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Fan Area => The Hydlaa Plaza => Topic started by: shorty13 on May 11, 2005, 10:51:42 pm
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Okay. I have an uber bad graphics card, but one step up from the standard one that came with my computer (GeForce Fx 5700LE). Anyone want to give me a nice one for free? :)
If so, leave your e-mail address.
**shorty13 puts on his fire-proof suit and prepares to be flamed**
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Uhh you know you\'re never going to get one right?
People don\'t have extraa g-cards lieing around and not everyone could afford just giving one away. Mine is great and it only cost me 75 bucks.
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I have an extra Radeon 7500 laying around... How much are you willing to offer for it?
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ehmm you\'re kidding me right? Graphics cards aren\'t litterly little cards people will give away. These things are more like mini motherboards that cost around $100-$1,500 at estimate.
I have an Ati Radeon 9600 XT 256MB that works great on pretty much all games but it was $230, if you are more into saving a bit, I\'d reccommend an Ati Radeon 9550 or 9200. but never get Nvidia..
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Ya Nvidia may have bigger numbers but Ati\'s still run better. I got a 9200SE myself and it runs great.
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i have all manner of computer parts lying around.. my house is like that airport graveyard in new mexico or whatever just with PC parts instead of old planes :P and no you cant have one.. shipping alone the card wouldnt live through
EDIT: there are some good discount hardware sites around that sell stuff dirt cheap.. try those they also have the proper packaging for that manner of thing
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lol.. I have extra Ati 9600 pro lying around but I am saving it to my friends birthday ;P
Ya Nvidia may have bigger numbers but Ati\'s still run better. I got a 9200SE myself and it runs great.
Uhm.. Ati = bigger numbers and raw power + bad drivers but Nvidia on the other hand runs with quality electronics and good drivers and works lots of better.
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ati has big numbers :P
i have an NVIDIA GEforce 440
about 100$, runs great on almost all games.
puls it comes with a groovy full version copy of Ghost recon ^^
i get about 40FPS even in hydlaa with it, and only lag out at hyoja road :D
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Well, there are ATI\'s Radeon x800 and the like which are sort of low-numbered, yet high priced. Last I checked, a x800pro was like $300+. That\'s just kind of nuts. =/ I have a 9800Pro, so I guess those numbers are big.
On Newegg or some other online vendors you can get a decent card for a reasonable price. Check there, shorty.
Oh, and being a l4/\\/\\3r b3gz0r5 is not teh awesomeness cool job some make it seem.
~Indi
edit: Hehe...Taser said groovy. /me makes a peace sign and goes back to playing Half Life 2.
Alien go asplode!!! Wheee
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NVIDIA are for one much better per dollar, whether or not the fastest NVIDIA doesn\'t benchmark out as fast as the fastest ATI. I also know that NVIDIA has better opengl support than does ATI, and since CrystalSpace, the 3D engine for Planeshift, uses Opengl for its 3D rendering you might want to consider that fact.
GeForce GPU\'s suffer alot in tests that stress the memory pipeline between the ram and GPU, however this isn\'t something that becomes a performance issue in most games anyways, but it does lead to lower overall performance scores. I mean, a card only needs to have enough textures buffered to draw on the polygons that the card is drawing at any given time, and this is rarely more than 64 MB, even in todays latest games. 2 identical cards whose only differences is video memory will benchmark out nearly exactly the same, as long as the card doesn\'t have too little. A good comparision would be a GeForce 2 64 meg and a geforce2 128 Meg card.
And also NewPie is right about the drivers. Nvidia does an excellent job with their drivers, and they are always increasing performance of the cards with driver revisions, ATI tends to rely on raw hardware power which isn\'t necessarily better :)
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And btw.. If you are considering about graphs card with 256 memory for gaming... well.. rare games like Doom3 get it all out of larger memory coz most of games dont just support 256... So if you wanna buy that shiny Sapphire Radeon 9600 xt 256mb... you are just wasting your time because for example GF 6600 GT 128MB AGP is better for most of the games.
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Gforce4 pwned, pwnz, and will pwn. But I have a RX9800... So I don\'t give much for Gforce4.
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Originally posted by NewPie
lol.. I have extra Ati 9600 pro lying around but I am saving it to my friends birthday ;P
Ya Nvidia may have bigger numbers but Ati\'s still run better. I got a 9200SE myself and it runs great.
