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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: bockko on July 25, 2004, 11:56:49 PM
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I am just curious to see what the latest rev of AH has damaged our collective pocket books...but our loss helps the economy, right??
I am out approx $200 for a new video card...anyone else shelling out?
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I dumped about that much on a new vid card...though that was because the old one smoked right after I started playing.
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my 3 yr + old gammer plays ah2 just fine . I did just replace its gf2 card though with a $90 ATI just to improve the eye candy though . not a bad investment for a machine that is that old.
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479 bucks for my computer.
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$465
Newer Machine. Bought Second hand from a generous squaddie.
And newer sound and graphics cards
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lets see......
that, add that.... better not forget that...... carry the one.....
$0!
:p :D
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Dirext X 9.0b 0.00$
Latest omega drivers 0.00$
Reinstall windows 98SE just to keep things cleaned out & running smooth, 0.00$
Having a 16month old third rate computer that still runs AH2 well .........Priceless.
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$2500 For the system I built.
But I needed a new toy anyways. :)
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Conservatively $950.00 including new MB, ATI 9800 vid card, USB CH PRo pedals and a new headset.
You can add a previous incumbancy of $650/00 AUS for the Cougar Hotas just to play AH.
and the coming chip all required for my personal enjoyment of AH of $500.00.
All up for AH alone as the primary joy of my internet gaming (not including monthly play fees, slate me for $2100.00.
Why?
Why the hell not :)
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Originally posted by MoRphEuS
$2500 For the system I built.
Good god man!
What the hell did you build??
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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
Good god man!
What the hell did you build??
must be a Dell on the payment plan :rofl
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$499.00 for the new Xtasy Ati x800xt platinum edition.
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256 meg upgrade $70.00
64 meg video card $50.00
4 year old PIII 500, Win '98 SE, 512 meg of ram, 64 meg video = 26 fps... :aok I can live with that...
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AH doesn't drive my upgrade schedule, I was ready for AH2 a year ago.
So, $0 for AH2 upgrade
Hundreds of $ for upgrades in the past years just to stay out of the stone age computer wise.
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I spent $800 on my comp and $80 on the joystick. Lol it's funny when you think about it. We need an AH school for addiction.
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I spent $200 on a new video card back in March. But it wasn't to play AH2 on, I did it because I usually do that every other year anyhow and it was just "time". In September I'm doing the MB/proc upgrade 'cause my current one is almost 3-years old.
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I'm ahead $45.00 so far... by cancelling my account.
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I didn't spend anything to get AHII to run on my AMD XP1800.
I just DLed the Omega Drivers for my laptop, and now it runs there too.
I might add some RAM (256 megs is getting a bit old lol), but that has more to do with photo-editing than AHII.
-Sik
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I was due. $1200
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it's hard to call a periodic expense "damage".
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I bought a new vid card that was 129.00 128MB PCI Card
Another stick of RAM for 70.00 Total RAM now is 512MB.
So 200 dollars to keep playing the game and keeping the addiction well fed.
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I spent about 1500$ for my new system + Vid card, Joystick, better modem ect...
about 2000$ total.
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My new computer is a 1.200 € machine.
But was'nt AH2 the reason, the old one managed well the sim, but did'nt survived the thieves.
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Originally posted by G0ALY
I'm ahead $45.00 so far... by cancelling my account.
WTG- If your so proud about it why are you still posting ?:confused:
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Nada here. Runs fine on my machine.
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New Mobo = $160
New CPU = $245
New Ram = $180
Luckily, I was gettin ancy for an upgrade anyway. Savin up for a kick-butt vid card, then I figure I can hold out another couple years.
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$0.00
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Let's see...I sent back my dead bfg asylumn TI-4200 and they sent me a new FX 5900xt. So 0.00 for a new video card.(and yes, it was truly dead, and they do offer a "lifetime replacement")
Found a Nforce2 motherboard on ebay for 35.00 shipped.
New Crucial 2700 cl2.5 DDR memory was my most costly item, two 256mb sticks on ebay ran 60.00 shipped.
