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Who here's buying a Radeon and how many megs?

This is the card to get.
-It outperforms any graphics card at high resolution at 32 bit color.
-It still has ATI's awesome DVD playing capabilities.
-Is by far the most feature rich chip around.
 
If ATI gets their driver act together (which im SURE they will this time) this card is going to be a killer. ATI's cards have been known for everything BUT 3D before. Now they will be known for EVERYTHING 😛
 
Damn, Had I known that the Radeon was coming out so soon, I would have waded out a few weeks to get a new video card. Unfortunaly I thought they were going to be late, so I got myself a Rage Fury PRO.

Oh well.. My 1GHz+ Athlon in a few months will have that card.. if nothing else better comes out.
 
Yeah, the Radeon sure is sneaky with its release, but I think this sneakiness may backfire, since I believe most users presume it won't be out for a while longer, and may settle for a GTS instead.
 
The card sounds good, but I am not too trusting of their driver support yet. They dropped the ball before, so I would like them to prove their ability like 3dfx and nvidia.
 
I am thinking of changing my Geforce DDR for it. DVD is one of the main reasons. I'm just waiting to here reports about its 2D quality.

I will miss Nvidia's driver support though
 
Me too! Hate to admit i, but 2D performance is going to be the main thing for me. Just building a system now, and I have to say that a Geforce MX card, overclocked, with a DVI interface gets my attention.
 
I should be getting a 64 Meg DDR in the mail pretty soon. When the Maxx comes out I'll sell the 64 Meg DDR and get the 128 Meg DDR.
 
$227.00??? Hmmm. Still about $75.00 more than I am willing to pay for a video card. I am hoping to get into one of the 32mb units for around $150.00. How long do you think it will be before that happens?
 
SSP, nope, can't. 🙁 Gotta do some other stuff with my money before I buy a gts just to find i can't stand the 2d and return it. 😉
 
The Radeon 256 looks like a really nice product, but I only have two complaints (well, these are pretty much the same complaints I had about the Fury 32MB when it was released):

1. It's too expensive. Expect to pay $300 retail for a 64MB DDR. Sure you're getting a lot of features for the money (like the hardware accelerated DVD and Rage Theatre chip), but if they're going to compete in a market like this, price will give them one of the biggest market advantages.

2. I'm still skeptical about driver quality. I mean, the Rage 128 has been out for a year and a half and there's STILL driver issues with OpenGL, as well as lacklustre 16-bit rendering performance. Granted that the Radeon 256 is a very different beast from the Rage 128 (designed from scratch), I'm still just a bit weary about the quality of the drivers that will ship with the final product. ATI has never been very fast with their driver updates, either.
 
onvia...25 off, then 10% off through pointclick. Out of stock though...

They had an AIW Radeon 32MB DDR for ~260...so 235...212 for that. 🙂

180 for the 32MB DDR after that stuff.
 
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