Graphic Cards. Options

[BLINKYxMUNKEY]

I am wanting to know what would a good graphic card for my computer be? I want one that is really awesome with gaming because i have MOH Pacific Assault which my gefore 4 MX wont handle, and i will be wanting Battlefield 2 next month.

[94CelicaRedHatch]

i got a radeon 9700 pro, and it works nicely for all my online games like condition zero and all those steam games

[creis]

yeah a 9800 pro is probibly the best in its price range. I dont reccomend a nividea card again I have the FX 5700 LE OC and its ok but has some big problems (overheating is the main one, even though its over clocked from the box the fan on it just cant keep it in a safe range when you push the graphics)

This post has been edited by creis: May 29, 2005 - 10:10 PM

[BLINKYxMUNKEY]

thanks. i was talking to a good freind and i might for for the radeon 9800 pro.

[94CelicaRedHatch]

thanks. i was talking to a good freind and i might for for the radeon 9800 pro.
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ya they did some testing and the radeons out performed the nvidias by far. Make sure if you buy it, DO NOT use the installation disk they give you, put it in and download the newest drivers off ati.com, the cd you get is not up to date, and the site will give you the best drivers at the time and the card will work much better for you

[lagos]

ive had a 9800 pro for a while now. its a nice card, but lately ive been getting some artifcacts and a few crashes in some games. not really sure if its hardware or software related tho.... have to look into the issue some more.

[946thGenGT]

thanks. i was talking to a good freind and i might for for the radeon 9800 pro.
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ya they did some testing and the radeons out performed the nvidias by far. Make sure if you buy it, DO NOT use the installation disk they give you, put it in and download the newest drivers off ati.com, the cd you get is not up to date, and the site will give you the best drivers at the time and the card will work much better for you
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I wouldn't listen to that "Radeon is better than nVidia" bs that is out there. It's true that in some games Radeons will outperform nVidias but that is because certain games are designed specifically for certain cards. For example, ATI cards will be better with Half-Life 2 while nVidia cards are better with Unreal Tournament 2004. Let us know your price range and we can let you know what card is a good choice. 9800Pro is at a good price right now. Don't bother going for the 256mb version because it actually uses slower memory than the 128mb version. The GeForce 5900 series is right around the level of the 9800Pro for about the same price. So if you're one of those people who just feels that one brand is better, choose accordingly. However, I wouldn't rule out cards like the GeForce 6600 and X600 if your budget can support them.

[946thGenGT]

ive had a 9800 pro for a while now. its a nice card, but lately ive been getting some artifcacts and a few crashes in some games. not really sure if its hardware or software related tho.... have to look into the issue some more.
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Sounds to me like a driver issue... try updating. Or your card could possibly be overheating (I'm assuming you're not overclocking it or anything?)... make sure the fan on the card is still operational.

[DamDirtyApes]

i have a ati radeon 9600 pro xt that runs doom 3 on high res fine

[x_itchy_b_x]

radeon 9800 xt 256mb card. it rock my socks. i play all my games max graphics at sumthing like 1600x1240 or w/e wide screen is.

[lagos]

ive had a 9800 pro for a while now. its a nice card, but lately ive been getting some artifcacts and a few crashes in some games. not really sure if its hardware or software related tho.... have to look into the issue some more.
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Sounds to me like a driver issue... try updating. Or your card could possibly be overheating (I'm assuming you're not overclocking it or anything?)... make sure the fan on the card is still operational.
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yeah, i check the fan on the card and cleaned off any dust build up. tried to fully clean out the drivers and reinstall new ones. next im going to try to boot off a spare xp drive to make sure there isint any wacky tweak in my current registry messing things up. other then that, i dont know.

[lagos]

just booted to a totally different installation of xp on a spare harddrive i had and installed doom3. after a few seconds the whole screen starts getting these white dots all over the place...and sometimes the game will lock up if i keep it on.

i never had hardware issues with any nvidia card ive owned, but i have a feeling this ati has finally taken a crap on me. anyone ever use ATIs warrenty service?

