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Razore

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Wondering..
« on: September 5, 2004 10:24 pm CDT »
My mom just decided to buy me a new video card next weekend. I dont know which one to get...Will it be a waste if I get the newest video card with only a 1.3 ghz athlon?

How much would a better athlon / video card be?


I have an

1.3 ghz athlon and a
GeForce3 Ti200

-edit- And I dont want to have my mom to spend too much money, even though she said she didnt care how much it costs..

I dont want to get a new mobo or anything else.

Btw, I have an

epoX EP-8KTA2L mothermoard. I dont know if it will support any of the newer things..
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« Reply #1 on: September 5, 2004 10:36 pm CDT »
If you want I can hook you up lucids wholesaler.  It's near downtown.
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« Reply #2 on: September 5, 2004 11:09 pm CDT »
just dont make the mistake i did and buy a cheapo low end gforce4 assuming that geforce4's start where geforce3's ended. I was sorely mistaken.

I would suggest an ati card, as they have proven to significantly outperform nvidias lately, despite my great experiences with nvidia in the past.
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« Reply #3 on: September 5, 2004 11:18 pm CDT »
Nvidia geforce 6800 gt = r0x
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« Reply #4 on: September 5, 2004 11:21 pm CDT »
Indeed, Lucid. My GeForce3 beats most GeForce4's
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« Reply #5 on: September 6, 2004 12:56 am CDT »
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just dont make the mistake i did and buy a cheapo low end gforce4 assuming that geforce4's start where geforce3's ended. I was sorely mistaken.


That's the funniest thing i have heard all day....But it is only 6:58 in the morning! :)
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« Reply #6 on: September 6, 2004 03:32 am CDT »
When you get something for free its far too easy to be too lazy to not bother doing any research. If i got a new car for free, i'd probably jump right in and drive it before i started comparing the differences between my old one..

When it comes time to actually buy a video card, i will be doing my research. I kinda dropped out of wanting to know the market value, specs, and performance comparisons for everythign hardware, Its like keeping up with car stats if you are never going to buy one.

Oh well, made a mistake, lost a whole lotta nothing. :idea:
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« Reply #7 on: September 6, 2004 07:49 am CDT »
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Nvidia geforce 6800 gt = r0x


I would rather have an X800xtpe.  For every modern game but doom 3, it'd have a slight edge.

Seeing as how Doom 3 plays just fine on a Radeon 9700 even with 4x AA, I don't think I'd be bothered by the fps drop associated with the ATI.
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Re: Wondering..
« Reply #8 on: September 6, 2004 01:05 pm CDT »
Quote from: "Razore"
My mom just decided to buy me a new video card next weekend. I dont know which one to get...Will it be a waste if I get the newest video card with only a 1.3 ghz athlon?

How much would a better athlon / video card be?


I have an

1.3 ghz athlon and a
GeForce3 Ti200

-edit- And I dont want to have my mom to spend too much money, even though she said she didnt care how much it costs..

I dont want to get a new mobo or anything else.

Btw, I have an

epoX EP-8KTA2L mothermoard. I dont know if it will support any of the newer things..


You can get a Radeon 9800 Pro for like $150 now..  it's 128, but it will suit you fine for quite a while.  If you want to spend $50 more, you can get the 256meg version of the 9800 Pro as well.
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« Reply #9 on: September 6, 2004 02:57 pm CDT »
I'm gonna need to buy my own computer soon enough...So I'm going to do a lot of studying :D
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« Reply #10 on: September 6, 2004 03:49 pm CDT »
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« Reply #11 on: September 6, 2004 08:54 pm CDT »
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Indeed, Lucid. My GeForce3 beats most GeForce4's


You're just talking about the Geforce4 MX...


Since you have rather low system specs, a 9600Pro or XT would probably be the best you can do.

He wont get any higher fps with a 9800Pro because of his low specs.


The 256mb version of the 9800Pro has no significant performance increases over the 128mb version.  Dont be fooled.
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« Reply #12 on: September 7, 2004 05:05 pm CDT »
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The 256mb version of the 9800Pro has no significant performance increases over the 128mb version.  Dont be fooled.


Indeed.  It has actually been shown that an average of 10 FPS are lost with the 256 over the 128... of course that was last year... so who knows what's up these days.  AS Darwin said; Don't be fooled.
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« Reply #13 on: September 7, 2004 05:30 pm CDT »
Aye..  alot of people make that mistake with harddrives too.  You gotta look at the seek times as well..
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« Reply #14 on: September 7, 2004 08:25 pm CDT »
umm...I dont know what to do

Get a new mobo/cpu or get a new videocard.
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