ATI 8500 vs. GeForce 4

kidred · January 10, 2002 5:47PM

Which is or rather should be better? ThinkSecret claims the the 8500 may be a BTO on new towers and the GeForce 4 comes out first of Feb. So, which one's better? I'm still experiencing ATI's crappy driver history as my G4 450 doesn't play nice after waking from sleep and I'm caustious about ATI.

Any thoughts?

programmer · January 10, 2002 6:06PM

My money, this time, is on nVidia. ATI and nVidia are going to be leapfrogging eachother in 6 month intervals for the foreseeable future. The Radeon 8500 was actually introduced to the PC world back in August, but ATI isn't the most punctual at shipping...

kidred · January 10, 2002 6:07PM

So the GeForce 4 then? Cool.

eskimo · January 10, 2002 6:28PM

The 8500 has been out for some time now on the PC side of things. With the newest drivers it can come close to a high end GeForce 3 Ti 500. I see no reason why it would stand a chance of competing with a GeForce 4.

applenut · January 10, 2002 8:07PM

nVidia mac drivers suck

jack meggan · January 10, 2002 8:35PM

where is my Geforce's FSAA

I think PC users have FSAA , even when using geforce 2 mx

am I wrong ? am I wrong ? can you blame me ?

kidred · January 10, 2002 8:42PM

[quote]Originally posted by applenut:

<strong>nVidia mac drivers suck</strong><hr></blockquote>

Worse then ATI? Is it worth it if GeForce 4 is better then the 8500?

applenut · January 10, 2002 8:56PM

[quote]Originally posted by KidRed:

<strong>

Worse then ATI? Is it worth it if GeForce 4 is better then the 8500?</strong><hr></blockquote>

worse than ATI.

I don't know. the Geforce 4 will surely cost a lot more than the 8500

ATI 8500 vs. GeForce 4

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