Uhm.. Ati = bigger numbers and raw power + bad drivers but Nvidia on the other hand runs with quality electronics and good drivers and works lots of better.
*slap* Go back to quitting ps you Nvidia fan. :D
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At the moment, the best card that is relative powerful, and at a best price, is the 6600GT. As performance, it\'s very close to the standard 6800, but it\'s with >100$ cheaper. The only main difference between this two graphic cards, is that the 6600GT is on 128bits, and the 6800 is on 256bits.
Anyway, for a card that costs around 150 - 200$ (the PCI-Express version is cheaper than the AGP one, that reaches around 200$), this is the best choice. Ah, and it\'s over the X700PRO from ATI, so yeah, this is the best in the mainstream area.
Well, I personally have on one of my computers a 6600GT from Leadtek, and I am very pleased of it. I can basically run everything, and hell yeah, its cooler is very silent (that\'s why I chose Leadtek). And it\'s good at overclocking as well, I could easily have at least 585/1075 (from 500/900).
As for other good producers, I recommand ASUS. Again, if someone wants a card from the mainstream area, forget your thoughts of having a card from ATI. Err yea, I am still an ATI fan ... ;)
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Yeah, I forgot to say. Stop with the begging kiddo, I doubt you\'ll ever find someone that will give you a graphic card, not to mention someone who\'ll give you a decent graphic card ...
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omg how can u dis nVidia?
i\'ve used it all my life...
well not when i had the old Voodoo
but still i think nvidia is the best
no matter what u say
but i still gotta get an upgrade lol still using my old
Geforce MX440 lol
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but still i think nvidia is the best
no matter what u say
Well, this is a matter of taste, and what \"style\" you prefer. It\'s kinda stupid to say \"nVidia for life!\". This isn\'t a \"world\" where you have to stay with only one side, and \"promote\" it like hell. Nah, it\'s a world where you want to have the best option for a graphic card (depending on the level, entry, mainstream, high-end). And, in this moment, in the mainstream area, nVidia is the best, but yeah ... for high-end ATI still has the crown ;)
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He is right. Go buy you\'re own :) If you are lucky you can buy a ?40 one. but if you want to get you\'re computer really going
buy a ?400 motherboard
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Originally posted by Barneygumball
omg how can u dis nVidia?
i\'ve used it all my life...
well not when i had the old Voodoo
nVidia pretty much started out from the old 3DFX company, that made the Voodoo cards. Back then, it was ATi Riva TNT vs. 3DFX Voodoo 1/2/3 cards, just like it\'s Radeon vs. GeForce now. So those two just never liked eachother. :)
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The only reason, the ONLY reason I have an ATI over an nVidia is that ATI are all made in their factory where as nVidia outsources a lot of their construction. I\'m a proprietary fellow.
Other than that it\'s a toss up as far as I\'m concerned.
Roll 1d2 and get something.
Sadly the shipping, including buble wrap, box and postage on a leftover from one of my machines would be more than you might pay from a wholesaler in your area so, for the sake of your pocket book look around.
Though, there might be some kind soul on here that can afford to give one to ya\'.
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Dear Santa,
This Summer I would like a new graphics card too! As for a delayed Easter gift (I just can\'t imagine how the Easter Bunny could forget my gift... but know you have the chance to cover for him) I want a brand new super powerful laptop (i don\'t even like laptops... but alas they come in handy to work :/)! Ohh now that you\'re at it I would like a brand new super powerful desktop pc... wait now... make that 7 brand new PCs.. oh and an uber home cinema package! And of course for Christmas I still want the traditional new bicycle and the new GI Joe action figure with the mighty tank! :D
Yours truly,
Little Kariloy
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nVidia pretty much started out from the old 3DFX company, that made the Voodoo cards. Back then, it was ATi Riva TNT vs. 3DFX Voodoo 1/2/3 cards, just like it\'s Radeon vs. GeForce now. So those two just never liked eachother. :)
Actually, that\'s not right. :)
Riva TNT was made by Nvidia, and ATI wasn\'t very popular at that time, and it was merely \"in construction\". It was a fight between the two giants, 3Dfx and Nvidia. Sadly, soon after the \"coming\" of ATI, and its Radeon, things begun to change, and 3Dfx had some financial problems. Things ended up pretty strange, 3Dfx being bought by Nvidia. :)
And now, Nivida is heavily using their technologies, an example being the SLI one, which was 1st for the VooDoo 5 5500 cards. :)