Witch of those would you recomend:
Radeon X700 (PCIe)
Radeon X600 (PCIe)
GeForce 6600 (PCIe)
GeForce PCX 5900 (PCIe)
GeForce PCX 5300 (PCIe)
GeForce 5800-serien (AGP)
ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition
ATI Radeon X800 PRO
ATI Radeon 9800-serien
ATI Radeon 9600-serien
ATI Radeon 9550 (RV350LX)
ATI Radeon 9500 / 9700
ATI Radeon 8500-serien
ATI Radeon X300-serien
NVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra
NVidia GeForce 6800 GT
NVidia GeForce 6800
NVidia GeForce FX 5950
NVidia GeForce FX 5900
NVidia GeForce FX 5700
Graphics Card!
Created 19 years ago2005-07-14 20:12:20 UTC by
ZeG
Created 19 years ago2005-07-14 20:12:20 UTC by
ZeG
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-14 20:12:20 UTC
Post #120907
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-14 20:15:40 UTC
Post #120908
I use ATI radeon 9800...
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-14 20:15:44 UTC
Post #120909
Newest.
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-14 20:52:19 UTC
Post #120913
I'd be looking at PCI-E. 6600GT is a good choice, but it's not there...
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-14 22:39:08 UTC
Post #120925
voodoo 2.
in other news, yeah, the 6600GT works well with everything out there today. although you could splash out and get something like a 6800 ultra.
in other news, yeah, the 6600GT works well with everything out there today. although you could splash out and get something like a 6800 ultra.
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-14 22:59:51 UTC
Post #120926
X800XT PE, although I would wait for ATi Crossfire boards to be released, dual X900 action!
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-15 00:18:06 UTC
Post #120927
Anyone heard of those 512mb vid cards/are they any good?
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-15 01:15:00 UTC
Post #120929
screw all of those things, get 2 Geforce 7800 GTX 250mb PCI-E cards in SLI. I guaruntee you wont be having framerate issues in anygame. EVER!
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-15 01:34:13 UTC
Post #120931
Pff, ATi make superior cards. nVidia are the Intel of the graphics world. Their chips have an unneccesary amount of transistors, put out lots of heat, and have monsterous power requirements.
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-15 01:42:20 UTC
Post #120935
ZeG, why did you list every card you could find in the mid-, high- and super-high categories? Get two X900s when they're out, if price is no thingy.
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-15 03:45:43 UTC
Post #120945
I'd go for the GeForce 6600/800. GT or Ultra.
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-15 06:51:48 UTC
Post #120972
yeah, go with jaardsi. <3 Nvidia.
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-15 07:29:22 UTC
Post #120978
ATI Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition
I use 9800Pro though, and i'm very satisfied
I use 9800Pro though, and i'm very satisfied
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-15 08:03:32 UTC
Post #120980
I use ATI 9800 ever since it was first put in my compy...
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-15 08:23:03 UTC
Post #120981
Yeah, Well I use a computer!!!!
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-15 08:29:29 UTC
Post #120984
i would say the ati radeon 9800 over my nvidia geforce fx5200 anyday.
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-15 10:15:56 UTC
Post #120988
ATI X800 XT, probably the best one on your list.
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-15 12:24:52 UTC
Post #121000
pffft, ever ATI card I have ever used, installed or played on has crashed or blown up in some way, I installed one on a pc and ended up having to reinstall the whole damn thing. Put service pack 2 on a winxp machine, wouldnt even turn on till I took the ATI card out. Nvidia is much better, my POV and the 7800 kicks ass compared to any ATI thing, till the X900, we'll have to see what that does for graphics cards.
Which brings me to my next point. Whats in store, pretty soon we wont just have to worry about graphics cards but physics cards! Anyone else read about those things yet?
Which brings me to my next point. Whats in store, pretty soon we wont just have to worry about graphics cards but physics cards! Anyone else read about those things yet?
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-15 13:18:22 UTC
Post #121008
6800GT. It's pretty cheap nowadays 
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-15 16:24:34 UTC
Post #121050
68/6600. Shader Model 3 and Native DX9 ftw!
