videocard

Buster82 · Post by **Buster82** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 2:54 pm

i got myself a new one. i was running with a ATI Radeon 9200 pro first but now i'm going to switch to a GeForce 5200 ultra edition.

will this be an improvementover my old card? i got this card for free from a friend of mine.

:FI:Macca · Post by **:FI:Macca** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 6:00 pm

Hard to say, I was running ATI 9600 Pro 256until January.GFs are good cards,so do the ATIs......difficult question,mate...

:FI:TacticalS! · Post by **:FI:TacticalS!** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 6:14 pm

Indeed.

I did read a recent post over at UBI from a mate that went from a 9800Pro to a 6800 and only receive a few extra fps.

As pointed out, IL-2 is just a mad game, demanding lots of CPU power, fast RAM, and yes, a hard working video card.

But it's free why the worry mate?

Ianus · Post by **Ianus** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 9:59 am

Have to be honest here m8 but the 5200 even in it's ultra from were not renowned for their speed

. Having said that I cant answer your question because I don't know much about the 9200!!

:FI:Snaphoo · Post by **:FI:Snaphoo** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 10:56 am

I think I had the 9200 (or the 9700) pro for awhile... I wasn't that impressed to be honest... I made a large leap of faith shortly after taking the card back and got the nVidia 6800GT Ultra 256MB... I have to say that I really like it... but that doesn't really help you does it?

Sorry...

:FI:Macca · Post by **:FI:Macca** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 11:38 am

I'd go for the best possible version of 9200 if I had to choose between nVidia and ATI (choose ATI 9200 or nVidia 5200).

I had ATI 8500 LE and it was great card for very reasonable price, much better then the 900 or 9100,some say it was bette then 9200, however I don't know that.

:FI:Falcon · Post by **:FI:Falcon** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 3:05 pm

Here's a comparison of similar? cards.

http://www.devhardware.com/c/a/Video-Ca ... s-R9200/1/

and another,

http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NDkw