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12-06-2006, 11:02 PM
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| Newb Techie Join Date: Dec 2006
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|  How big of a difference will i get? My current graphics card is a Radeon x300/x550.. (yes i know.. lol) I'm going to upgrade to a Radeon X1900GT 256MB in the next month or so.. My question is how much of a difference will i get out of this new card compared to my old one? As in graphical and performance difference. |
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12-07-2006, 12:01 AM
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| Super Techie Join Date: Mar 2006
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| Night and day. You'll be able to play 'real' games.
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12-07-2006, 12:16 AM
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| Newb Techie Join Date: Dec 2006
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| http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/...mit=ChangeItem Seems like a good price ehh? Don't know if i should wait until DX10 Cards come out so this will be cheaper or buy it now. |
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12-07-2006, 12:36 AM
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| Dang! Really? Thought they were not going to be out until like Jan, oh well the price for the card is $169.99 with tax + shipping it = $188 SAPPHIRE Radeon X1900GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 VIVO HDCP Video Card I heard Sapphire wasn't too good. Should i get it  ? |
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12-07-2006, 12:55 AM
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| Ultra Techie  Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Canada
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| I don't see any problems with it, that card looks good. If you don't like that card you can try this one. evga GeForce 7900GS http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130056 Also you can look at some comparisons here http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics.html |
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12-07-2006, 05:11 AM
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| Wizard Techie Join Date: Aug 2005
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| 7900GS is the best choice for you It is cheaper and better than X1900GT
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12-07-2006, 05:37 AM
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| Multicellular Eukaryote  Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Melbourne, Australia
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| Quote:
I think Sapphire is ATI's leading card vendor; i.e. Sapphire is the first to get stuff from ATI
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12-07-2006, 08:37 AM
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| Folding Bandit  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Trotter's Basement
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| You will see a big difference in performance, although i would go with nvidia myself because the catalyst drivers are horrible.
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