I'm out $95.00, but it was time to upgrade. A new cpu will be next, but it can wait for awhile. My Athlon 1800+ throughbred is rock stable at a fsb of 170 with a loaded temperture of 46 c and a multiplier of 12.5. A new 3200+ is next, but i'm not in a hurry.
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Originally posted by Roscoroo
must be a Dell on the payment plan :rofl
hardly.
The only good use for a dell is a weight to hold the bottom of the trash bag down.
I have their laptop tho (The only dell I ever bought, after all the media bays were filled and all the other crap was in it, it cost well over 2400 buck. I will never do that again. And it was one of the biggest wastes of money I have ever been through.
A few family members have dells, even after I showed them what they can do making their own system. They hate them now along with me. Customer service sucks to put it best. If you can even understand what the tech dude is saying. (You are calling India)
It was my video card that set me over the $2000 mark. When I was finnaly able to get the GeForce 6800 256mb card (Most are still on back order or not in stock at all) I was looking at another 570 dollars. I was fine with the one I had but my friends was better than the one I had, and you know I couldnt allow that to be. I had to have the best. :rolleyes:
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$700 Canuckian
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Originally posted by Flit
WTG- If your so proud about it why are you still posting ?:confused:
I would'nt say I'm so proud about it. But it is a fact. I took the summer off to spend the time fishing, and let them get the bugs out of the new game.
I still visit these post to see what old friends are doing... and I keep an eye open for the post titled, "All the bugs are fixed, you can come back now!"
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New ATX Case w/800 mhzMBand CD----->99.00
New Gforce 5200 w/256 meg-------------->85.00
New Sound card------------------------------>30.00
Used P4 2.4----------------------------------->148.00
Fan 4 processer------------------------------> 8.00
80 gig ultra hd--------------------------------> 80.00
XP Pro from IS guy @ work-----------------> Freebie
19" view sonic crt----------------------------> 230.00
------------------------------------------------Total 680.00
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Originally posted by MoRphEuS
I had to have the best. :rolleyes:
Then why didnt you get a Radeon X800XT? :D
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I kinda agree with goaly
have a whole lot of other crap to do before I play beta tester. :rofl
happy pissy english wannabe teacher
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lkei learn to sepll? You guys have all the right in the world to cancel your accounts -- have fun doing a hole lotta other stuff :rolleyes:
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Morph so how much did u spend building that male doll?
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$35 for Saitek Evo joystick
Waiting for TrackIR
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Originally posted by MoRphEuS
hardly.
The only good use for a dell is a weight to hold the bottom of the trash bag down.
I have their laptop tho (The only dell I ever bought, after all the media bays were filled and all the other crap was in it, it cost well over 2400 buck. I will never do that again. And it was one of the biggest wastes of money I have ever been through.
A few family members have dells, even after I showed them what they can do making their own system. They hate them now along with me. Customer service sucks to put it best. If you can even understand what the tech dude is saying. (You are calling India)
It was my video card that set me over the $2000 mark. When I was finnaly able to get the GeForce 6800 256mb card (Most are still on back order or not in stock at all) I was looking at another 570 dollars. I was fine with the one I had but my friends was better than the one I had, and you know I couldnt allow that to be. I had to have the best. :rolleyes:
Even swallowed the Hook :p (ok caught my limit for the month )
now this banned dweeb ( hcetih_kcuf) is anouther matter ...
Dont hold a mirror up to the screen and read his name.
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A little over $1100 here... Although the old system would have handled it just fine..... But dont tell anyone!!
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Originally posted by United
Then why didnt you get a Radeon X800XT? :D
Like I said I wanted the best.:)
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http://www.nordichardware.com/reviews/graphiccard/2004/r420/index.php?ez=2&PHPSESSID=27081b2b7c2b7d3ba9ff74c92a651066
Compare. I think the X800XT is better. :)
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$ 4,300 Us dollars....
