ATI Radeon 64MB DDR

Pros: 64 MB DDR RAM, Video in/Video out (VIVO)
Cons: Driver updates are infrequent

Sorry, nVidia fans... Although I am a great fan of the GeForce3, like all Britney Spears fans (ew), I can't touch the object of my affection.

GeForce3 is WAY OUT THERE in terms of pricing ($360+), and all of the boards based on this chipset...

Pros: Great performance and plenty of memory!
Cons: The price, slightly under $200.

This powerful video card was retailing for $399 and now if you click on “Check Latest Prices” through Epinions, you will find it for as low as $185.

This video card gives you 64MB of 5.5ns DDR memory running at 166MHz. DDR (Double Data Rate)...

Pros: Blistering speed. lots of features inc DVD
Cons: bit hefty on the pocket, The creative geforce 2 might be a better value buy

The Radeon from ATI has firmly established itself as one of the top 3 cards in the ever tightning 3D Graphics card business. ATI have not been known in the past for releasing mind blowing speed cards, but for there more user friendly, does the job cards,...

Pros: Awesome card on ALL fronts from DVD to 3D. Ready for the future!
Cons: None

Updated Dec 27 - 2000 I guessed right!! Nvidia does have a major re-thinking going on... They just bought 3DFX's "Intellectual Property", my guess is to conjure up something that can compete with Radeon in (What Else) Open GL...
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Pros: Incredible DVD playback and outstanding 32 bit performance!
Cons: Drivers are a bit buggy...

Among the various graphic card manufacturers, Nvidia and 3dfx were the leaders in 3d graphic performance. ATi tried to enter the market with the Rage128 chip, hoping to compete with the bigboys. ATi was always know for their amazing video features that...

Pros: Great features, high performance in 32 bit applications
Cons: Price is a tad bit high, budget gamers may want to wait for 32 MB SDR version. Also, performance in 16 bit leaves a bit to be desired

ATi has been a very successful comany. While nVidia and 3dfx duke it out for the performance crown, with such descriptive adjectives like "Ultra" and etc thrown in for good measure, ATi has been pretty much content with making not-so-small...

Pros: Pure and simple speed and clarity always wanted in a vid card
Cons: Definitely not for older PCs

Introduction
Well hello again I thought I would write another computer hardware epinion as it has been a while since I took a stab at one of these forgive me if I don't match up to my old ways. I had a computer guru buddy of mine go out and...

Pros: The fastest card in 32-bit color, extra features
Cons: GeFoce2 GTS still the king in 16-bit color

UPDATE! 9/19/2000 - Recently, a number of hardware test sites reported that OEM versions of the 64 MB DDR Radeon card are clocked at 166 MHz rather than the 183 MHz advertised on Retail boxes. For all the details, go here:

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Pros: Great card, great features, great multimedia for your computer.
Cons: A few minor details to watch out for (shown in this review).

I recently was in the market for a new graphics card. My old Voodoo3 didn't quite have the "oomph" that it used to have, and I was also looking for a graphics card that could hook up to my TV and play DVD's while giving me a great solution for my gaming...

Pros: excellent performance, good specs like 64Mb of DDR memory, quickest card available at the moment, cheaper than GeForce 2 and quicker
Cons: a little expensive because it's just been released

ATI have always had a reputation as the nearly boys of the video card market. They have always been able to produce reasonably cheap video cards, with excellent DVD playback and TV Out facilities, in fact the best video cards for DVD playback are ATI...

Pros: Fast, stable, lots of features.
Cons: Can't get the DVD player to work

My current system used to have the Nvidia GeForce Plus video card. Recently, much to my chagrin and annoyment, it went bad on me. It caused my monitor to make dark bands run across the screen, and created an eye-straining haze on the entire screen...

Pros: Lightning fast performance
Cons: Pricey

For a home graphics card, this card is very, very fast. It doesn't matter how high you crank the resolution on this baby, it won't slow down (much.) It's also got one of the best DVD decoders on the market.

For those of you who don't know, a...

Pros: performance, lots of features, best DVD playback
Cons: value, horrible drivers

Abstract:

The Radeon is very nice, but the many nVidia licensees make price comparisons tough. Performance-wise, it’s a toss up. Driver-wise nVidia is tops.

Design/Installation:

It’s as easy to install as any...

Pros: Incredibly Fast, 64 MB DDR, plays most new games with perfect frame rates
Cons: Drivers are buggy, annoying fan

ATI has never been taken seriously by gamers for their video cards. They were bug ridden and always many steps behind nVidia's offerings. So when the ATI Radeon came out most people didn't look twice. Why would they, with their past, and the fact that a...

Pros: Powerful card.
Cons: Poor dvd decoding.

The reason I write this opinion is because I found one of the features of the Radeon to be extremely lacking in performance. The Radeon 64ddr card is advertised as having superior dvd decoding. I got the card for that purpose (in addition to it...