[lagos]

well i found the problem and fixed it.

took the card out, and took off the heatsink. noticed that the thermal paste under the heatsink was all dry and chiped off. cleaned as much of the old paste off as i could, and applied a fresh coat of new stuff. now all games work perfectly and i get no more visual artifacts!

[lagos]

doubble post ...see above

This post has been edited by lagos: May 30, 2005 - 8:49 PM

[creis]

I know for a fact that, that is part of my problem with my card, I have swapped heat sinks and then swapped back to the original withough adding that crap (i guess I'm just to lazy to go to the store and buy more paste even though i can get it so cheap)

however I perfer ATI cards over nivida, even though its kinda an apples to oranges thing.

[LewFX]

anyone interested in a 9800 non-pro but all in wonder? $100 gets it.


or if you want a pro...

Monarch has the ATI (Sapphire) Atlantis 9800 Pro 128 MB 256-bit DDR2/8x-AGP/TV-Out/DVI OEM Video Card for a low $120 shipped free. Tax in GA.

This post has been edited by LewFX: May 30, 2005 - 11:41 PM

[94CelicaRedHatch]

I know for a fact that, that is part of my problem with my card, I have swapped heat sinks and then swapped back to the original withough adding that crap (i guess I'm just to lazy to go to the store and buy more paste even though i can get it so cheap)

however I perfer ATI cards over nivida, even though its kinda an apples to oranges thing.
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just depends on what kinda system specs u got pretty much.

[Hanyo]

well i found the problem and fixed it.

took the card out, and took off the heatsink. noticed that the thermal paste under the heatsink was all dry and chiped off. cleaned as much of the old paste off as i could, and applied a fresh coat of new stuff.  now all games work perfectly and i get no more visual artifacts! 
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awwww you just voided the warrenty

anyone interested in a 9800 non-pro but all in wonder? $100 gets it.


or if you want a pro...

Monarch has the ATI (Sapphire) Atlantis 9800 Pro 128 MB 256-bit DDR2/8x-AGP/TV-Out/DVI OEM Video Card for a low $120 shipped free. Tax in GA.
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wow where did you get such a deal? aren't 9800 aiw pro's also? and are they more expencive then 98oo pro?

[LewFX]

i got a deal on a x800 so i no longer need the 9800, i believe its non-pro because it doesnt have the dvi and it came in the "white-box"...still a nice card

[Hanyo]

i'm pretty sure all AIW are pro's. the white box just means its not retail.

does the back of the card look like this?



This post has been edited by Hanyo: May 31, 2005 - 2:04 AM

[LewFX]

no, theres no dvi, the rest is there, i used it to edit homemade videos, so it still works beautifully. i also took the old fan off and put artic silver 3 grease on the heatsink fan.

[Hanyo]

that is odd.. i cant find an AIW with out DVI.. even the 9800SE aiw has dvi. And that is the lowest model 9800 aiw.
hmmm...

[LewFX]

its from a frys electronic store, in there white box.

[LewFX]

heres the back view...


heres the top view...

[CheesyLobster]

I have a 9800 aiw pro and love it.

[Hanyo]

i would love to get an AIW.. but they always have driver issues.

[creis]

I hear that the aiw are no ware near as good as its equiviland non aiw card. but that is just what I heard.

[LewFX]

I hear that the aiw are no ware near as good as its equiviland non aiw card. but that is just what I heard.
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not sure about that since its suppose to be the same card as the regular but with aiw features.

[CheesyLobster]

i would love to get an AIW.. but they always have driver issues.
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I hear that the aiw are no ware near as good as its equiviland non aiw card. but that is just what I heard.
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Thats what i heard too, but i've had mine for almost a year now and had no serious driver issues. I run hl2 at 1000x1400 or something with all graphics levels at the maximum and have no problems at all.

[LewFX]

i need to part with one of these cards...anyone interested in the 9800 AIW for $100 or the x800 for $250???