Wolfe Posted March 2, 2002 Share Posted March 2, 2002 Been collecting some of this for a while. There seems to be a number of posts recently about what the best video card upgrade might be. Thought this may help. The ordering favors the tests run at higher resolutions and with faster CPUs. Some cards may change a position or two depending on what they're running. The Kyro chips seem to vary a lot, though. Mystique Rendition V1000 Voodoo Rush Voodoo 4MB Voodoo 6MB (Canopus) Rage Pro i752 (Intel 810) Riva 128 Rendition V2100 Riva 128ZX i740 Rendition V2200 i754 (Intel 815) TNT2 Vanta LT Voodoo Banshee Permedia3 G200 Savage4 Voodoo2 TNT2 Vanta Rage 128 TNT TNT2 M64 Savage4 Pro AIW 128 Voodoo2 SLI V3 2000 G450 G400 TNT2 V3 3000 G400 MAX V3 3500 TNT2 Pro TNT2 Ultra nForce 220 (Integrated GF2 MX) Savage 2000 (Diamond Viper II) GF2 MX200 V4 4500 Rage Fury MAXX nForce 420 (Integrated GF2 MX) Kyro Radeon VE 7000 GF 256 SDR GF2 MX GF2 MX400 Radeon 7200 SDR GF4 MX420 GF2 GTS-V Radeon LE GF DDR Radeon DDR V5 5500 GF2 GTS Kyro2 GF2 Pro GF2 Ti Radeon 7500 GF4 MX440 GF2 Ultra GF4 MX460 GF3 Ti200 Radeon 8500LE GF3 Radeon 8500 GF3 Ti500 GF4 Ti4200 GF4 Ti4400 GF4 Ti4600 -- Sources: Anand - Banshee, V2, V2 SLI, V3 2000, V3 3000, Rage Fury 128, TNT Anand - Banshee, V2, V2 SLI, V3 2000, V3 3000, Rage Fury, TNT, TNT2, Savage4 Pro Anand - Banshee, V2, V2 SLI, V3 2000, V3 3000, Rage Fury, G400, G400MAX, TNT2, Savage4 Pro Anand - V3 2000, V3 3000, G400, G400MAX, TNT2 M64, TNT2, TNT2 Pro, TNT2 Ultra Anand - Velocity 100, V3 2000, V3 3000, G400, G400MAX, TNT2 M64, TNT2, TNT2 Pro, TNT2 Ultra, Savage4 Pro Anand - V3 2000, V3 3000, V3 3500, G400, G400MAX, TNT2, TNT2 Ultra, GF 256, Savage 2000 Anand - V3 3000, V4 4500, V5 5500, Rage 128 Pro, Rage Fury MAXX, Kyro, G400MAX, GF 256, TNT2 Ultra, GF DDR, GF2 GTS, Savage 2000 Anand - V5 5500, Rage Fury MAXX, GF DDR, GF2 GTS Anand - V3 3000, V4 4500, V5 5500, Rage 128 Pro, Rage Fury MAXX, TNT2 Ultra, GF 256, GF DDR, GF2 MX, GF2 GTS Anand - V3 3000, V4 4500, V5 5500, Rage 128 Pro, Rage Fury MAXX, Radeon DDR, TNT2 Ultra, GF 256, GF DDR, GF2 MX, GF2 GTS Anand - V5 5500, Rage Fury MAXX, Radeon DDR, TNT2 Ultra, GF DDR, GF 256, GF2 MX, GF2 GTS, GF2 Ultra, Savage 2000 Anand - V4 4500, V5 5500, Rage Fury MAXX, Radeon DDR, G400MAX, TNT2 Ultra, GF 256, GF DDR, GF2 MX, GF2 GTS, GF2 Ultra, Savage 2000 Anand - G400, G400MAX, G450, TNT2 Ultra, GF DDR, GF2 MX Anand - V4 4500, Radeon VE, Radeon 7200, G450, GF2 MX Anand - V5 5500, Radeon 7200, Radeon DDR, Kyro2, GF2 MX, GF2 GTS, GF2 Pro, GF2 Ultra Anand - V5 5500, Radeon 7200, Radeon DDR, Kyro2, GF2 MX, GF2 MX400, GF2 GTS, GF2 Pro Anand - Radeon 7200, Radeon LE, Radeon DDR, Kyro2, GF2 MX400, GF2 GTS, GF2 Pro Anand - Radeon DDR, Radeon 7500, Radeon 8500, Kyro2, GF2 MX400, GF2 Pro, GF3 Anand - Radeon 7500, nForce 220, nForce 420, GF2 MX400, GF3 Anand - Radeon 8500LE, Radeon 8500, GF2 Ti, GF3 Ti200, GF3, GF3 Ti500, GF4 MX440, GF4 MX460, GF4 Ti4400, GF4 Ti4600 Ars Technica Compilation Ars Technica GeForce Compilation Digitlife - TNT2, GF2 MX200, GF2 MX, GF2 MX400, GF2 GTS Specialty Tech - Lots of BMs. Tom's - Voodoo Rush, Voodoo, Voodoo 6MB, Permedia2, Rage Pro, PowerVR, Riva 128, Rendition 2200, SiS 6326 Tom's - V2 SLI, V3 2000, V3 3000, V3 3500, Rage 128, TNT2, TNT2 Pro, TNT2 Ultra Tom's - V3 2000, V3 3000, V3 3500, Rage 128, AIW 128, G400, G400MAX, TNT2 M64, TNT2, TNT2 Ultra, Savage4 Tom's - Radeon 7500, Radeon 8500, Kyro2, GF2 MX400, GF2 Ti, GF2 Pro, GF3 Ti200, GF3, GF3 Ti500 Tom's - Radeon 7500, Radeon 8500, GF2 Ti, GF3 TI500, GF4 MX440, GF4 MX460, GF4 Ti4200, GF4 Ti4400, GF4 Ti4600 Xbit Labs - nForce 220, nForce 420, GF2 MX200, GF4 MX400 (oc'ed) Review Finder - Links to lots of reviews. Reactor Critical Chip Specs - Chris [ March 01, 2002, 07:30 PM: Message edited by: Wolfe ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfe Posted March 2, 2002 Author Share Posted March 2, 2002 Basic video card specs: Hmm. No tables (HTML) allowed in the Tech Support section. But they are allowed on the main CM page. Strange. Oh well. It was worth a shot. - Chris [ March 01, 2002, 06:44 PM: Message edited by: Wolfe ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyrene Posted March 2, 2002 Share Posted March 2, 2002 Wow! Great job! This should go in the a FAQ! Gyrene 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfe Posted March 2, 2002 Author Share Posted March 2, 2002 Thanks! Glad you like it. I have a decent little table of basic info on various chips (just core and mem clock speeds), but this part of the BBS doesn't take HTML, unfortunately. I may have to email the Madone and ask about that. - Chris 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Beaman Posted March 2, 2002 Share Posted March 2, 2002 which video card on the market right now would be good for CM, with little or no problems? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted March 2, 2002 Share Posted March 2, 2002 On a Mac your best bet for a problem free video card is one based on the Radeons. The GeForces are faster, but have some driver problems at the moment. On the PC, anything based on a GeForce2 or newer should also be fine since the latest drivers have fixed almost all of the issues in all of the Windows OS (when it comes to CM). The next question is how much do you want to spend and how fast is your current computer ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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