Recent content by wadkar

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    DirectX 11 To Be Announced This Month

    ohh no, not again why MS wants to forces its new OS for new DX standards? can't they just make it moduler and keep it different from the Vista shit? ~S
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    9800 GTX or Radeon 4850 for 1600x1400 or 1200x1024 ?

    hmm point noted I think I will go with Radeon 4850 and buy a good PSU with the savings guess I really need a very good PSU BTW you might find it amusing but I am really thinking about using old PSUs maybe I can use it just to power my GPU and couple of HDDs?? I keep the cabinet open most...
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    9800 GTX or Radeon 4850 for 1600x1400 or 1200x1024 ?

    thanks a lot for the quick reply i am searching for good 4850/4870 in my price range but it all boils down to how much extra i have to pay for the PSU :( ~S
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    9800 GTX or Radeon 4850 for 1600x1400 or 1200x1024 ?

    confused now... I read couple of reviews on Radeon 4850 and 4870 both are great graphics cards no doubt what I did not realized that they had OKAYish (working) DAY 1 support for linux drivers that was something i did not hear for a long time (it means a lot to me that my hardware is...
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    9800 GTX or Radeon 4850 for 1600x1400 or 1200x1024 ?

    another question I wanted to ask was if I can go SLI after a year (mobo ASUS 5PN-E SLI thats nForce 650i SLI chipset) 5 people suggesting 9800GTX quite interesting I think I will go with 9800GTX unless another ~200 card comes in picture I can still use some advice :) ~S
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    9800 GTX or Radeon 4850 for 1600x1400 or 1200x1024 ?

    mine is a generic one, I am just writing what I can see on the PSU Power Focus Switching power supply model no ATX 550W voltage 230V current 8A and 4A +3.3V 29A +5V 14A +12V 19A -5V 0.5A -12V 0.5A +5VSB 2A and I vaguely remember it's gold rated PSU (whatever that means) so +12V...
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    9800GTX+ How Much

    isn't GTX+ just an overclocked version of GTX? then what's the difference in them? can't we simply OC them ?? or do they come with good cooling solutions?? ~S
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    9800 GTX or Radeon 4850 for 1600x1400 or 1200x1024 ?

    a week later?? 9800 GTX+ ?? I checked 9800GTX prices before 4th and they were around 199 now its high up to 229 or even 250 expecting price slash from nVidia?? also, i have a 550W power supply, and already have 4ide and 2 sata drives connected i am quite sure that i will need to buy new...
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    9800 GTX or Radeon 4850 for 1600x1400 or 1200x1024 ?

    EDIT: I am okay with ATi cards now they have good linux support so 4850 comes in picture, which is more confusing to me now :( First of all, I don't want to buy ATi card (not good linux support) so I am left with nVidia my chipset is 650i SLI and mobo is ASUS P5N-E SLI proc is Intel...