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HaVoK
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I think both NVIDIA and ATI are good cards.. I would use either at any time. NVIDIA has had some issuse recently w/ its drivers also.. not near as bad as the bf issuse though. Right now I am using the 9600 Pro, I have a 128mb fx5200 if I want to build a decent 9.0 compatable system for my wife or if someone asks me to build it (i tried it out.. hell, it was only 50 bucks when I ordered it.. the people apparently had to many in stock or something... awful awful gaming card... worse than a GF2.) Anyways, before that I had a Geforce 2 TI, which I loved.. And before that I had a Diamond Viper v770d (TNT2) which I also loved.. And my first "3d accellerator" was a 4mb Rage 3d.. I have never had problems w/ either company at all. I dont really pick a side, I just buy who ever has a better card cheaper at the time I am getting it. _________________ "You can drink a shy girl crazy, you can drink 'till that good girl sins.. you can even drink an ugly girl pretty, but you cant drink a fat girl thin" -Jeff Daniels
“Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made,” Otto von Bismarck
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Sat Dec 20, 2003 11:44 am
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GoodBoy
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Joined: 20 Mar 2003
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Location: Oklahoma City
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Killaholic wrote: Went over like a terd in a punch bowl.
LOL
If your pc works decent for now just chill until late next year, august or so. pci-express should be out (new mobo), and already amd's 64bit processor is available in a version for only $200. it will be complete system upgrade time then when pci-express hits... no agp slot.
I got an ATI 9700 pro, and an nvidia 5900Ultra. The 53.03 drivers from nvidia have been great. No problems in any game so far. (and I play alot). The ATI every time I try to use it, I just end up getting pissed off and pull it out a week later ( after loading 2 or 3 driver revisions).
Also several friends who have 9800pro's have various driver problems (more specifically, problems with certain games, usually new games too), as well as dead fans. The stock cooling on ATI is trash. One and a half months and the fan seizes up? The nvidia cards have great stock cooling. The ati has better pixel shader performance. Half-Life 2 played just fine on a 5900 Ultra, but it doesn't come with half-life 2. You decide.
Really the bext thing to do now would be to wait just a bit longer. March/April when newer games will start hitting like Doom3, ut2k4, maybe HL2 (I think it will be late), then see how you current setup plays them, and by then cards like 9800pro's and 5900 Ultras will be under $200 possibly. And new ati/nvidia cards could be out even.
If you just have to buy something now, get a 5900 128mb for $185 (last I saw on pricewatch), or 9600xt for $155. Maybe getting the cheapest is best since a complete system upgrade is coming in about a year for alot of us when those new mobo's hit.
GoodBoy _________________ I Bet You Wish You Could!
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Sat Dec 27, 2003 12:35 am
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