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June 29th, 2004, 05:51 AM
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Re: OT- Advice on new video card
Hey Old Snake, I posted a thread awhile back on video cards for a new comp I'm looking at. The majority of answers were Nivida Geoforce over ATI ones.. apparently the drivers are more friendly with more of the games then ATI.... from what was said. The thread is still around, probably back 2-4 pages if you want to look at it...
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June 29th, 2004, 09:17 AM
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Re: OT- Advice on new video card
ati drivers interact badly with games compared to nvidia drivers ( i have a radeon 9600 all in wonder
it fights me on almost every graphic intensicve game i have
(neverwinter andf warcraft 3 come to mind))
however i have video recording capabilites that i consider unmatched
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June 29th, 2004, 10:22 AM
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Re: OT- Advice on new video card
Graphics cards seem to be trailing the progress of the graphics demands of the games adn the hard drive and DVD capabilities coming through now.
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June 29th, 2004, 12:22 PM
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Re: OT- Advice on new video card
well i would only get 128 megs... and a mid level.
i will most likely stick with a nvidia chip
right now i had a geforce 3 v8200 which is 3 years old... so it is going to be an improvement over that.
The card will mostly be used for tv - output.
games i play are not very graphics intensive... and if they are i turn the graphic stuff down...
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June 29th, 2004, 12:39 PM
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Re: OT- Advice on new video card
http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage....130-194-10.jpg
eVGA nVIDIA GeForce FX5700 Video Card, 128MB DDR, 128-bit, DVI/VIVO, 8X AGP, Model "GeForce FX5700 Personal Cinema (128-A8-N331-AX)" -RETAIL
That's if you want NV.
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June 30th, 2004, 06:17 AM
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Re: OT- Advice on new video card
Newegg.com is great.
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July 4th, 2004, 11:03 PM
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Re: OT- Advice on new video card
well it may be a msi 5600 as i cannot afford a 5700...
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