WHAT IS THE BEST VIDEO CARD FOR GAMING

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Keysplayr

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Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: Rollo
The "fastest, money no object card" would probably be the watercooled Gainward FX Ultra.

*snickers*

No, the 9800Pro will still school that in pretty much every field, I'm afraid. :) Even more so if you overclock and watercool it.

- M4H

Hey Merc, if (and when) Nvidia comes out with it's next product and brings ATI to it's knees, will you acknowledge it? Or will you stand firmly by your Uncle ATI?
*snicker*
I guess we will just have to see won't we. You know it's coming. Does it piss you off? I hope it does. You by far are one of the more annoying, ignorant, arrogant and
embarrassing members of this forum. If you do not wish to be spoken to this way, I suggest you rethink how you treat fellow members of this forum and don't be a ridiculous
imbecile by ranking someone out for having his caps lock on. How much of a simpleton could you possibly be? But, thanks for giving me the opportunity to vent on someone. I know I
can always count on you.

Keys

 

blahblah

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Originally posted by: keysplayr2003

Hey Merc, if (and when) Nvidia comes out with it's next product and brings ATI to it's knees, will you acknowledge it? Or will you stand firmly by your Uncle ATI?
*snicker*
I guess we will just have to see won't we. You know it's coming. Does it piss you off? I hope it does. You by far are one of the more annoying, ignorant, arrogant and
embarrassing members of this forum. If you do not wish to be spoken to this way, I suggest you rethink how you treat fellow members of this forum and don't be a ridiculous
imbecile by ranking someone out for having his caps lock on. How much of a simpleton could you possibly be? But, thanks for giving me the opportunity to vent on someone. I know I
can always count on you.

Keys


So if NV35 sucked major ass would YOU Acknolwedge it's flaws? It's a two way street my friend. Treat others as you expect others to treat your.

Never did like any idiot (not you) that stands by a company blindly, ATI, NVidia, Sony and so on.

People, it's your (or your parents) hard earned mula, spend it wisely.

But back on topic, the best gaming card currently available is 9800Pro. If you are the type who only cares about frame rate at low res, then by all means, get the Flow FX Ultra (aka 5800 Ultra). Nevermind about the "turbine engine" cooling solutions, nevermind the excess heat, nevermind it's outrageous price tag.

 

oLLie

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The AIW 9800 looks pretty lame...

Why doesn't it use the Theater 310? They ought to have a more expensive version with an HDTV tuner and the Theater 310 chip.

Does it do hardware MPEG-2 decoding? I didn't read that it did anywhere. So basically it won't be supported by WindowsXP Media Center just like the AIW 9700.

What is the point? What's the difference between this and the AIW 9700?

They should stop stalling with these cheesy little incremental improvements and make some actual changes in the AIW department.
 

Keysplayr

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Yes of course I would acknowledge it. I go with what is best. I currently use a 9500 pro.
And I treated no one with disrespect who didn't deserve it. I just hate fanboys. They are ridiculous. They ruin every good conversation in here.
 
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Here, let me dissect your lame troll bit by bit ...

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003
Hey Merc, if (and when) Nvidia comes out with it's next product and brings ATI to it's knees, will you acknowledge it? Or will you stand firmly by your Uncle ATI?
*snicker*

So I'm a fanboy for pointing out the truth. Good start.
rolleye.gif

Shows how little you know - if anything, I'm an nVidiot, not a fanATIc.

I guess we will just have to see won't we. You know it's coming. Does it piss you off? I hope it does.

Why would it piss me off? A company made a good graphics card. Oh no. A new company made a better card. Wah, wah.

You by far are one of the more annoying, ignorant, arrogant and embarrassing members of this forum.

You've never ventured into Off-Topic, have you? :D

If you do not wish to be spoken to this way, I suggest you rethink how you treat fellow members of this forum

Oh no, the newbie is coming for me. I ph33r.
rolleye.gif


Bring it.

and don't be a ridiculous imbecile by ranking someone out for having his caps lock on.

Wouldn't you notice that your post is in ALL CAPS WHICH IS VERY RUDE BECAUSE IT'S LIKE SHOUTING? I reserve the right to ridicule you for that in a humourous fashion by pointing out the location of the critical CapsLock key. :)

How much of a simpleton could you possibly be? But, thanks for giving me the opportunity to vent on someone. I know I can always count on you.

See above, regarding "ph33r" and "Bring it". :p

- M4H
 

Keysplayr

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Wow, you sure put me in my place..... ::::sniffle:::: some comeback
No more keystrokes wasted on you after this..
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dakels

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I use a Radeon 9700 TX from dell. I score 13,000 in 3D mark. DX 9 games, and intense 3D games run fine on the highest settings. You can fork over $500-600+ for the newest baddest thing out there but as far as visible performance, you're not gonna be much better then my $140 R9700 TX card right now. And I have money left over to take my girl to Veruka and Lot 61 for a little fun. ;)

But by all means, if money is not object, knock yerself out man. Get a R9800 AIW. Just don't tell me your putting it into a athlon 1600 with 256mb ram or some crap or I'll vomit.

p.s. I am a new yorker too and I don't scare easily, especially from manhattanites, but if your from any projects in the BX then maybe I will shake a little... ;)
 

gael

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Well the testing of the fx-5900 I would say answer this question. The 9800 pro is indeed a really find card. But Nvidia has taken it to the next level. I am sure however that the back and forth will continue. And this benefits gamers a great deal.
 

