I was recently given a Radeon 9550 256MB AGP card to play around with. Would it be better for use in my HTPC (for playing DVD) than the Geforce 6200 that is in there now? I'm looking for the sharpest 2D output and best video decoding acceleration, not gaming performance.
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Re: Radeon 9550 vs. Geforce 6200?
I did recently give a Saphire Radeon 9550 256MB for a spin, but I could'nt tell the difference in 2D between it and my Geforce FX5500.
Gaming performance though improved with the 9550. Especially under CS: Source. :-)CPU: Sempron 2500+ / P4 2.8E / P4 2.6C / A64 x2 4000+ / E6420 / E8500 / i5-3470 / i7-3770
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Re: Radeon 9550 vs. Geforce 6200?
Well I tried the 9550 in my HTPC and I couldn't get MCE to work right, and the TV kept crashing. The drivers (Catalyst 7.12) are a real nightmare. The card worked better in an old HP system. Maybe it just doesn't like AMD boards.
Also tried the 9550 in my Athlon XP system, because I wanted to try out Need For Speed Pro Street. It kept crashing when I tried to load the game, so I ended up using a Geforce FX5900XT.Comment
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Re: Radeon 9550 vs. Geforce 6200?
I don't believe that the 9550 supports DirectX 9. It is usually needed in a Windows media PC to display the video. Those that do support DirectX 9 would be a Radeon series 9600 and above, or X300 and above.Comment
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Re: Radeon 9550 vs. Geforce 6200?
With all the constant bad press received by the ATi cards, I'd think the nVidia card would be the natural choice.
I'm not a gamer at all, but I've read enough negative comments to opt for the nVidia cards no matter what.Comment
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Re: Radeon 9550 vs. Geforce 6200?
All ATI 9xxx cards do support DX9 per specification. Just make sure, you disable fas writes in BIOS or driver for any other AMD chipset then SIS.
I would suggest to check the real decoding performance and abilities for both cards.
It might be the case, that the GF6200 could be better in this respect, but i am not that sure as any Radeon 9xxx card does have a working decoding accelerator build in.Comment
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Re: Radeon 9550 vs. Geforce 6200?
I guess I was thinking of the 9250 card.
It is not true that all 9xxx cards support DirectX 9. The 9250 does not, see the specs at the ATI web site. It is listed as supporting only DirectX 8.
http://ati.amd.com/products/radeon92...200/specs.html
I was running the Media Portal media center application, and they require a Radeon >=9600. They say because of DirectX 9 support, so that is where I got my info from.
http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/Med...alRequirements
Last edited by Paul S; 12-24-2007, 08:11 AM.Comment
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All the above continues to make my point for the nVidia card...
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Yes your right, i stand corrected. The Dx 9 support starts with Radeon9500, the lower 9000 series are slightly improved or just renamed Radeon 8x00 chips which only do support dx8.1.
Source: http://www.hardware-mag.de/hardware.php?id=141Comment
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I now agree. nVidia is better, especially if you want to use Linux. I built a few systems before I started using Linux. I put expensive ATI cards in them, 'cause they were suppose to be the best.
Even the 8xxx nVidia cards don't have full function support in the Linux driver. (This is what I heard).
I have seen developement in a Linux ATI driver since AMD took them over. They released the specs so that a driver could be developed.Last edited by Paul S; 12-24-2007, 12:12 PM.Comment
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Re: Radeon 9550 vs. Geforce 6200 and driver issues...
Ya the Geforce ended up working great. I was just hoping to use the ATI in the HTPC so I could use that 6200 in another computer for games.
The 9550 was listed as being supported in Windows MCE, so I don't know what the deal is.
One thing that really, really bugs me about the Nvidia drivers, is every time I try to make a custom resolution, it says "custom mode test failed".
I need to find a way to tell Windows to keep the sync polarities at negative all the time, because that is what my projector needs.
From what I've read, I need to make an .INF file for the projector, giving all the supported timings. I have no idea how to do this though.Comment
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Re: Radeon 9550 vs. Geforce 6200?
Well, I just read somewhere that Powerstrip can generate custom monitor INF files. I'll give that a try I guess.
All I want is to be able to have the proper timings for my projector after a fresh install of Windows MCE, without fumbling with the video card drivers. If Windows changes the resolution on the fly and the sync polarity is wrong, the picture blanks out, and I have to connect a PC monitor to get it set back.Comment
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Darn, still no way to set sync polarity when making an INF
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Re: Radeon 9550 vs. Geforce 6200?
Have you ever tried running your movies in Direct3D or OpenGL? I have found it to look superior to 2D.Presonus Audiobox USB, Schiit Magni 3, Sony MDR-V700Comment
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Can that be done in Windows MCE without too much hacking?Comment
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I just use VLC (videolan) to do this. MCE?Presonus Audiobox USB, Schiit Magni 3, Sony MDR-V700Comment
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