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olskar
May 25th, 2009, 05:38 PM
Hi!

Of those three cards, which is best and what is the worst?

ATI RADEON 9250
GeForce FX 5200
GeForce 7600GT
Polygon
May 25th, 2009, 05:41 PM
7200 is a lot more recent...

the ati card is whoaomg old :o

and so is the geforce 5200.....
HappyFeet
May 25th, 2009, 05:48 PM
7600GT is the best by far.
olskar
May 25th, 2009, 05:51 PM
Ok, as I suspected then :) Thanks!
pwnst*r
May 25th, 2009, 06:10 PM
just get a gtx285. you know you want it ;P
Pasdar
May 25th, 2009, 06:13 PM
Hi!

Of those three cards, which is best and what is the worst?

ATI RADEON 9250
GeForce FX 5200
GeForce 7600GT

Best: GeForce 7600GT
Center: ATI RADEON 9250
Worst: GeForce FX 5200
gnomeuser
May 25th, 2009, 06:13 PM
The ATI one has the best out of the box driver, however it is quite an old model. I have one, it's a fine video card, no fans and decent enough performance for a composited desktop.. well that is to say I have the card as the rest of the machine blew up now it's a useless sparepart (anyone willing to pay postage can have it).

The nvidia cards have that horrible driver but they are more recent, depending on what you plan to use the card for it might be a better choice.
pwnst*r
May 25th, 2009, 06:16 PM
The ATI one has the best out of the box driver, however it is quite an old model. I have one, it's a fine video card, no fans and decent enough performance for a composited desktop.. well that is to say I have the card as the rest of the machine blew up now it's a useless sparepart (anyone willing to pay postage can have it).

The nvidia cards have that horrible driver but they are more recent, depending on what you plan to use the card for it might be a better choice.

why is the nvidia driver horrible? <- honest question.
Dropbear
May 25th, 2009, 08:28 PM
why is the nvidia driver horrible? <- honest question.
It is closed source (proprietary), depends on how important this is to you.
The driver itself works brilliantly with my 7600gt and the go6100 chip in my laptop.
sloggerkhan
May 25th, 2009, 08:42 PM
I think he may have meant the 'open' nvidia driver is horrible (which it is)...
pwnst*r
May 25th, 2009, 08:52 PM
oh, i couldn't care less about that. as long as my GTX285 works, i'm good.
heroidi
May 25th, 2009, 09:11 PM
GeForce 7600GT OWNS...!!
Dropbear
May 25th, 2009, 09:15 PM
GeForce 7600GT OWNS...!!

It's a good card when it's not freezing up on some games like mine.
gletob
May 25th, 2009, 09:18 PM
Just for information:
The Holy Grail of Graphics Card Comparisons (http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=88&pgno=0)
gnomeuser
May 25th, 2009, 09:25 PM
why is the nvidia driver horrible? <- honest question.

I do QA if you knew how many problems that thing causes you would be of that opinion as well.
mellowd
May 25th, 2009, 09:30 PM
7600GT really did well for me before I got the 8800GT
gn2
May 25th, 2009, 11:34 PM
"Best" depends on your selection criteria.
For me the clear winner would be a passively cooled FX 5200.