Anybody have tried Radeon 8500 with Pj?
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THE AUTHORITY
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WHOA!!!!!!
hell i dunno about other folks man, but ATI just is icky to me...i've used their cards, and a GeForce2 64mb for $99 beats the 8500 anyday in my book....nVIDIA runs like gangbusters (gangbusters...what the hell) on my computer...only problem is finding XP drivers for nVIDIA....stuck running with the ones I have...(the drivers that i loaded a day ago crapped on my computer)...all in all i'd say go with nVIDIA if you can...GeForce...
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hell i dunno about other folks man, but ATI just is icky to me...i've used their cards, and a GeForce2 64mb for $99 beats the 8500 anyday in my book....nVIDIA runs like gangbusters (gangbusters...what the hell) on my computer...only problem is finding XP drivers for nVIDIA....stuck running with the ones I have...(the drivers that i loaded a day ago crapped on my computer)...all in all i'd say go with nVIDIA if you can...GeForce...
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gra
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The RADEON 8500 is DX8.1
it has more features than GeForce 3 Ti500
and is equal(for now) in speed
and it's cheaper than the Ti500
And ATI's drivers r much better now. go to www.rage3d.com forums and ask there.
it has more features than GeForce 3 Ti500
and is equal(for now) in speed
and it's cheaper than the Ti500
And ATI's drivers r much better now. go to www.rage3d.com forums and ask there.
THE AUTHORITY
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You know, I've dealt with both ATI, and GeForce - and I have had more headaches messing around with ATI's drivers than I have with any 3rd party software I've had (other than my eMACHINE - less said the better). I had the misfortune of installing XP drivers for an ATI Radeon and got a nice little computer meltdown for my troubles. Thank you ATI. I've YET to run into any problems with my GeForce, and running the N64 it usually keeps me at 50-60 fps - I'd be interested in what others are running under their cards and system...
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Acorn
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My exp. with ATI has been the same - they are a headache. Although their new cards are rated to be faster - this has little bearing on emulation. Anything from a tnt2 up seems to run perfectly (except ATI/voodoo cards.. which mess up textures, crash, and don't work well in XP).
Yes, the ATI card may have more features but if ATI acts like it normally does, it will stop releasing drivers for this card as soon as its next one comes out. Nvidia supports all of its cards. And a passable Nvidia card can be bought for much less than a "passable" ATI card.
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j64:
Yes, the ATI card may have more features but if ATI acts like it normally does, it will stop releasing drivers for this card as soon as its next one comes out. Nvidia supports all of its cards. And a passable Nvidia card can be bought for much less than a "passable" ATI card.
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So, for less headaches and easier access to help buy Nvidia!
j64: