09-21-2004, 06:00 PM | #21 |
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To me it seems like it would, but i dont know too much about video cards.. but i think i need a new one also...badly i cant run too many games.
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09-22-2004, 04:37 AM | #22 |
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if you getting that mario, sure enough i may want to stay in your house just to play doom 3 . fx5900 is cool and more than enough to play DOOM3 and farcry. mine is only fx5200 which barely gives me decent graphics for it. bah!
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09-22-2004, 08:36 AM | #23 |
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Definately Memsie-boy.
It is a good and solid graphicscard. (I do have one myself, and I play Doom3 and FarCry without any greater glitches) With this card and good RAM you should be able to play most games at a nice setting to see alo of the goodies they can offer. I realized that I have to invest in a better monitor to really get anything exeptional out of a 6800 card or for that matter the comming 6600 card, unless speed of the game is the only advantage. But as I said, a good card, you need an electric connector available though, or just get a dividing thingee that helps you out. No big deal. [img]smile.gif[/img]
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09-22-2004, 12:37 PM | #24 |
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Hi Wolfie, what dividing thingie? Surely you don't mean the connector to the power supply?
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09-22-2004, 02:50 PM | #25 |
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does anyone here use ATI cards?
I will get a Sapphire 9600xt with 256mb of memory tomorrow, unless the shipping is late. about time, my old graphic card is a geforce 2mx [img]smile.gif[/img] i don't know what to say about the new geforce cards since i haven't read too much about them. |
09-22-2004, 02:58 PM | #26 |
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Don't! Get one with 128MB, preferably Fireblade. 256 MB is way to much for that particular chip, and it only slows down the acces time by some 45%. That card will almost never need 256 MB, it's an actual performance degrader. In no test was the 256 MB card faster than the 128 MB one. I have a 9600 XT w/ 128MB RAM and a friend has one with 256MB. I tried both cards in my machine and my card won in 3D Mark 2003 by 100 points, and in Far Cry by 5 FPS. Just so you know.
And for Memnoch, that card is great! I myself would try and scrounge up a 5950 because it's faster memory and clock, and it's stealthier. Just my 2 cents.
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09-22-2004, 03:23 PM | #27 |
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i see.
Too bad a Fireblade hasn't got VGA+DVI-I+TV-OUT as the 9600xt. is there any difference when it comes to choosing club 3d or sapphire brand? my order seems to get delayed so i still got time to change it. I saw that they got CLUB 3D R9600 XT 128MB VGA+DVI-I+TV in stock in the webshop i'm buying from and it's a cheaper card too. |
09-22-2004, 03:31 PM | #28 |
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Club 3D is the cheap re-seller of older stuff. It's a money solution, but I'd advise against it unless you're trying to save money.
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09-22-2004, 04:31 PM | #29 |
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okay, heh, i'm having second thoughts now. maybe i should get a gf 5900xt instead.
what brand of geforce would u guys choose? and why? oh and which one do u think would last longer in the long run? 9600xt fireblade .. or gf 5900xt [ 09-22-2004, 04:44 PM: Message edited by: calon ] |
09-23-2004, 10:07 AM | #30 |
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Well, I just ordered that FX5900XT...based on everyone's feedback.
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