7900gtx

[cadaveca]

9550 is a cut-down 9600, not a 9500, so whiel performance is ok, it's not great. better to get a 6600/6200, which has more functionality than the 9550. Just be aware that most 6200's are turbo-cache models, meaning that they use system ram for videoram, thereby reducing the amt of ram avaiable to your system. there are a few 6200's that are not "TC" models, so keep your eye out for one.

[Hardus]

Thank's for the advice, I think the Geforce wil be better,more features like PS3.0
not like your going to use it much.I don't know wat's with ATi thease days, thier low-end cards are lagging behind NVidia cards.

[tiamat63]

Depends on the series.

Yes, the X600, 700, 1300 and 1600 arent what you would call the best midrange. However look at the 9xxx generation. You couldnt find a comparable Nv product to the 9500, 9600 and 9700 series, which was ATI's
midrange at the time.

Its funny becuase thats when ATI held the majority of the market share from Nvidia. Seeing as how these companies make most of their $$ on the midranged market, Nvidia pulled out all the guns and in essence, there was
a 100% turn around.

ATI's midrange is returning, its starting in the from of the X1800GTO, and looks to be quite promising.

[Pitch]

Are we seeing a yeild issue with the 7900? As I'm only seeing sporadic stock of the GT. The GTX is near non existant here in the UK.

[cadaveca]

asus, evga, BFG, gigabyte, and a few others all in stock here. Fact of the matter is that demand for these cards isn't really all that high, and retailer's will be holding cards back because they perform better than the previous generation, which is still more expensive. 7900GT comparable to 7800GTX....
Gotta get rid of the old, before the new...

[madcatmk3]

Originally Posted by Hardus

Hi guy's I'm new here, I need a new video card, cos I have a outdated Sapphire ATI Radeon 9250 256mb DDR, it's very basic, with very big game envitonments
I get a dramatic slowdown. Is a Geforce 6200 or a ATI 9550 doing to work alot better? I would like a Geforce XFX6600 GT with DDR3 memory,but It's too expensive.I live in South-Africa 3rd world coutry you know.

SA thats where I'm from glad to see a fellow african. What art Joberg, capetown ,durban?
@cad we got plenty here. My local store has about 20 in stock, there trying to sell of thier 6800GS though. wait for a deal and see if you can pick one up, I've heard of them going for as low as $70 (R434)

[tiamat63]

Originally Posted by cadaveca

asus, evga, BFG, gigabyte, and a few others all in stock here.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...TTR18=&ATTR19=

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...TTR18=&ATTR19=

All out of stock here...

I'm actually considering a 7900GT over the X1800XL simply becuase of the price
now.

[cadaveca]

for an lcd, the x1800xl is best...CRT the 7900gt, as most CRT allow high enough res that AA is not really needed.

[madcatmk3]

what res is that?

[Pitch]

2048*1536

[madcatmk3]

A CRT can support that!!!???
I'm going to try it now.
EDIT: COD2 only went upto 17--. I didn't notice much of a differance at a high res. My GT had a bit of trouble at 20fps.

[dsio]

I often play Quake 3 on this monitor at 2048x1536 @ 85hz.

Many games that dont seam to support it can be made run at high resolution. I am still one of those people that thinks LCDs belong on laptops, and CRTs belong on gaming machines.

And before someone starts quoting pointless response times at me, its not that. Its the poor colour and contrast, and the low resolution to size ratio. Not to mention the fact that 1280x1024 isn't even a proper resolution ratio.

[Pitch]

Originally Posted by dsio

Many games that dont seam to support it can be made run at high resolution. I am still one of those people that thinks LCDs belong on laptops, and CRTs belong on gaming machines.

Amen to that.

[tiamat63]

I do agree. However, my current CRT is very sloooooowly dying.
Therefore the picture is losing its clarity and colour, which means my
LCD provides a little more light and vividness (if thats even a word) for my games now.

I do plan I looking for a nice 19in Viewsonic though

[dsio]

Yeap, its a word, as is the more commonly used vividity.

[tiamat63]

Well, my IQ just went up a point, and that one will now enter the vocab library