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08-19-2002, 08:46 AM
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Radeon9700 due out today, reviews are out!
If anyone is wondering,
Tom's hardware has a great article. I wish ATI would have sent us one  Now the question, do I go and buy a Radeon 9700 today, or wait for Nvidia's answer "pre" Xmas? I don't know if I can wait that long. What is Nvidia thinking? Don't they know UT2K3 is due out in a month? 
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08-19-2002, 10:18 AM
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so who's got these in today?
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08-19-2002, 11:16 AM
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www.upgradesource.com has it in stock for $364
all the other sites i shop from haven't added it to their inventory yet. try physical locations such as best buy in a few days to see if they have it in stock yet |
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08-19-2002, 12:29 PM
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ouch... that review on Tom's Hardware makes me feel almost guilty for bashing ati bfor...
let's hope the quality of drivers is there... keifir |
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08-19-2002, 01:14 PM
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If the drivers are even half as good as Nvidias its gonna be a good card
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08-19-2002, 03:10 PM
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The ATI 9700 is an 8X AGP video card. So you probably will want a new motherboard too!
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08-19-2002, 09:30 PM
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Arghh, the temptation! Santa where are YOU?
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08-19-2002, 10:24 PM
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lol, I think we're all looking for Santa - a very generous santa
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08-20-2002, 12:57 PM
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I'm showing availability from one of my suppliers... $568CDN my cost... ugh!
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08-20-2002, 05:31 PM
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HAL, what does 568CDN come out to in US$.
And at upgradesource.com, all you can do is pre order, it does not say its in stock. Unless I read wrong.
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08-20-2002, 07:14 PM
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Quote:
 Just kidding -- The straight retail on this puppy is $399 -- if you have any friends that work for Best Buy (like a certain old college pal of mine) their employee price is $311. -Craig |
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08-20-2002, 07:21 PM
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That's my cost which would be about $355USD, so $399 retail is probably in the right ballpark.
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08-21-2002, 08:03 AM
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reports at mad onion are coming in and some people are getting 15000 to 17000 on there scores.
CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!! WOLFIE |
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08-21-2002, 11:00 AM
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I am going to buy this card, but would you wait till newegg, or mwave($362, out of stock) has it in stock? Or would you try and find the card from smaller dealers?
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08-21-2002, 12:17 PM
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Actually, I am waiting for Nvidia's new core. Then I will create my new build, hopefully with the help of this fine forum.
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08-21-2002, 05:42 PM
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It's at newegg by 8/31....
According to specs you will need Me, 2000 or XP to run it.
It's priced at $389.00 .
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08-21-2002, 05:49 PM
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I just saw that too!
*trying to cool down from excitment* You can not pre order, so I just put to get notified by e-mail. |
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08-21-2002, 08:00 PM
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mwave says aug 27th
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08-22-2002, 09:43 PM
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Gigabyte's Radeon 9700 Pro - Hitting 400MHz
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.html?i=1686 |
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08-23-2002, 10:50 AM
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I might start a new thread about this, but for now this thread will do.
At mwave the 9700 is $373 shipped, at newegg its $389 just for the card. Both say it is the Retail box version. Could this be a misprint by one of the companies. Or is the mwave bargain just a great deal? |
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08-23-2002, 07:42 PM
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So would you have to get a new motherboard to take full advantage of this video card?? AGP 8x??
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08-23-2002, 08:16 PM
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To get the full effect of the 9700s capability you would need a mobo that supports AGP 3.0 or 8x. The only one I know of is the new Soyo Dragon Ultra with the SiS648 chipset.
Of course, even if your motherboard only has 4x, it is still an incredibly powerful card.
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08-23-2002, 09:35 PM
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The AGP 8x will increase the bandwith of the AGP bus to over 2GB/sec. However, even at AGP 4x, it is never used to its peak power. The AGP bus is not the bottleneck for video cards, and won't be for at least many years, if ever. I'd be suprprised if you got noticebly better scores in an AGP 8x board compared to an AGP 4x board.
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08-23-2002, 09:44 PM
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just wondering if the ati card will have any conflicts with my nforce board?
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08-25-2002, 08:14 AM
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also reading on the requirements it will only run on windows me and above? IS THIS TRUE? so if you have 98 your out of luck?
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08-25-2002, 10:56 AM
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Yes it's true.
The specs list ME, 2000 and XP . |
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08-25-2002, 01:55 PM
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Orderd from mwave for $372, they expect shipment to come in on the 27, so around the 30 I should receive it if all goes good.
I AM SO Excited !
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08-25-2002, 02:17 PM
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hmmmm... mwave says 27th, newegg says 30th, and best buy says sept 9th. wonder who's right
should would be great if they did show up early im waiting for mine from best buy
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08-25-2002, 03:45 PM
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Why's that wolfie? You'll be paying the full $399 US at Best Buy, when you can get it over a week earlier from MWave, with overnight shipping for less money.
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08-25-2002, 04:07 PM
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i have a wife!!!! i can pay cash at best buy
 so i have to wait!!!hehehe
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