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10-25-2004, 11:06 PM
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Best Video Card (under $160) for a gamer
Hey guys, I searched the boards and the only recent thread is one that someone posted about the best video card for under $300. Unfortunetly I do not have that much money heh. I will be playing games such as Asheron's Call and plan on playing EQ2 when it comes out but I also do a lot of CAD work. I am putting a computer together as we speak and here is what I have so far:
AMD Athlon 64 3200 "Barton" Asus K8N-E Deluxe Corsair - 1 gig pc3200 memory Maxtor 80 gig ATA 133/8mb buffer Pioneer DVD+-RW/CDRW So as you can see, all I need is the video card. I need to get a monitor as well so I have about $160 to spend on the video card. I was looking at the Radeon 9800 Atlantis - but I have seen some bad reviews on it, so I am asking you specialists  .. what do ya think? Also, please feel free to leave feedback on the new computer setup because I am pushing the "Buy" button tomorrow or Wednesday so any advice would be nice. Pablo |
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10-26-2004, 09:12 AM
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10-26-2004, 09:04 PM
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Thanks, I ended up caving in and getting the Radeon 9800 PRO 256mb. Luckly I got it for a really great deal, $165 with an S-Video cable
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10-26-2004, 09:10 PM
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Very nice - the Radeon 9800 Pro is a very stellar card. Enjoy
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10-26-2004, 09:15 PM
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did you get the atlantis edition? that is not a true radeon 9800 pro and is a 128 bit card. you may wanna get a refund on that card. you could live with it though i suppose.
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10-26-2004, 09:49 PM
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The Atlantis Edition exists as both a 128-bit and 256-bit buswidth. You should check on it before purchasing however. The Radeon 9800 (non-pro New) is the 128-bit card for the Sapphire GPUs.
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