Author Topic: Looking for new video card (Read 513 times)

wombatt · « **Reply #15 on:** December 27, 2004, 06:00:38 PM »

How much is that bad boy Mak?

weaselsan · « **Reply #16 on:** December 27, 2004, 06:26:55 PM »

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Originally posted by Nuke33
Any suggestions as to where i could find it at that price?

Best buy or comp USA, If theres none in your area you can buy online.

Mak333 · « **Reply #17 on:** December 27, 2004, 06:33:46 PM »

Platinum last I heard is 550. But it runs as low as 399 for the Pro.

Gh0stFT · « **Reply #18 on:** December 27, 2004, 07:00:02 PM »

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Originally posted by Paul
Hey GhostFT, Im thinking about buying the card you own... how many FRPS you getting?

i dont run any 3D benchmark, but i can tell you with my above
hardware and this card my feelings are:

1. Doom 3 runs total smooth
2. HL2 runs total smooth
3. ww2ol runs total smooth
4. FS2004 runs total smooth

all this software with max settings, cept doom3
one level down with the texture quality, i think
if you get the 256mb version you can play with max texture too.

and yes all with Anti aliasing on.
no problmes at all, i mostly play at 1280x1024 32bit Res.

I had the Ati 8500 before that, and its like night & day lol

R
Gh0stFT

ps: im planing to upgrade again to the 700 XT ;p
my friend bought the super 850 but hey for 500€ !!!! no way

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #19 on:** December 27, 2004, 08:05:49 PM »

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Originally posted by Nuke33
Any suggestions as to where i could find it at that price?
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Originally posted by weaselsan
Best buy or comp USA, If theres none in your area you can buy online.

Just got a 256 meg ATI Radeon card for Christmas
so far no complaints.
BUT the only game I have tried running so far is AH.
So my experiances with them is limited

Prior to that I've always owned Nvidea cards.
Never had a problem with one

Whichever you choose and for just about anything you buy.
Rather then go to CompUSA or Best buy
Check out one of the local little mom & pop computer stores.
(usually run by asians no disrespect intended)

But you can often get parts from them at close to the same low cost you can find them on the net.
Certainly significantly cheaper then BB or Compusa.
And they often discount for cash bringing the price down even farther.
Just usinig this as a quick example.
I recently picked up a copy of Windows XP Professional upgrade as the operating system for a machine I just built for my wife.

Best Buy and CompUSA's best price was $179 on sale normally retailing at $199

I picked it up at one of those little shops for $100

After my experiances with dealing with some of these little stores I'll be checking these forst before I go to one of the major outlets again

XtrmeJ · « **Reply #20 on:** December 27, 2004, 09:21:08 PM »

I'll Sell ya my X800.

eilif · « **Reply #21 on:** December 28, 2004, 03:35:47 AM »

been running the ati 9600 lately and its been great, makes up for my crapy processor.

Nuke33 · « **Reply #22 on:** December 28, 2004, 12:55:33 PM »

Just picked myself up an ATI Radeon 9600XT.. Hopefully it will do the trick..

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-142-020&depa=0

Flit · « **Reply #23 on:** December 28, 2004, 01:42:00 PM »

saw 1 on http://www.pricewatch.com for
$130

Nuke33 · « **Reply #24 on:** December 28, 2004, 01:50:53 PM »

Yeah I checked there, but im knida warry of some of the online stores that gets listed there.. Newegg has good prices, cheap shipping, and is reilable so I'll pay the extra 10 bucks or so.. most of those other online stores charge an arm and a leg for shipping anyways..

eilif · « **Reply #25 on:** December 28, 2004, 09:12:18 PM »

i got the ati 9600 SE, not sure how much of a gain there is with the XT, SE seems to handle it fine tho.