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FPSC Classic Product Chat / Im done with ATI cards, what would you sugest?

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Daniel wright 2311
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Posted: 12th Nov 2009 05:14
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I want the best card on the market but I dont want to pay a arm and a leg. so, becouse im no million air, what would you all sugest. I want something that will run direct x 9 and 10 bolth in all programs. what do you have? and are you happy with it? please let me know before i go off and buy something.

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Silvester
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Posted: 12th Nov 2009 06:48
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I'd say the 9600 is at a pretty neat price lately. ~€80 and it runs pretty much everything.


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bond1
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Posted: 12th Nov 2009 06:56 Edited at: 12th Nov 2009 07:03
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What's your budget? Even a step higher, a 9800 GT can be had for about $100 on newegg. My personal opinion - try and get the highest model number in the series that you can afford.

Right now I use a GTX 285 - near the top of Nvidia's line, but I tend to keep things for a long time rather than upgrade every year.



Everything in the Geforce 8,9, and 200 series can handle both directx 9 and 10 and all current shader models.

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Daniel wright 2311
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Posted: 12th Nov 2009 07:02
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well i guess its the 9800 GT, I figured as much but still needed to know for shure becouse i thought the new nvidia cards where alot more then that. well, I can aford $100 for shure if the card does what i need it to. thanks guys

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Posted: 12th Nov 2009 12:50
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Why are you done with ATI cards? They're so much cheaper than nVidia cards and they perform better too.
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Daniel wright 2311
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Posted: 12th Nov 2009 13:04
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and they perform better too.

no they dont, with my experiance with them, this is the third one i bought and none of them can display a shader right. no im better off with a nvidea card.

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crispex
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I myself find nothing wrong with using a GeForce 6200 (yes, old, but it still works for me). It handles Vista and Windows 7 very nicely, but is NOT practical for any game of higher requirements than say...Team Fortress 2.

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bond1
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Posted: 12th Nov 2009 14:32
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The 9800GT would be a great choice, and incredible bang for the buck. Great for development too, lots of polycounters use this card. Yeah ditch the ATI, I can't even get my laptop's ATI card to display a normal map in max. Frustrating when your work is divided between two computers.

For every person that says their ATI card works with shaders, there is another that says they don't. Trust me, you won't have a problem with the Nvidia card.

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Nomad Soul
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Posted: 12th Nov 2009 21:11
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Getting an Nvidia card is the way to go.

There are too many risks getting an ATI card and finding it doesn't support a particular shader which hampers development and enjoyment of some commercial games even.

You really should go for the 9800. I've been told its important to get something in the 800 series e.g. 8800, 9800 as the architecture is better than lower series apparently. I'm no expert but since switching from my ATI to Nvidia 9800XT its been heaven.
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Bigsnake
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Posted: 12th Nov 2009 21:13
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Quote: "no they dont, with my experiance with them, this is the third one i bought and none of them can display a shader right. no im better off with a nvidea card."


My ATI seems to display shaders correctly

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Aaagreen
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Posted: 12th Nov 2009 21:18
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Just get an NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT. You'll need a PSU above the wattage of 400 though.

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Asteric
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What manufacturer were you using for the ATI cards? Cheap makes could be the reason, i recommend either a Sapphire or Asus, very good makes, im using a Sapphire 4850HD right now, and i love it, works amazingly.

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Bugsy
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how would a geforce 8600 work for FPSC?

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Bigsnake
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Quote: "how would a geforce 8600 work for FPSC?"


Perfect for x9

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great. with my 2gb of ram coming, my comp will be formidable again. thx.

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Posted: 13th Nov 2009 00:22
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I recommend the 9800 GT as well. It's what I use, and I've never encountered troubles.

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Daniel wright 2311
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Posted: 13th Nov 2009 00:46
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yea, I am going off to buy the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT on payday.cant wait to see it in action, Im a little excited about it becouse I hear good things about it from you guys, thanks for all your responces.

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