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02-24-2003, 02:40 AM
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Graphics Card for Future
im building a simple gaming machine and saving most of my money for the Video Card, i was thinkin what would be a good mid-range card good for the next few years.
i was thinkin of the ATI 9100, ATI 9500, or Geforce 4 Ti4200 AGP 8X. any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. |
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02-24-2003, 02:58 AM
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Mondsreitersmann
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ATi 9500 all the way.
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02-24-2003, 12:57 PM
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Ditto.
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02-24-2003, 03:11 PM
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Personally I would get a Pro if anything. Even better, a Radeon 9700 for $242 at newegg.com.
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02-25-2003, 02:15 AM
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i heard that newegg dont do international orders
 ive had a look around and im thinkin either the 9500 or the 9500 pro. is HIS EXCALIBUR a trusted and reliable brand or should i stay well away?? whats a good ati brand other than ATI SAPPHIRE or HERCULES |
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02-25-2003, 10:37 PM
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Hercules and Gainward are ok. If you can afford it the best of them will always be the retail ATI-made cards, though.
For gaming performance along with "extras" and the performance of all of the said extras, the All In Wonder 9700 Pro is about the best consumer-level video card ever made in my opinion. |
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02-26-2003, 02:23 PM
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id say the 9500, it you want to do the software or hardware mod, if not go with the 9500 pro if you cant go higher.
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02-26-2003, 03:12 PM
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i have always thought the best ATis were the crucial ones, as they have crucial memory on them
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02-27-2003, 08:59 PM
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Go with a Drirect X 9.0 card. Go Radeon 9500 or 9700. Anything else will be totally obsolete by summer.
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02-27-2003, 10:15 PM
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Mondsreitersmann
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Does the Radeon 9000 support DX and AGP8x?
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02-27-2003, 10:52 PM
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NK,
The 9000 is a DX8 card and it is 4X. I think ATI was paying a little too much attention to what NVidia did with the GeForce 4 MX. NVidia's move was dishonest and should not have been copied. |
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02-28-2003, 12:33 AM
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Mondsreitersmann
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Thank you very much for the heads up, Pam.
 You just saved me from a bad purchase. |
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