Hi there! Wonder if someone can help me out, I urgently needed some good advice from any expert in Graphic cards. I am planning to get a new video card either Radeon 9500pro or GForce running chip set either ti4200 or ti4600. I am confused because I have been told by the shopkeeper that 9500pro run as fast as GFTI4600, is this true??? The price differenc b/w TI4600 is much dearer than 9500pro but the speed, reviewed on some site, means to me that they are not as much difference.(based on www.bench-house.com/article.php?sid=249&oliver=329) PLease help me out to choose the one that worth buying I am on a budget and can only aford card like Radeon 9500pro or GF ti4200.

the radeon is a better choice if your into games, if you search groups.google.com and search for results on both cards, you'll see which one has the best performance or least problems. i have a gforce and wish i would have went with the radeon.

The 9500pro and Ti4200 are close in performance, the Ti4200 is cheaper, and the Ti4200 is more overclockable. The 9500pro commands this higher price/performance because the ati 9x00pro series is kicking nvidia's butt right now. The only rational advantage the 9500pro has is when you turn on eye candy features that slow the Ti4200 down but have little impact on the 9500pro. (AA and AF). At this performance level, the Ti4200 is the better bang for the buck at this point.

The 9500 Pro is the better bang for your buck. The Sapphire version only $20-30 more than the TI4200 and competes directly with the TI4600. It's also a DX9 compliant card which theoretically should trump all of the GF4 TI's when games utilizing DX9 come on the market. The TI series is old and dated IMO.

I just got the Radeon 9500 pro yesterday. Works great from the researching I have done it is the better card simply because it has newer technology than the geforce. Specifically I have ran Splinter and CnC Generals great with the graphics up all the way. I have one problem and i posted it. No one answered, so if someone would help me on my other post it would be nice.

http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/20021218/index.html Here's the answer for question. Look at it yourself, which one is better.

The Sapphire 9500pro may compete with the Ti4600, but its not $20-$30 more than the Ti4200. That's the 9500, not the 9500pro. All Ti4200s become Ti4400s or Ti4500s (if there were such a product) with a 90 second tweak using coolbits. The frames per second per dollar of the 9500pro is not close to an oc'd Ti4200. You are paying for the hope of a DX9 payoff. The Radeon 8500 is the only high end card with as good or better frames per second per dollar than the Ti4200. The whole 9x00 line commands a premium price as the current market leader, which is why it is not the best bang for the buck.