ATI VE verses Matrox G550

[Greebe]

Have you tried eBay?

[az]

Yes, but it's hard to get these days, and thus still quite pricey (for its age and performance) - and really not fast enough to play newer games decently. It was a great card while it lasted, but after four years, I think it's time to retire

All G400/G450 cards don't provide DualDVI, only G550 does that (and Parhelia).

AZ

[iampedro]

So, probbly my best bet is to go with the ATI Radeon 7500 wich is only $58...

[Indiana]

Be careful about he card you choose, though. Some ATI third party / OEM manufacturers deliver less than decent quality (e.g. PowerColor).
Best bet would be a "Built by ATI".

And if you don't care about gaming I'd get a cheap used G400 DH (doesn't really matter if it's the MAX or not).

[iampedro]

I do care somewhat about games ... The only problem is that my system is a P2 450..

[RichL]

I think they have a few G400 / 400Max's on the Matrox site as refurbished items.

[{PainCresT}DAn]

My problem isn't with poping polygones but disk access while playing.... but I have one question.... Win2k or Winxp with ATI radeon 8500, just asking because I've somewhere that the newest drivers work better on WinXP than Win2K (or at least better performance).

[xortam]

Originally posted by {PainCresT}DAn
My problem isn't with poping polygones ...

Is that what you get when your parrot leaves home to become a spiritual leader?

[Indiana]

I'm using Win2k here as I find WinXP too bloated. And since I don't have any performance problems with my Radeon except for the two known "problem cases" for ATI (Comanche4 and GTA3), I didn't see any reason to upgrade to WinXP - I have the latter on my new Notebok since it came with it and this only confirmed my preference for Win2k over XP.

[Protege]

You should get a G550 it is slightly faster then a G450 and about the same as a G400. A G400 Max is slightly faster then it though if you can still find one.