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Commanding Officer
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Originally posted by United
http://www.nordichardware.com/reviews/graphiccard/2004/r420/index.php?ez=2&PHPSESSID=27081b2b7c2b7d3ba9ff74c92a651066
Compare. I think the X800XT is better. :)
Both cards are excellent cards. Where the AIT falters the 6800 picks up the slack and vice versa.
Also I might add this one important note. The comparison between the two cards wasn't even an equal one. Simply put, you can't compare apples to oranges. What in the hell am I talking about?
Here.
As we mentioned on page two we are also missing the new version of NV40: GeForce 6800 Ultra. In a day or two we will update with results for that card too.
Also, look at the test done between the two cards. For each program they ran three tests for the X800. With each test they would overclock the X800 and bump up the res. While with the 6800 they ran a single test at the cards base line and left it at that. Now thats a great comparison. :rolleyes:
They took a lesser card and tried to compare it to the best of the best that ATI has to offer. You can't do a sufficient comparison if you are dealing with the best of the best and dont have all the propor hardware not to mention the data that will follow.(Of which they had next to none when it came to the 6800)
Just curious, have you looked at a true tech comparison between the two cards? I mean one that is up to date (Non Bias) with both cards?
(btw did you happen to notice that ATI's badge was all over each and every page? That must tell you something right? I'd hope so anyways)
I think you may be a bit surprised.
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Also, look at the test done between the two cards. For each program they ran three tests for the X800. With each test they would overclock the X800 and bump up the res. While with the 6800 they ran a single test at the cards base line and left it at that. Now thats a great comparison.
Whoops, missed that.
There is an article in Computer shopper magazine, I dont recall which issue, that compares the Geforce 6800 ultra with the Radeon X800XT. They came out to be about equal, but there were other things such as x800 takes 1 agp/pci slot while 6800 takes 2, and the 6800 takes more power to run that put the 800 over the top.
I just found that chart and posted it up without reading the article. My mistake.:D
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hehe
well if those little slots on the back of your case are valuble space then the fact that the 6800 takes up two as apposed to the X800 which only needs one that may be a viable concern.
Just so ya know. Both cards use one "agp/pci" slot but the Geforce card takes up two spaces on the back of the case as far as PCI "card holders" if you will, go. On the case itself, not on the Mobo.
There are some down sides to the 6800 Ultra as far as power goes. What are they? Well, its' demands. Minimum req for the 6800 is 450w. Thats minimum. Recomended is far beyond that. And yes, it does take up two power leads. So if power is a concern the 6800 may pose a few problems for you. Neither of the two cards are for a person looking for great performance at a low price; the 6800 even more so. At close to 600 dollars its nothing short of being over the top in price. The most expensive isn't always the best, but in this case, in my position, it is.
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The amount of $$$ spent on hardware by AH community = Lots
The amount of time to fix this driver or that bios or this error = Lots & lots
People still thinking a DirectX 6 game looks good = priceless
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While the number of slots are no problem to me (at least for now) what really turned me off to the 6800 was the power requirements. It just baffles me that the X800, nearly the same in performance, requires much less power. Maybe its just me but 450W is quite a bit of power.
I guess Im just wierd like that.:)
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$4300?? Stream is now the price leader!
What did you upgrade to stream? for that price, you should have a monster system :aok
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or a real plane ;)
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Originally posted by bockko
$4300?? Stream is now the price leader!
What did you upgrade to stream? for that price, you should have a monster system :aok
I got a new computer... that was the update....
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 1 (2600.xpsp2.030618-0119)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
System Model: Dimension XPS Gen 2
BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A03
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 2046MB RAM
Page File: 164MB used, 3779MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0b (4.09.0000.0902
Chip type: RADEON 9800 XT AGP (0x4E4A)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key:
Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E4A&SUBSYS_10021002&REV_00
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Mode: 1152 x 864 (32 bit) (100Hz)
Monitor: Dell M992
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6444 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 4/21/2004 23:11:38, 205824 bytes
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Commanding Officer
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llol someone brought a P4 :rofl
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$$537.75 and alot of my time
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Built my PC earlier this year (March) with parts bought from Newegg for a total of $1,758.
My only loss from AH? $15 a month.