ATI & nVidia

Robert Bell robert at thebellfamily.com
Tue Aug 30 18:30:27 UTC 2005


>How much money do you want to spend?  Do you need an AGP card or
>PCI-E?  
>
Its an Abit KV8-MAX3 so AGP

>All nVidia cards use the same driver, so there is no reason to
>go with one over another based on how well they play with FC4.  I'd
>say go over to newegg.com and find the best 6000 series card under
>your max price.  The 6600 seems to be a good mid-priced choice. 
>
I guess I was looking for a an "equivalent" nVidia card. I guess I'll 
just have to try something. Last nVidia card I owned was a Voodo2 :-)

> You
>can look around for some graphics card reviews to see which types
>perform better and how they do against the new ATi cards.  I think the
>GT cards are a little faster than the plain ones.  Also, be conscious
>of power requirements.  Almost all of the mid to high end cards
>require at least one power supply connection, and the top-of-the-line
>ones may require two (and I think you are not supposed to share those
>lines).
>  
>
As does my Radeon 9800 Pro

>Jonathan
>  
>

Thanks for the advice.




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