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Augustus
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Thu Nov 03, 2005 6:04 am Post subject:
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<wylie72@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Avoid 64bit cards at all costs. |
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Larry Roberts
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Thu Nov 03, 2005 8:26 am Post subject:
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On 2 Nov 2005 12:37:20 -0800, wylie72@gmail.com wrote:
To be honest. Unless you just don't want to use ATI, I'd go
with a 9600XT card. It will out-perform a 64-bit 6200, and any FX5500
card. You can get them at newegg starting at $80.00. |
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Thu Nov 03, 2005 7:20 pm Post subject:
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I had a nightmare with a ATI 9600 Pro I got off eBay. Spent the better
part of 3 days trying to get it to work consistantly. May have been a
bad card, may have been incompatibility with my motherboard (MSI), but
during troubleshooting I read a lot about compatibility problems with
Radeons. Left a bad taste in my mouth for them. |
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Andrew
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Thu Nov 03, 2005 7:30 pm Post subject:
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On 3 Nov 2005 05:20:42 -0800, wylie72@gmail.com wrote:
| Quote: | I had a nightmare with a ATI 9600 Pro I got off eBay. Spent the better
part of 3 days trying to get it to work consistantly. May have been a
bad card, may have been incompatibility with my motherboard (MSI), but
during troubleshooting I read a lot about compatibility problems with
Radeons. Left a bad taste in my mouth for them.
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Yeah, no ATI cards work at all and everyone in this newsgroup ever has
a problem do they, *sigh*.
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Andrew, contact via interpleb.blogspot.com
Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards,
please don't top post. Trim replies to quote only relevant text.
Check groups.google.com before asking an obvious question. |
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Thu Nov 03, 2005 7:57 pm Post subject:
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I'm not saying they [ATI] don't work at all. From a technical
standpoint they're a superior product, but they do have a reputation
for more issues than a comparable Nvidia card. Given my moderate needs
I'm willing to trade off some performance for greater reliability. |
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Larry Roberts
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Fri Nov 04, 2005 8:26 am Post subject:
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On 3 Nov 2005 05:20:42 -0800, wylie72@gmail.com wrote:
| Quote: | I had a nightmare with a ATI 9600 Pro I got off eBay. Spent the better
part of 3 days trying to get it to work consistantly. May have been a
bad card, may have been incompatibility with my motherboard (MSI), but
during troubleshooting I read a lot about compatibility problems with
Radeons. Left a bad taste in my mouth for them.
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I usually stick with Nvidia because most PC Scene demos
usually favor Nvidia hardware, but it really comes down to what I can
afford. I have ran a Rage Fury Maxx (Duel GPU), and a Radeon 9000
(128-bit memory), and both worked flawlessly on every system I
installed them into. I was able to afford a 6600GT AGP my last
upgrade, but I will be moving to a PCI-E system soon, and I want to
get something better than the 6600GT. While it's still a great card,
it looks as though I can get something as good, or a bit better than a
standard 6800 from ATI for less than a standard 6800.
Maybe the 6800GT will drop to $200.00, but that won't happen
anytime soon. |
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