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-15 18:31:46 UTC
Post #121063
I need a 3ghz in a bad way, a 2 just doesnt do it anymore, my card is a 6600GT AGP not PCI-E. And it works good, if only I could get a 3 ghz :
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-15 19:41:22 UTC
Post #121069
Snpbond, it's not the card, it's more likely the OS, or even more likely the drivers. ATi are known for shitty drivers, but they have superior hardware in every way. Look how little transistors the X800 has, yet it kicks the crap out of the 6800 GT/Ultra. If ATi made decent drivers, they might do alot better, especially if they made decent GNU/Linux X drivers, their current ones suck for performance, although, I have no complaints about their stability. FSAA and FSAF functions work perfectly, they are just very slow.
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-17 06:49:36 UTC
Post #121479
Ati makes good drivers dumbass 
They made shitty drivers before Catalyst
They made shitty drivers before Catalyst
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-17 07:15:03 UTC
Post #121493
Ati makes good drivers dumbassNo they dont ;o Catalysts = crap ;p
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-17 10:19:31 UTC
Post #121534
Catalyst drivers are bad. Alot of professional 3DMark benchers still use 3.2 for performance reasons.
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-17 10:56:02 UTC
Post #121543
Radeon X700 I Have got it.pret-ay slow but really good graphics for :
Roller-Coaster Tycoon 3.
Unreal 2 (What the hell .... What are you supposed to do on UnrealEd?!?).
Half-Life (Tee-Hee)
C&C Generals + Zero Hour.
Homeworld.
...
Roller-Coaster Tycoon 3.
Unreal 2 (What the hell .... What are you supposed to do on UnrealEd?!?).
Half-Life (Tee-Hee)
C&C Generals + Zero Hour.
Homeworld.
...
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-17 11:16:07 UTC
Post #121556
Catalyst drivers are bad. Alot of professional 3DMark benchers still use 3.2 for performance reasons.You mean benchmark-bias reasons?
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-17 11:19:15 UTC
Post #121558
Catalyst drivers are bad.you complain about everything except linux
I like Catalyst, the 5.7 drivers gave me a boost in fps..so..
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-17 11:24:35 UTC
Post #121560
Seventh: No, the old catalysts perform much better.
Saribous: No, ATi's linux drivers are even worse than it's Windows drivers!
Saribous: No, ATi's linux drivers are even worse than it's Windows drivers!
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-17 11:30:07 UTC
Post #121563
Maybe on some thing, m0p, but not most.
Sari: nice to see you using the new smiley, even if his tongue is slightly square :).
Sari: nice to see you using the new smiley, even if his tongue is slightly square :).
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-17 11:30:10 UTC
Post #121564
may be the drivers, but you can have the hardware, without drivers its useless 
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-17 12:30:43 UTC
Post #121578
ATI makes better cards for the price. I would go for the X800XT PE or X850XT PE. Or if you want the best just take m0ps advice and wait for the X900 and CrossFire. I overclocked the Radeon 9000 in my laptop by +63MHz (core) and +52MHz (memory) and it still runs cooler than my CPU even with no additional cooling. If I had overclocked an equivalent Nvidia card in my laptop it probably would have burned out long ago. (remember, laptops have horrible cooling)
And yes ATIs drivers arent that great but the Omega Drivers make a great alternative to ATIs drivers and can give you much better performance and stability.
And yes ATIs drivers arent that great but the Omega Drivers make a great alternative to ATIs drivers and can give you much better performance and stability.
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-17 12:54:04 UTC
Post #121586
I highly recommend the Omega drivers myself. They now come with a self-overclocking tool to basically overclock itself to safe limits without you having to do anything. Excellent drivers even if you don't want to overclock.
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-17 17:13:50 UTC
Post #121673
Anyone heard of those 512mb vid cards/are they any good?512 is no better than 256mb unless you are doing 3D editing.
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-17 17:16:04 UTC
Post #121676
Possibly not even then. Even 256MB cards are pretty much pointless at the moment. Everybody says so :).
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-17 17:16:13 UTC
Post #121677
@7th
I like the new smileys.. A lot!
I like the new smileys.. A lot!
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-17 17:18:33 UTC
Post #121678
Ya i have a 256MB 9600XT and it probably does no better than a 128MB card. But it wasnt my money so I dont really care 
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-17 17:19:29 UTC
Post #121679
Now m0p is going to disagree, for no particular reason.. just wait!
Posted 19 years ago2005-07-17 17:50:37 UTC
Post #121689
256MB is an improvement, but if your card sucks, then it doesn't really matter, since you'll be lagging in games anyway. 512MB cards are only utilized in extremely detailed enviroments, which make heavy use of high-res textures and shaders.
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