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Zartan
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Thanks for all the input guys. I ordered the card yesterday, and FedEx picked it up late yesterday afternoon!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Special thanks to skywalker for turning me on to newegg.com because they had the best deal. [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] I went with the GeForce 4ti 4400 WinFast A250 TD Features Nvidia 4th-generatioin 256-bit GeForce4 Ti 4400 GPU nfiniteFX™ II Engine 128MB world's fastest DDR Memory 8.8 GB/sec Memory Bandwidth Accuview Antialiasing™ 4.4 Billion AA samples per second fill rate 125 million vertices/sec Peak Vertex Processing Rate 1.12 trillion operations/sec High-quality HDTV/DVD playback Nvidia video Processing engine (VPE) Full acceleration for Microsoft DirectX 8.1 and OpenGL 1.3 ICD Comprehensive AGP 4X support Integrated 350MHz RAMDAC, resolution up to 2048x1536, True Color @ 60Hz On-board TV-out support up to 1024x768 On-board DVI support up to 1600x1200 resolution WinFastDVD, Colorific, 3Deep, True Internet Color and Cult3D included On-board Bi-Turbo Cooling System with Anti-Dust Filter Design Leadtek WinFox system Utility Default clock speed 275/550 Mhz core/memory 2 Full Game Bundled (DroneZ and Gunlok) Leadtek Value-Added features 128MB Memory onboard Support RCA & S-video TV-out Special Designed Active Cooling Module On-board TV-out support both RCA and S-video up to 1024x768 resolution. More info here Even MORE info and a review here There were some cheaper and others more expensive, but this one had the most buyer feedback, and it was all positive. It should be here by the weekend. Woo-Hoo! Oh yeah, it was $190, but that included free shipping. ![]() [ 09-25-2002, 09:51 AM: Message edited by: Ronn_Bman ]
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Great then you can play all the games today hehe! [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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Zartan
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I'm still running 256mg rdram and will wait until after installing the card to decide how soon to upgrade to 512mg. I want to for sure, but I'd like to wait a month or so. I wish crucial sold rdram because they are super. Last year I bought 128mg ram for my HP Pavilian for only $17 [img]graemlins/jawdrop.gif[/img] [ 09-25-2002, 11:46 AM: Message edited by: Ronn_Bman ]
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Hey B-Man...so when you gonna get that 22" flatscreen monitor so you can use that thing at 2048x1600 resolutions?
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Check out my new thread on power supplies...lol. Will do on the update Keraptisdm [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] [ 09-25-2002, 03:38 PM: Message edited by: Ronn_Bman ]
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Hey Ronn_Bman don't do what I did last night! Ratzafratza. My current graphics "card" is on-board the motherboard. I was instructed by Compaq to change graphics setting to Standard VGA prior to installing new card. I did that, rebooted and it was in Standard VGA mode. Good. Shut down computer, take off cover, go to place new graphics card in and...IT DOESN'T FIT. I don't have a AGP slot and the ATI Radeon 8500LE is designed to go into the AGP slot. It will NOT go into the PCI slots. Ratzafratza. Oh well, I can exchange it for a different one, I'm thinking. Close up machine, turn on, computer starts to boot, see Compaq and Windows logo and then the monitor goes blank! Monitor power light goes from green to amber. Computer continues to boot. Augh! Don't panic, I'm frantically saying. So I reboot computer in Safe Mode. Ok, I'll reset the graphics to the original. It appeared that the graphics setting was already back to the original Intel device, but then it states it's an unrecognized device. Ugh. So I posted a request for assistance to Compaq this morning.
For your sanity's sake, make sure your new graphics card will fit in the machine PRIOR to changing any settings. Don't be like me. ![]() |
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My current card is in an AGP slot, so I'll be alright on that end, but I'm looking at a new power supply.
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hmm well if you ever want to play Warcraft III and Neverwinter Nights with somone, both at the same time, I'll be glad to [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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