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| 259534 | 2004-08-09 21:31:00 | Hmmm.....whats that saying? One mans opinion is another mans complete and utter bollucks? I'm glad your card is serving you well,i'm afraid that since the landscape has changed recently that if anyone asks then i would still have to say 9800pro has the sweet spot for performance and price. oh,andhowaboutascreenshotchief??? |
metla (154) | ||
| 259535 | 2004-08-09 22:17:00 | >You can get a X600Xt for $381.38 on > www.pricespy.co.nz.But I dont know much about that > card so go to some sites to check it out.Just enter > Ati Radeon X600Xt into Google and research what you > find there. I think you'll find that the X600 is mearly a PCIe version of the 9600XT with slightly faster clock speeds. Its the biggest rip of since nVidia released the GF4MX. There using the name to trick the less knowledgable into paying an extra $100 for a peice of hardware that preforms exactly the same as a $260 card. |
Pete O'Neil (250) | ||
| 259536 | 2004-08-09 22:50:00 | > > You can get a X600Xt for $381.38 on > > www.pricespy.co.nz.But I dont know much about that > > card so go to some sites to check it out.Just > enter > > Ati Radeon X600Xt into Google and research what > you > > find there. > > I think you'll find that the X600 is mearly a PCIe > version of the 9600XT with slightly faster clock > speeds. Its the biggest rip of since nVidia released > the GF4MX. There using the name to trick the less > knowledgable into paying an extra $100 for a peice of > hardware that preforms exactly the same as a $260 > card. > So whats better, a X600XT or a 9800Pro? |
MartynC (5610) | ||
| 259537 | 2004-08-09 23:03:00 | a 9800pro. Why do you think i would be recomending the damn thing. |
metla (154) | ||
| 259538 | 2004-08-09 23:19:00 | SORRY :D | MartynC (5610) | ||
| 259539 | 2004-08-09 23:22:00 | Don't be sorry,Im a jackass. Lmao. |
metla (154) | ||
| 259540 | 2004-08-09 23:35:00 | > Don't be sorry,Im a jackass. > > Lmao. It seems to be a MS thing to make something "advanced", yet have ppl want the 'before' version! ;-) Forgive me in advance for asking, but i guess the X600 is not built on the X800 tech? |
MartynC (5610) | ||
| 259541 | 2004-08-09 23:50:00 | > Forgive me in advance for asking, but i guess > the X600 is not built on the X800 tech? Hell no, its just a Radeon 9600XT, honestly its the exact same chip thats been overclocked and uses PCIe as apposed to AGP. The sad thing is it only preforms aswell as Radeon 9500pro that was released nearly 2 years ago. The mid range market for video cards at the moment suck hard there hardly anything worth buying. The cards that both ATi and nVidia are marketing as mid range preform so badly and offer such bad value for money its ridiculous. If you want the best bang for buck card on the market at the moment have a look at the FX5900XT or 9800PRO. ATI and Nvidia should be ashamed of themselves |
Pete O'Neil (250) | ||
| 259542 | 2004-08-10 04:54:00 | I think I'd have to agree with Metla on what Doom 3 will do to the landscape - even if you don't play Doom 3 . Now I'm playing it at home on my old GF4 Ti 4400 128MB RAM and have been pleasantly surprised how well that card is managing with it, BUT I've also been playing it at work with a ATI Radeon X800 256MB and there is simply no comparison: its' a different game when played at 1280 x 1024, high-quailty with 2x anti-aliasing with silky smooth frame rates . With D3 out now and HL2 due later this year, we can look forward to both engines being used in additonal games in the next 12-months (I've seen Activsion's Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines running which uses the Source engine, and it looks very nice) and while I can never buy a vid card at the bleeding edge, I know that maybe 6 months from now I'm goiing to want to invest in what will be the second tier technology at that point . So if I was buying a new card now, I'd try not to under buy since it would have to last a while . My Ti 4400 was not top of the line when I got it but it was second tier and as such has lasted me quite well . But its days are obviously numbered and I wouldn't want to replace it with something that was going to have less than a 2-year life in my PC . |
Biggles (121) | ||
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