Video Card question

[Barbara]

Ok here is the question

I have a Radeon 9500Pro 128 AGP AND a G-Force FX5200 D256M AGP. Does anyone know where I can find out which one is better...I am reading more and more technobabble and my mind is spinning.

Can anyone help?

Thanks in advance!
Barbara

[Oni no Ted]

Generally speaking, video card performance can be judged by it's 'generation' and memory size

In this case I would say the Radeon card is superior (even though the Geforce has double the memory)

the ATI Radeon card is about 3(?) years old, the nVidia Geforce is 5 years old.
As far as I know, neither card can use dx10, but will work in Vista/7 with dx9, however
Software and support wise, IMO nvidia is better but some have had better luck with ati

Full disclosure: I've been a nVidia user for just under 10 years, I started out with ATI

[Barbara]

Generally speaking, video card performance can be judged by it's 'generation' and memory size

In this case I would say the Radeon card is superior (even though the Geforce has double the memory)

the ATI Radeon card is about 3(?) years old, the nVidia Geforce is 5 years old.
As far as I know, neither card can use dx10, but will work in Vista/7 with dx9, however
Software and support wise, IMO nvidia is better but some have had better luck with ati

Full disclosure: I've been a nVidia user for just under 10 years, I started out with ATI

Thanks so much for the answer I will pass on the info to the house techie (Tiny).