new Radeon2 vid card stuffs........

sethpa · Post by **sethpa** » Tue Aug 14, 2001 8:38 am

Lookin' good for the new Rad2, at Tom's place anyway.......... Can they really deliver? We'll see

http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic/01 ... index.html

sethpa

VidmanII · Post by **VidmanII** » Tue Aug 14, 2001 10:55 am

Well even if they're in the same performance ballpark as the GF3, you can be reasonably sure that the image quality will be superior to anything nvidia has out.

I had a Radeon VIVO and a GF2 64MB DDR GTS side by side for a couple days last week and not only did the Radeon wax it in any 32-bit gaming but the brilliance of color and textures was tilted heavily in favor of the VIVO as well.

As many times as I've tried to like nvidia offerings , all I ever come away with is that they ( nivida) provide speed and not much else. That's not enough to get my DO-RE-MI.

I haven't tested , used , or even seen a GF3 in action so I can't speak for those.

Hipnotic_Tranz · Post by **Hipnotic_Tranz** » Wed Aug 15, 2001 3:57 pm

I agree with vid man. nVidia products are great if you want the fastest FSP possible, but if you like doin' other things with your computer, like DVD-Playback, digital recordings, etc. then Radeon is the way to go. I love it cause it's fast enough to compete but can also do many other things for me. And it does them well.

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Wed Aug 15, 2001 5:27 pm

well they are the fastest if U want 16bit...there 32bit speeds were never as good as they should be I think for there speed of there products.

Greg

Future · Post by **Future** » Thu Aug 30, 2001 3:48 pm

Alot of that has changed, the gf3 32bit speeds are right on it, and the image quality of the card is quite better than the geforce2 line..the techs in these 2 cards are different, but in many ways, they will be close to even...