Video Card Vs. Sound Card

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04-02-2003, 10:11 PM
ooo

yes i know which onez are the best but out of these which are better

Round 1

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Guillemot Hercules GameSurround Muse 5.1 - OEM
3 stereo outputs for headphones, 2.1, 4.1 or 5.1 speaker systems
Dolby Digital Home Cinema experience
Digital music on 5.1 channels
3D audio with Sensaura engine included for a realistic gaming experience on up to 5.1 speaker kits
PCI 2.1 bus
Audio processor: CMI-8738 LX
Audio quality: CD and Pro Audio quality
16-bit mono/stereo 4kHz to 48 kHz in full duplex

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Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! Dolby Digital 5.1 - OEM
PCI 32-bit, 1024-voice Environmental Audio Sound Card, now with Dolby Digital 5.1 support
EMU10K1 Digital Signal Processor provides studio quality sound reproduction for digital processing and playback of MP3, WMA, WAV, Internet Audio, MIDI, and CD audio.
EAX Environmental Audio Effects allows gamers to hear sounds coming from all around them over multiple speaker configurations with full EAX support

Round 2

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ABIT Siluro GF4 MX 440SE 64MB RETAIL
Specifications:
Chipset:NVIDIA GeForce4 MX440 GPU
Memory:64MB DDR RAM
Bus:AGP 2X/4X with Fast Writes and AGP Texturing Support
5.3GB memory bandwidth
1.1 billion texels/sec. fill-rate
GPU Core Clock speed 270MHz
Integrated dual 350MHz DACs
Ports: VGA + Svideo
Retail box (See pictures for details)

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ATI OEM RADEON 9000 Atlantis 64MB DDR W/TV out NO DVI, BULKATI Radeon 9000 Atlantis Model # 1024-1197-00-SA (Video-Out NTSCL)
Features:
Graphics Controller: RADEON 9000 graphics processing unit (GPU) Memory Configuration
64MB DDR, 128-bit memory, max memory Interface: 9.6GB/s with 200MHZ DDR.
Ports:15-pin VGA connector, S-Video Out connector
Bus Interface: AGP2X/4X
Video-Out Powered by ATI Manufactured by Sapphire
Graphics Performance: includes TRUFORM, HYPER Z II, SMOOTHVISION technology and supports 32-bit 3D gaming up to 2048x1536 Please note there is a jumper to switch from NTSC to PAL onboard
Supported OS: Windows 98SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000, XP Model#: 9000 64MB DDR TV  -OEM
04-02-2003, 10:44 PM
ooo

Round 3

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EVGA GEFORCE4 MX440 64MB AGP 8X Video Card RETAIL BOXModel 064-a8-NV74
Specifications:
Chipset: Geforce4 MX 440
Memory:64MB 5ns 64-bit DDR Memory
Memory Clock 200MHz clock, 400MHz effective)
Triangles per Second (chipset spec) 34 Million
Texels per Second (chipset spec)1.1 Billion
Memory Bandwidth 8.0 GB per second
Ports: DB-15 Vga + Svideo out
Retail box, Comes with Drivers and manual, See pic) Model#: 064-A8-NV74-S1  Click Here for EVGA Support  Special Free FedEx Saver Shipping

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Aopen Geforce4 MX440 8X 64MB DDR with DVI and TV-Out - Retail Box
Specifications:
Low Profile H340 Support
GPU: Nvidia Geforce4 MX 440
Memory: 64MB 128-bit DDR RAM 5ns speed
AGP 8X w/ Fast Write
Support Dual, Independent Digital Vibrance Engines
Support 34 Million Triangles/sec (T&L) and 1.1 Billion Texels/sec
Ports: VGA 15 Pin, DVI and S-video Out
Retail box (with driver) Model#: MX440 8X-V64

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Triplex Xabre Pro 64MB AGP Video card w/TV Out Retail
Specifications:
GPU: Xabre 400 Silver Platinum PCB
MEM: 64MB DDR 3.5 ns
Bus: AGP8X-AGP3.0 compliant
Memory Bandwidth: 8.0 GB/Sec
Support PixelizerTM Pixel Shader Ver 1.3
Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME/XP/2000 Certified
DirectX8.1 OpenGL 1.3 Compliant
Ports: VGA DB15+ Svideo out + DVI
Retail Box (comes with Driver CD Manual Svideo cable and DVI-VGA Adapter for Dual Monitors) Model#: Xabre Pro 64MB TV-OU
04-03-2003, 03:05 PM
Amarjit

My personal preferences are:

-NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800 Ultra
-NVIDIA PNY Quadro FX 2000
-ATi Radeon 9800 Pro
04-03-2003, 03:17 PM
Somebody1234

About the Nvidia Geforce4 MX series. Don't get one. Get at least a Geforce4 Ti4200 64MB. There is a BIG difference.
04-04-2003, 12:13 AM
ooo

arg u didnt read the front... i said only out of these which one are good i know which are the best
04-05-2003, 09:11 AM
Somebody1234

The one I posted about is not "the best". I was just trying to warn you.
04-06-2003, 04:10 AM
ooo

well one of the best... wait ati radeon 9700: P
04-06-2003, 10:14 AM
Somebody1234

Based on your response... I don't think you understood my last post.

I was trying to say that the Geforce4 Ti4200 64MB is NOT the "best" but it is a lot better than the MX series. The MX series is below the Geforce 3 performance level.

It is the lowest priced card in the GeForce 4 Ti series.

For more info look here: Toms Hardware Charts.
04-06-2003, 04:10 PM
Xanex

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Originally posted by Somebody1234@3 April 2003 - 12:17
About the Nvidia Geforce4 MX series. Don't get one. Get at least a Geforce4 Ti4200 64MB. There is a BIG difference.

There is also a HUGE difference in price. Paid £50 for my MX440SE 128ddr and it works a treat.

The equivelent Ti version is more than 3x' that.

Besides you can have the fastest gpu in the world but if you aint got enough ram on it then it will perform like POO.

heh

Xanex
04-06-2003, 04:15 PM
Xanex

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Originally posted by Somebody1234@6 April 2003 - 07:14

I was trying to say that the Geforce4 Ti4200 64MB is NOT the "best" but it is a lot better than the MX series. The MX series is below the Geforce 3 performance level.

It is the lowest priced card in the GeForce 4 Ti series.

Your trying to compare a Ti card to a newer MX card, it wont work.

Compare a G4 MX to a G3 or G2 MX and you'll see the real differnece.

Y do people like to compare UN-alike things and say one is better.

Its like that amd vs p4 thread, people trying to compare a 2ghz chip (amd 3000+) with a 2ghz P4, you cant do that.
since the 3000+ is comparable to a p4 3ghz with HT.

EDIT: well to be truthfull you can compare them, but you will see that the amd chip beats the shit out of it similary clocked p4 equivelent - but you know what i mean. Compare like with like, you cant compare an apple to an orange and say i like that apple better when u have an orange, which is clearly not an apple, argh now im confusing myself
04-07-2003, 03:11 AM
ooo

ah thanks for ur comments.... im going to stick w/ an ati radeon 9000 for 65 dollars seems good enough....