I used to have a Geforce4 4600 Ti 128 MB from VisionTek. It broke down on me.
It turns out that VisionTek is not the same company it was when I bought my card. This new VisionTek was bought by some company that bought their name but not their debt.
My warranty is no longer valid. They sent me an upgrade credit form (grrr the formatting messed up on the paste for the second table) that I show below with the credits I could get towards their Radeons (funny that is all they offer).
Unfortunately they put a cap on the total credit I can apply to their lesser line of Radeons as you can see. I just can not afford using the full $125 towards paying the difference of ~$300+ for either 9800's.
I am seeking advice on what cards out there fit my present and future needs / wants / abilities.
I currently use an old replacement Diamond Multimedia Savage4 32MB card that surprisingly can not handle EverQuest in old world zones. I am not talking about Luclin here. Simple startint cities lag horribly.
I am unable to play my Medal of Honor on this card (Open GL issues I think it was), so there is no point in looking to get expansions until I can get a better card.
I can play Thief Gold / Thief II fine on it, which is what I am playing presently since I never finished those games.
I can't even try demos of newer games like Call of Duty, Tron 2.0, etc. I guess it has to do with GL or DX support.
Deus Ex demo works fine so far in training session. I don't have the game.
Of course Half-Life based games run ok.
I want to play Call of Duty some day. Half Life 2 of course. I understand I may have to get an interim card that is just 8.1 Dx capable.
I don't generally turn every detail up on games since I am not there to admire the scenery. That would just get me killed
I may turn up some things for overall good looks. I like to play in at least 1027 res since I own a 19" viewable CRT.
I have not tested this card yet with the other games I have lying around which I have not finished (Rogue Spear, Homeworld). I imagine Myth II would run fine on this card (heh never finished that one either). I still have Tribes 2 which I don't remember playing online....blasted EQ.
You can see from the original card that I had that I was overall a serious gamer. I do not have the cash to buy a $400 card these days.
I have been out of sync with the computer tech market a while, and am overwhelmed with the options and names / designations out there.
TV on a card would be nice since I do not own a TV (I burned out on me too), but I see AIW's look to be rather expensive.
To summarize: I play everything from Thief (upcoming Thief 3 looking forward too), HL based games like TFC, EverQuest, FPS such as MOA (want Call of Duty), perhaps play Halo (heard it can challenge best systems), and look forward to HL2.
I have been looking around at prices on Price Grabber and Price Watch, but am unsure what to look for.
Please suggest practical cards out there I could use for my needs. At this time $200 hurts.
Thanks.
It turns out that VisionTek is not the same company it was when I bought my card. This new VisionTek was bought by some company that bought their name but not their debt.
My warranty is no longer valid. They sent me an upgrade credit form (grrr the formatting messed up on the paste for the second table) that I show below with the credits I could get towards their Radeons (funny that is all they offer).
Unfortunately they put a cap on the total credit I can apply to their lesser line of Radeons as you can see. I just can not afford using the full $125 towards paying the difference of ~$300+ for either 9800's.
I am seeking advice on what cards out there fit my present and future needs / wants / abilities.
I currently use an old replacement Diamond Multimedia Savage4 32MB card that surprisingly can not handle EverQuest in old world zones. I am not talking about Luclin here. Simple startint cities lag horribly.
I am unable to play my Medal of Honor on this card (Open GL issues I think it was), so there is no point in looking to get expansions until I can get a better card.
I can play Thief Gold / Thief II fine on it, which is what I am playing presently since I never finished those games.
I can't even try demos of newer games like Call of Duty, Tron 2.0, etc. I guess it has to do with GL or DX support.
Deus Ex demo works fine so far in training session. I don't have the game.
Of course Half-Life based games run ok.
I want to play Call of Duty some day. Half Life 2 of course. I understand I may have to get an interim card that is just 8.1 Dx capable.
I don't generally turn every detail up on games since I am not there to admire the scenery. That would just get me killed
I may turn up some things for overall good looks. I like to play in at least 1027 res since I own a 19" viewable CRT.I have not tested this card yet with the other games I have lying around which I have not finished (Rogue Spear, Homeworld). I imagine Myth II would run fine on this card (heh never finished that one either). I still have Tribes 2 which I don't remember playing online....blasted EQ
.You can see from the original card that I had that I was overall a serious gamer. I do not have the cash to buy a $400 card these days.
I have been out of sync with the computer tech market a while, and am overwhelmed with the options and names / designations out there.
TV on a card would be nice since I do not own a TV (I burned out on me too), but I see AIW's look to be rather expensive.
To summarize: I play everything from Thief (upcoming Thief 3 looking forward too), HL based games like TFC, EverQuest, FPS such as MOA (want Call of Duty), perhaps play Halo (heard it can challenge best systems), and look forward to HL2.
I have been looking around at prices on Price Grabber and Price Watch, but am unsure what to look for.
Please suggest practical cards out there I could use for my needs. At this time $200 hurts.
Thanks.
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