Compare Radeon vs GeForce2 GTS??

[Beezer]

I'm just curious if anyone has comparisons of a GeForce2 GTS 32MB DDR vs a Radeon 64MB DDR.

I'm putting together a new system for my kid using a 1.4GHz AMD cpu. The shop I plan to use carries these two boards -- the GTS is made by VisionTek $143, and the ATI is $178. (They don't carry any Kyro II boards.)

Most of the hardware sites have pretty dated benchmarks (with old drivers, I'm sure).

I'm sure my kid (9 yrs old) won't notice the difference, but I hope to get some use out of it too -- until I buy myself a new system in 6 months or so.

[Indiana]

Overall, the GTS will be slightly faster, esp. in OGL and in Win2k. But it'll have crappy 2D, which was the reason for me to get the Radeon. But at that price difference I'd really consider the GTS - when I bought the cards, the Radeon was cheaper than the GTS (my VIVO cost about the same as a GTS card without any video-functionality, not even TVOut).

If you're looking for Radeon benchmarks maybe I can provide some (if I've got the game/demo). However only for Win2k, since I've dumped Win98 - which shows that the Radeon Win2k drivers can't be THAT bad. They're sometimes not that great performing, but no major stability issues.

[Beezer]

Thanks for the feedback, Indiana.

[Guru]

In Finland the VIVO costs ~ 15$ more then a ASUS GTS but you realy might want to consider a Kyro 2 or ati 7500 instead!