Graphics Card

[nickm]

I am going (coming) to the US in a few weeks and am planning on purchasing a graphics card. What is the best card on the market? I have been looking at :

Radeon 8500LE 128mb AGP

It seems the best choice at the moment.

Any ideas/advice???

 

[Martin]

There are some others you can choose from as well (similar price range):

GeForce4 Ti 4200 64mb/128mb
Radeon 9000 Pro 64mb (though performance not as high as any 8500)

 

[nickm]

OK, it is now a direct toss up between:

Radeon 8500LE 128mb AGP

and

GeForce4 Ti 4200 128Mb

I have a P4 1.6Ghz processor and 228Mb RAM.

which do you suggest?

It will be used for gaming mostly.

 

[Martin]

Well if you need more features, as well as much better video playback, then the ATI 8500LE. The GF4 Ti 4200 if you prefer pure performance.