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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Nuke33 on December 27, 2004, 01:43:34 PM
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I'm looking into getting a new video card and thought I'd come here for some suggestions.. Currently I have a GeForce4 MX 420 64mb card.. I'd like to stay with the NVIDIA chipset cause thats all ive had and never had much trouble.. I'm looking to spend about $150 for an APG 8x 128-256mb card.. I'm running a P4 2.4c with 512mb RAM.. What do you guys think? Thanks!
-Nuke
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For that kind of money I'd go with an ATI 9700 pro. Much better performance than the Ge Force 4 series cards. You have to go to the 6800 to top it, now your at 400 bucks and above. The 9800 will set you back around 250. Also you might want to check and see what your motherboard will support before you get one.
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ATI 9600xt 128 mb goes for @ $120
works great for me
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Any suggestions as to where i could find it at that price?
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GeForce FX 5500 works nice for me.
Less than $100.
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Since the new ATi 700XT will replace the ATI9800 Pro
i recommend a ATi 9800 Pro with 128mb ram, superb price for this power.
I run a AMD 2.6Ghz with 512mb Ram and the ati card above,
this team is just "perfect"! ;)
R
Gh0stFT
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Hey GhostFT, Im thinking about buying the card you own... how many FRPS you getting?
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I think im gonna get my hands on the new ATI Radeon x850
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I was thinking the same... 16 pixel pipelines baby! Thing is, they're not available yet... :( So 700xt will have to do.
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I will never buy an ATI card again, it doesn't work with all the games I play. I have never ever had a problem with NVIDIA, have a GF FX 5700 with 256 megs and all my games play perfect at 1600x1200 res with max graphics.
Disclaimer:
I realize people have different experiences with cards, I have been pissed off at ATI too many times to use their cards again.
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Originally posted by Flit
ATI 9600xt 128 mb goes for @ $120
works great for me
i second that! not a problem with mine!
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Originally posted by narsus
I will never buy an ATI card again, it doesn't work with all the games I play. I have never ever had a problem with NVIDIA, have a GF FX 5700 with 256 megs and all my games play perfect at 1600x1200 res with max graphics.
Disclaimer:
I realize people have different experiences with cards, I have been pissed off at ATI too many times to use their cards again.
Same here, except I'm running a cheapo FX5200. Runs everything just great. ATI is a box of overpriced headaches.
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ATI 9800 pro 128 have O problems running any game i wish.
And I hear there cheap right now.
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Nvidia 6600
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No way! I just got my 9600XT 4 months ago and it was 200. Damnit.... I missed the boat again.
Oh and if you haven't seen the X850 - here it is ;)
(http://techreport.com/reviews/2004q4/radeon-x850xt/card1.jpg)
Yowzers, a second bay just for its fan! lol
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How much is that bad boy Mak?
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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.
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Platinum last I heard is 550. But it runs as low as 399 for the Pro.
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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 ;)
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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
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I'll Sell ya my X800. :)
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been running the ati 9600 lately and its been great, makes up for my crapy processor.
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Just picked myself up an ATI Radeon 9600XT.. Hopefully it will do the trick.. :D
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-142-020&depa=0
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saw 1 on http://www.pricewatch.com for
$130
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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.. :aok
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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.