ATI RAGE PRO or ATI RAGE 128 better?
I'm looking to upgrade my 8600. Anyone remember which card is better?
I've seen the ati 7000 for around $110.00 vs around $60.00 for the ati rage pro. Would I be better off buying a ATI rage 7000 at twice the cost?
Also, where is a good place to buy the older ati rage video cards?
Thanks in advance to all who answer...
I've seen the ati 7000 for around $110.00 vs around $60.00 for the ati rage pro. Would I be better off buying a ATI rage 7000 at twice the cost?
Also, where is a good place to buy the older ati rage video cards?
Thanks in advance to all who answer...
Comments
Rage 128 is getting up in the years, but it is still a pretty good videocard.
If you plan on hacking Mac OS X onto that thing your really going to want to spring for the Radeon. And ATI has a rebate on the Radeon 7000 where if you send in ANY old videocard you can get $40 off I believe.
I am serious when they say ANY, a customer sent in the videocard from her Macintosh IIcx and got the rebate.
If you can't find an original Radeon or you want something cheaper, just get a used Radeon 7000. There are usually a few on eBay that aren't too expensive. And the 7000 is still quite a bit better than the Rage 128, although the Rage 128 is MUCH better than the Rage Pro. For comparison, a 233 MHz G3 with a 4 MB Rage Pro was crappy in Unreal Tournament unless I turned all the effects down to minimum... on a 400 MHz G3 with a Rage 128 it was very fast and smooth. The Radeon helps smooth it out a lot more though.