MX because it has a proven track record now. ATI are still trying to get the drivers right.

Hercules makes the best graphics cards in my opinion.

 

[Platinum]

I would say go for the 9000 pro, fast card, not to expensive and supports DX9 i think?

 

[Eric Portelance]

Originally posted by Platinum
I would say go for the 9000 pro, fast card, not to expensive and supports DX9 i think?

Only partially.

 

[whitelight]

Umm where is the graphics card review section for this website ?

 

[darkangel]

look at uk sites like

www.scan.co.uk
www.dabs.co.uk
www.overclockers.co.uk

i have got the Geforce 4 ti4200

it is great!!!!