Vonkhan

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fanboys & bandboys aside ...


9800Pro 256mb

get rid of the stock hsf (sell it to me :D seriously, i need them!) and ram sinks (be careful with that!) and get a good watercooling setup - OC to your heart's content!

I have a 9800Pro 128mb, rockz!
 

dakels

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Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
since price is of no object, get this thing, it has a killer video card in it
THIS
heh... I clicked on your link then saw SGi start to load up on the window title bar... closed it right away before I got envious. I haven't worked with an SGI box in a while but man those things are like tanks. I had one running a 3D render, Ripping 30 slides to an acetate printer, editing some layout, and running image editing, all in 4 different windows under UNIX, and this was in the days where a Pentium 90 was a top of the line consumer machine.

My friend works for Ford in their design lab. IIRC they were using either Sun or SGI setups that could work in live 3D full textured renders with 60+" LCD tablets. And that was a few years ago lol
 

dakels

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FYI size of monitors usually doesn't affect video card performance IIRC. It's the resolution that monitor is set at. A 17" monitor set to 1600x1200 will be a helluva lot more demanding on a video card then even a 32" monitor at 800x600 resolution. Multiply the xxx by the xxx to figure out how many bits of information it needs to send to the monitor per frame. So 1600x1200 = 1,920,000 and 800x600 = 480,000. Big difference!
 

thatbox

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Originally posted by: dakels


But by all means, if money is not object, knock yerself out man. Get a R9800 AIW. Just don't tell me your putting it into a athlon 1600 with 256mb ram or some crap or I'll vomit.

Hey now! 1600+s with 256MB of RAM are just fine! *pats system reassuringly*
 

dakels

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Originally posted by: thatbox
Originally posted by: dakels


But by all means, if money is not object, knock yerself out man. Get a R9800 AIW. Just don't tell me your putting it into a athlon 1600 with 256mb ram or some crap or I'll vomit.

Hey now! 1600+s with 256MB of RAM are just fine! *pats system reassuringly*
heh... yea but do you plan on installing a $550-600 video card in it?
Thats like putting $3000 Pirelli tires on your 150hp civic.

You'll never utilize full performance on either example.

and I'm not knocking your athlon 1600+. I have one that still serves me well but my Radeon 9800 is in my 2.8ghz 800fsb rig ;)

(btw my 1600+ still uses my Voodoo 4500. I got more performance longevity out of that card then any other PC computer part I've ever had. That thing should go on my mantle when I retire it :))
 

dakels

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Originally posted by: shady06
c'mon all, I'm an ATi man but the 5900 ultra is simply faster than the 9800 pro
is that right? I haven't been paying attention. I've been an ATI fan since my first computer. They've always made good boards and mac and PC compatible. That and the whole NV30 ordeal was quite ugly. I already have a R9800 so I'm not interested in the 5900 but Nvidia does have a few things I do want which ATI fails to support, the main thing being stereoscopic support. I saw how awesome 3D stereo glasses were on an Nvidia card with built in stereo support. When I bought them for my Radeon 9700 and 9800, it ran like total crap. Until ATI builds this support into their drivers, it is my only real complaint.

It's kinda sad that all these gamers don't realize how much cooler their gaming experience can be with a pair of $30-100 stereoscopic goggles. If they did they'd be banging ATI's door down for stereo drivers. (btw mine are edimensional's ED-3D. Awesome on an Nvidia card, absolute poop on an ATI card with no native stereo driver support)
 
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Originally posted by: dakels
Originally posted by: thatbox
Originally posted by: dakels


But by all means, if money is not object, knock yerself out man. Get a R9800 AIW. Just don't tell me your putting it into a athlon 1600 with 256mb ram or some crap or I'll vomit.

Hey now! 1600+s with 256MB of RAM are just fine! *pats system reassuringly*
heh... yea but do you plan on installing a $550-600 video card in it?
Thats like putting $3000 Pirelli tires on your 150hp civic.

You'll never utilize full performance on either example.

and I'm not knocking your athlon 1600+. I have one that still serves me well but my Radeon 9800 is in my 2.8ghz 800fsb rig ;)

(btw my 1600+ still uses my Voodoo 4500. I got more performance longevity out of that card then any other PC computer part I've ever had. That thing should go on my mantle when I retire it :))


yeah i agree, if you want to maximimize performance try something like a 9700 pro, 8rda+, 2500+, 512mb of ram
 

OneOfTheseDays

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the 5900 and 9800 are pretty much neck and neck, however, i noticed that in the more current games and the doom 3 benchmarks the 5900 is ahead. Also, the retail 5900's only take up one slot and they arent loud at all. Add to it solid compatibility and pretty much bugfree drivers and you have a winner.

BUT, i would recommend you save your money and get a 9700. It's just smarter and you wont notice much of a difference really.
 

FearoftheNight

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i'm not gonna even read this thread...i can smell flames already...

edit: =\ why is it always ati vs nvidia..
 

Intelman07

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NVIDIA Geforce FX 5900 ultra...it seems ATI still has a bit of driver issues....ppl still using 3.2 cats because 3.3 and 3.4 causes them problems but others it all works fine.....something isn't right about that.