videocard confusion

#1 (**permalink**) 12-26-2006, 06:42 PM

I have a 3GHz P4 Dell with 2GB of DDR RAM that I'm about to reinstall XP on.

I have a choice of 2 video cards and can't find reviews that allow me to
compare what would be best. The only gaming that will done on this PC are
older games like Generals Zero Hour & RTCW ET.

The choices are:

ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 128MB
NVIDIA Geforce 6800 256MB

Any help greatly appreciated.

#2 (**permalink**) 12-26-2006, 07:20 PM

Paul wrote:
> I have a 3GHz P4 Dell with 2GB of DDR RAM that I'm about to reinstall XP on.
>
> I have a choice of 2 video cards and can't find reviews that allow me to
> compare what would be best. The only gaming that will done on this PC are
> older games like Generals Zero Hour & RTCW ET.
>
> The choices are:
>
> ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 128MB
> NVIDIA Geforce 6800 256MB
>
> Any help greatly appreciated.
>
>

http://www20.tomshardware.com/2005/0...l#3d_mark_2005

http://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/

Paul

#3 (**permalink**) 12-26-2006, 07:24 PM

Paul wrote:
> I have a 3GHz P4 Dell with 2GB of DDR RAM that I'm about to reinstall XP on.
>
> I have a choice of 2 video cards and can't find reviews that allow me to
> compare what would be best. The only gaming that will done on this PC are
> older games like Generals Zero Hour & RTCW ET.
>
> The choices are:
>
> ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 128MB
> NVIDIA Geforce 6800 256MB
>
> Any help greatly appreciated.
>
>
Go here and you can compare them.
http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards....1=178&card2=33
The Nvidia is faster.

#4 (**permalink**) 12-26-2006, 08:08 PM

"Paul" wrote ...
>
> http://www20.tomshardware.com/2005/0...l#3d_mark_2005
>
> http://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/
>
> Paul

Thank you.

#5 (**permalink**) 12-26-2006, 08:08 PM

"Pen" wrote...
> Go here and you can compare them.
> http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards....1=178&card2=33
> The Nvidia is faster.

Thank you

#6 (**permalink**) 12-28-2006, 12:06 AM

You definitely want the newer design, faster 6800.

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DaveW

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"Paul" <fedupofspam@fedupofspam.com> wrote in message
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>I have a 3GHz P4 Dell with 2GB of DDR RAM that I'm about to reinstall XP
>on.
>
> I have a choice of 2 video cards and can't find reviews that allow me to
> compare what would be best. The only gaming that will done on this PC are
> older games like Generals Zero Hour & RTCW ET.
>
> The choices are:
>
> ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 128MB
> NVIDIA Geforce 6800 256MB
>
> Any help greatly appreciated.
>

#7 (**permalink**) 12-28-2006, 02:18 PM

"DaveW" <somewhere@zero.org> wrote in message
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> You definitely want the newer design, faster 6800.

Thanks Dave