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I'm thinking of buying a new video card and can't decide which one is a better make. Radeon or GeForce. I need it for mostly for games so I need a really good card. I'm trying to stay in the $300 range.

What card is better? And is there a better on than those 2?

This would be good for me too and it dosnt have to be in the $300 just below 400 is ok ive been looking at the Radeon 9800 Pro, 9800XT, 9600 and Nvidia Geforce4

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Originally posted by Scone
This would be good for me too and it dosnt have to be in the $300 just below 400 is ok ive been looking at the Radeon 9800 Pro, 9800XT, 9600 and Nvidia Geforce4

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i'd suggest a GeXcUBe 9800Pro ATI card.. there good for games an Nvidia have problems with there drivers. go here have a look at the website at the cards.

                   http://www.gecube.com.tw/

For $300 you can get a GeForce 6800

Gainward nVIDIA GeForce 6800 Video Card, 128MB DDR, 256-Bit, TV-Out/DVI, 8X AGP, Model"Gainward Power Pack Ultra/2100 TV-DVI Golden Sample (GS), One Slot design" -RETAIL

For $400 you can get a GeForce 6800GT

eVGA nVIDIA GeForce 6800GT Video Card, 256MB GDDR3, 256-Bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP, Model "256-A8-N344-AX" -RETAIL

On a side note, I use a GeForce 6800GT for gaming and have no driver issues and much better performance than a 9700 Pro (my old card which did have driver issuses).

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Originally posted by Garndell
On a side note, I use a GeForce 6800GT for gaming and have no driver issues and much better performance than a 9700 Pro (my old card which did have driver issuses).

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That's probably because the GF6800 is much newer than the Radeon 9700.

IMO, go for a Radeon 9800XT. Top performance, top clarity, no driver issues, basically the best card there is.

Get a GeForce4 MX460, it's very good and I have no problems with it, I haven't checked the price yet...

That's a bit old isn't it?

meh.... it works great though

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Originally posted by raceprouk

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Originally posted by Garndell
On a side note, I use a GeForce 6800GT for gaming and have no driver issues and much better performance than a 9700 Pro (my old card which did have driver issuses).

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That's probably because the GF6800 is much newer than the Radeon 9700.

IMO, go for a Radeon 9800XT. Top performance, top clarity, no driver issues, basically the best card there is.

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But the drivers on the Radeon were quite frankly shocking.  A GeForce 6800 would outperform a 9800XT for less money aswell.

nVidia only makes the drivers, as for the video card, ATI's are better built, but some of the nVidia cards are kick ass too, but overall, the nVidia driver's are much better then ATI's that if i found two comparable cards for the same price, i would choose nVidia over ATI anyday