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22-April-03, 11:22 PM
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| Apex Advanced Techie  Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Mass.
Posts: 164
 |  Best girlfriend ever! Ok so that was a tricky title, but it's what i'm trying to be. I'm going to be buying my man a new Vid Card and want an opinion on what's best. He's a self proclaimed GeForce man, but if it's a gift I'm sure he'll go ATI. Right now i'm looking at the ATI 9800 and a GeForce FX. So the questions are, if he's running 1200 AMD with 512 DDR 233 and is a big time gamer, which card will be better and more manly, and which brands rock? |
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22-April-03, 11:27 PM
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| Apex Tech Fanatic  Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Cincinnati Ohio
Posts: 639
 | Ok first off i wish i had a girlfriend like you, but the 9800(if you can find it) is the hottest **** on the market., but it will run you 400$. The 9700 pro is easier to find but badass too. I would suggest not to get him an fx if you ever want to sleep i nthe same room as the comp. The built in fan sounds like a vaccuum cleaner. |
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22-April-03, 11:30 PM
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| Apex Tech God  Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Illinois
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  | If he is into Video Editing as well as Gaming, Check out the 9700PRO All In wonder, one of the best cards ever LOL Has all the power of a 9700pro plus the a built in TV Tuner, software. Video Editing and all types of inputs. bout 349 @ Newegg. Otherwise hit the 9800PRO What type of price range are we talking about? |
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22-April-03, 11:34 PM
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| Apex Advanced Techie Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Mass.
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| Right now i'm just looking at the best and seeing where to go from there. He's not into editing, that's my department, and it's all mac baby, so the AIW cards are a bit overkill since his TV is so old it doesn't have a remote and he doesnt watch much anyway, just games... and games... and games... wish i got that much attention. |
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22-April-03, 11:45 PM
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| Minnes-hoe-tan  Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Moorhead, Minnes-Hoe-ta
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| The FX is a good performing card in its own right, it's just not up to par with the hype that surrounded it, the "9700 Killer", sure it's roughly even, but it didn't kill it... add to that how noisy they are, and you see why no one particularly likes them..
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23-April-03, 12:26 AM
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| Apex Elite Expert Tech  Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Texas
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| If you want one of the best 9800 cards and can wait till the end of the month go for the Hercules 9800pro. Their 9700pro was awsome and im sure the 9800pro will be just as good. And for kickers it has a blue led fan...hehehe! |
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23-April-03, 03:22 AM
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| Funky Psych-Hoe  Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Los Angeles
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| I'm with mav, herc is always a cut above.
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23-April-03, 09:46 AM
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| PCApex's Mouthy Stepchild  Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Interia's Bed
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| At this point, id settle for *a* girlfriend  Id go with the saphire or herc 9800pro (Is the 256meg card out yet? get *that*) 
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23-April-03, 10:03 AM
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| Apex Advanced Techie Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Mass.
Posts: 164
| OK so it seems like i'll be going with the 9800. Since it's not a timely issue would it be worth it to wait the month out for the new 256ers? Also when is the release date on those? One last question, how much better is the 9800 than the 9700? ~pax |
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23-April-03, 10:12 AM
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| Apex Tech Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Cincinnati Ohio
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| Yes it is worth waiting a month if you have the month. I have no idea when the release date is, and the 9800 is considerably better than the 9700 since it has smart shader 2.1 and smooth vision 2.1 not 2.0. |
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23-April-03, 10:31 AM
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| Etiquette & English Gentleman Join Date: Aug 2002
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 | Paige, that's a very nice thing to do ... but gifts of fancy hardware do not a relationship make. The ability to suck a golfball through a hose is _way_ more important, IMO 
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