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Darwin

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I'm mad at Nvidia
« on: April 14, 2004 04:46 pm CDT »
Damn.  I was just about to lay out $200+ for a 9800 pro, and suddenly these bastards come out with the 6800.
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« Reply #1 on: April 14, 2004 05:50 pm CDT »
Radeon is better anyways :D

They are both so close that it is hard to tell a difference, but Radeon's tech support is much much better (I know from experience) and the radeon benches higher for the latest games.  Not to mention nvidia's little scam with 3dmark2xxx...

Besides, radeons next gen will be out in a few weeks and will probably be better than the 6800 Ultra.
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« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2004 06:44 pm CDT »
The new nvidia card blew 9800XT away when it came to full DX9 games.

I dont think I'm going to buy the next-gen top of the line cards.  600$ is way out of my budget.
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« Reply #3 on: April 14, 2004 07:04 pm CDT »
There is no way I will ever buy a computer part based on customer support.. If the part is good enough, you shouldn't even have to talk to the customer support..

You are jumping a bit high to that extreme with your 9800 there..

I have a friend who has a 9800 pro with his dell.. Every time one of his full screen games crash, his video card settings get all screwed up..

One time it even tried displaying two moniters on one.
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« Reply #4 on: April 14, 2004 07:07 pm CDT »
Dell = 9800TX (not XT)

The TX is the Dell version of the underclocked card.

He should call Dell's horrible tech support and get a replacement of that card.
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« Reply #5 on: April 14, 2004 07:07 pm CDT »
I said 9800 pro buddy.
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« Reply #6 on: April 14, 2004 07:08 pm CDT »
9800 Pro TX
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« Reply #7 on: April 14, 2004 07:09 pm CDT »
It wasn't a TX.. It was Dell's first model that had the 9800 in it.. It isn't even a card.. It is intigrated.
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« Reply #8 on: April 14, 2004 07:11 pm CDT »
Duh!  TX!
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« Reply #9 on: April 14, 2004 07:40 pm CDT »
Heh... looks like Darwin is mad because Nvidia just upped the ante a little bit on the other cards. :-)

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I have a friend who has a 9800 pro with his dell.. Every time one of his full screen games crash, his video card settings get all screwed up..

One time it even tried displaying two moniters on one.

DUDE!  That same thing happens to one of my co-workers son!  It sucks!

As for the 3dmark scan, ATI does the same thing, and not just for 3Dmark, but for everything; they drop frame layers from renders (you can see it visually) but still report that the frames are being displayed.  This little bit of info is hardly payed a notice at all in the great "battle" anf on top of that, NVidia has fixed all of their cheating anf set a new standard for themselfes.

Nvidia drove 3Dfx out of business with the cheating tactic; my 16mb voodoo3 3000 made stuff look more pretty than the 64mb nvidia cards, but the voodoo3 had a lower FPS, despite looking more beautiful than the nvidias of the time.  I am only jsut now buying Nvidia because I think they have finally started to realize that quality is better than quantity (in visual display of detail vs FPS).

Anyway... I am glad the new Nvidia cardas just came out.... might drive the 5950 cards to a rangfe that I can buy one in!
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« Reply #10 on: April 14, 2004 09:29 pm CDT »
It doesn't matter anyway..

ATI is ATI.. Their drivers suck to the point where it is useless to buy one.
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« Reply #11 on: April 14, 2004 09:34 pm CDT »
Obviously they don't suck anymore..  I haven't crashed a single time, or had any problems with any games Iv'e tried to play (i'm running a 9800 XT 256).  Iv'e had it since christmas.

Every game, all highest resolution with highest settings..  no problems whatsoever.  Wish I could say the same with my geforce before it..  I crashed quite often (same computer), but now I never crash.
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« Reply #12 on: April 14, 2004 09:35 pm CDT »
Please explain why ATI drivers suck.  I never really understood why.
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« Reply #13 on: April 14, 2004 09:51 pm CDT »
Some games are built around using specific "ATI Features"..... Some games will do different things with water based upon whether you have an nVidia card or an ATI card...

Driver Updates:
ATI 5
nVidia 1

(^ for their major cards)

so interpret that as you will...
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« Reply #14 on: April 14, 2004 09:53 pm CDT »
I just explained why..

Oh, and I said nothing of the video card crashing games.
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