which video card to purchase?

[d1nonlydeagle]

If I can get the 2 video card below for the same price which one should I pick up?
Geforce 3 ti 500 64mb
or radeon 8500 64mb (not le)
Which card would be faster for games and which is better overall
thx

 

[Adamowski]

Tough decision...

GF3Ti500 is faster in most if not all games.

Radeon 8500 has better 2D and TV out.

Can't go wrong w/ either card.

However, if you have a fast P4 or Athlon system you may want to get at least the GF4Ti4200 or Radeon 9500.

 

[d1nonlydeagle]

Its mostly for light to medium gamming; nothing hardcore and I am on a tight budget so this is the only 2 card I can afford that is good.
Anyone else have any opinion?

 

[Regs]

The XFX Geforce 4 ti4200 128 Megs 8x 256-bit is on sale for 110 dollars on newegg.com . Which happens to be a lot less expensive then the 8500.

You can OC the XFX to 4600 status very easily as well.

Also check out this chart:

http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic/20021218/vgacharts-02.html