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03-26-2003, 08:17 PM
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Red Sox Nation
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Finally...........
I finally took the plunge and switched to ATI. I am now the proud owner of a FIC A97P Radeon 9700 Pro, and I am very happy with the performance of this card. And, some of you may ask, was it really worth it to pay $300 to upgrade from a Ti 4600? Well, I can play MOHAA with everything turned on, *with* 4x AA enabled, and still hit the v-synch cap of 62FPS. So, yeah, it was worth it.
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03-26-2003, 10:01 PM
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Im happy to hear you like it so much!
a 9700 pro will most likely be my next upgrade...gonna be a while cuz i dont have a job. Im really looking forward to the preformance jump over my Mx 440....god i hate that thing.... |
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03-27-2003, 12:47 AM
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Mondsreitersmann
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**envious glare**
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03-27-2003, 01:13 AM
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The problem ATI has presented me with is, not only is it the fastest gaming card out there, but it's got the best TV out features as well.
*** ATI I can't afford to have one in my gaming machine and one in my DVD machine!?! 
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03-27-2003, 06:55 AM
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snowboarder
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i just turned 8x Antistropic filtering and 4x Anti Aliasing on and loaded a few games, the performance of the games was exactly the same, i noticed a very small smoothing of the lines, but i wouldnt see it from my normal sitting position, i had to get about an inch or two from the screen. the only thing i noticed was the mouse reaction got spongy
so i turned them off, why have those things taking up power if they arent that noticeable
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03-27-2003, 10:52 AM
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Red Sox Nation
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Well, *I* notice when I have AA flipped on. I could only afford the card by selling a lot of hardware I had lying around, and my old Ti 4600.
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03-27-2003, 07:22 PM
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snowboarder
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is it really very noticeable?
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03-28-2003, 07:50 PM
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Red Sox Nation
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Try this: fire up a game with 4x AA enabled and take a screenshot. Then, quit the game and turn AA off. Load up your game, and take another screenshot from the exact same angle. Then, compare the two, I guarantee you will notice a difference. I can tell the difference without comparing screenshots, but since you might not be able to, this method will prove that AA makes a difference. Another interesting thing: when using 4x AA with the 9700 Pro, it only drops a mere 10-15 FPS.
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03-28-2003, 11:35 PM
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The Procrastinator
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nice, which one did you buy exactly?
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03-29-2003, 10:03 AM
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Live for the moment
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What is antistrophic filtering and Anti Aliasing??
Thanks for the info avx 
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03-29-2003, 10:15 AM
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Congrats, Alienware_Dude!! Thanks for the re-assurance that it's as nice as the reviews say. Once my work schedule gets back to normal (if it ever does) that will most likely be my next upgrade (from a GF 3).
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03-29-2003, 11:08 AM
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http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/a/antialiasing.html
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...,548248,00.asp What AA and AF does and is. |
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03-29-2003, 01:48 PM
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Red Sox Nation
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i3oss, I got the FIC A97P Radeon 9700 Pro. http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...ption=FIC+A97P
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03-30-2003, 12:57 AM
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Live for the moment
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Thanks for the links Pam
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