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Sampo · 03-08-2005, 12:34 PM

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Phoenix · 03-08-2005, 02:47 PM

Nvidia is superior to ATI.

Case and point, I am running a FX5900.

The Dauntless One · 03-08-2005, 04:26 PM

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Originally posted by Phoenix
Nvidia is superior to ATI.

Case and point, I am running a FX5900.

first let me say, ATI's 9 series owned nVidia's FX series thoroughly so stfu pheonix.

as for this gen, i see more ppl choosing ATI for their high high end vid cards while choosing nVidia for lower-high end vid cards (6800vanilla and GT) and mid range vid cards (6600)

Kilivek · 03-08-2005, 07:24 PM

i have people that shit on multiplayer games

case in point, i was the best player in the world at call of duty, but i died once.

Kilivek · 03-08-2005, 07:37 PM

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Originally posted by Kilivek
i hate people that cheat on multiplayer games

case in point, i was the best player in the world at call of duty, but i died once.

i wanted everyone to read my typo from hell to understand how fucked up i am when i post here sometimes.

Phoenix · 03-08-2005, 11:34 PM

The only advantages the 9XXX series was in DX9(and how many DX9 games came out that was *truly* worth playing before the new generation of ati/nvidia cards where out?) and a little bit better AA.

The FX series was superior to the 9XXX in DX8.

Although the reason I bought a 5900 was a) the price b) software bundle c) only ever owned nvidia and they have always ran flawlessly.

ATI's 850XT PE may be the fastest card but for the same price of one(700-900$) you can easily get two 6800GTs in SLI which is even faster. Or hell if you got the money spend $1200 and be in gaming heaven with dual 6800 Ultras!

Antarius · 03-09-2005, 02:22 AM

I ran a 9500 Overclocked from 275 core 270 memory - to 380 core - 330 memory(flashed bios and using rage3d tweak for the overclock), for 2 whole years, from when I bought it in February of 03 for $150.

That card lasted me a long long ass time, longer than I had owned any other video card, and was a great steal at the price. Got me through doom 3 and Half-Life 2, Even at the 1280x1024 resolutions I need for my native resolution on my LCD.

I'm a big fan of what ATI did with the 9500, but you can't say the entire 9xxx line was without it's faults.

The 9200 was just a repackaged 8500 card, It doesn't even support DirectX9. The 9600 came out a good 6-8 months AFTER the 9500, and is actually a step DOWN in performance from the discontinued 9500s.

I wasn't planning on replacing my video card any time soon actually, but I couldn't pass up on the new 90nm Athlon 64 cores.

Now I'm running a 1.8 ghz processor (athlon 64 3000+) overclocked to 2.4 ghz completely stable, I am very impressed with my processor upgrade coming from an Athlon xp 2200.

So to choose a new video card, I had to pick the best "price/performance" mix out there, and I went with a 6800 (vanilla/u/base model whatever you want to call it).

Normally restricted to just the 12 pixel pipelines compared to the GTs 16, easily enabled them no problems via rivatuner, wasn't impressed, tried overclocking it, was able to get up to 360 (from 325) very stable playing wow for hours upon hours, but the card was hot, and I knew it could do better, so I splurged on a $30 aftermarket cooler, and now I've been playing the last week at a 395 core clock.

But what does this translate down into results, My Aquamark 3d score rose from 22,000 (not bad for a 2 year old computer) up to 63,000, and I went from playing Half-Life 2 at 1280x1024 with no features turned on to 8x filtering and 4x antialiasing with a much smoother framerates improving from general 25ish fps to a very smooth 50 frames per second generally.

And WoW is so much nicer, improving from at most 25 frames/sec on a raid with all 39 other people on the screen or 15fps in Orgrimmar to around 45 on a raid AFTER forcing on AA through the driver and turning on the Anisotropic filtering in game. I didn't notice the improved texture filtering in game so much as the AA, which in Warcraft I think was a big problem, alot of really dark and really light art elements contrasted against on another, like all the hills jutting up against the sky.

I have an older 19" Flat Panel, with a "25ms" refresh rate. Sure it's pretty fast as far as LCDs are concerned, I don't notice motion blur in movies or anything, but I can't much tell the difference between 40 and 60 fps. So for me the most important thing is being able to play the games I want with all the features turned on at the resolution I want to play at. And I had to get there on a budget. The Government doesn't pay me enough to splurge as much as I'd like oftentimes.

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Antarius Banned Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 972 +0 Internets	I ran a 9500 Overclocked from 275 core 270 memory - to 380 core - 330 memory(flashed bios and using rage3d tweak for the overclock), for 2 whole years, from when I bought it in February of 03 for $150. That card lasted me a long long ass time, longer than I had owned any other video card, and was a great steal at the price. Got me through doom 3 and Half-Life 2, Even at the 1280x1024 resolutions I need for my native resolution on my LCD. I'm a big fan of what ATI did with the 9500, but you can't say the entire 9xxx line was without it's faults. The 9200 was just a repackaged 8500 card, It doesn't even support DirectX9. The 9600 came out a good 6-8 months AFTER the 9500, and is actually a step DOWN in performance from the discontinued 9500s. I wasn't planning on replacing my video card any time soon actually, but I couldn't pass up on the new 90nm Athlon 64 cores. Now I'm running a 1.8 ghz processor (athlon 64 3000+) overclocked to 2.4 ghz completely stable, I am very impressed with my processor upgrade coming from an Athlon xp 2200. So to choose a new video card, I had to pick the best "price/performance" mix out there, and I went with a 6800 (vanilla/u/base model whatever you want to call it). Normally restricted to just the 12 pixel pipelines compared to the GTs 16, easily enabled them no problems via rivatuner, wasn't impressed, tried overclocking it, was able to get up to 360 (from 325) very stable playing wow for hours upon hours, but the card was hot, and I knew it could do better, so I splurged on a $30 aftermarket cooler, and now I've been playing the last week at a 395 core clock. But what does this translate down into results, My Aquamark 3d score rose from 22,000 (not bad for a 2 year old computer) up to 63,000, and I went from playing Half-Life 2 at 1280x1024 with no features turned on to 8x filtering and 4x antialiasing with a much smoother framerates improving from general 25ish fps to a very smooth 50 frames per second generally. And WoW is so much nicer, improving from at most 25 frames/sec on a raid with all 39 other people on the screen or 15fps in Orgrimmar to around 45 on a raid AFTER forcing on AA through the driver and turning on the Anisotropic filtering in game. I didn't notice the improved texture filtering in game so much as the AA, which in Warcraft I think was a big problem, alot of really dark and really light art elements contrasted against on another, like all the hills jutting up against the sky. I have an older 19" Flat Panel, with a "25ms" refresh rate. Sure it's pretty fast as far as LCDs are concerned, I don't notice motion blur in movies or anything, but I can't much tell the difference between 40 and 60 fps. So for me the most important thing is being able to play the games I want with all the features turned on at the resolution I want to play at. And I had to get there on a budget. The Government doesn't pay me enough to splurge as much as I'd like oftentimes.