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Posted: 11th Apr 2005 23:23
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hello all

After many hours of trying to get my copy of dbpro to work(cant run any programs at all due to runtime error 5121)i found what i beleave to be the problem when i ran DXDIAG i found (Display Tab 1: Hardware-accelerated Direct3D 9 is not available because the display driver does not support it. You may be able to get a newer driver from the hardware manufacturer)yeah great just what i wanted to see i tried to find a new driver ha no chance my pc must be so old i cant even find any details on it. new mobo and gfx card time i think so what i want to know is has anyone got the ATI RADEON 9600PRO 256MB 400MHZ and if so how do you find it performs the reason i ask is i can pick one up of a mate for 30 pounds even thou its only 30 quid i dont want to waste any more money
please give me some feedback on this one because all i want is to get going
thanks
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Dot Merix
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Posted: 11th Apr 2005 23:37
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the 9600 is a pretty good card.



WindowsXP Home(Service pack 2), Athlon XP 2400+(2.1Ghz), 1GIG Ram, Ati Radeon 9800Pro 128MB.
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Dave J
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Posted: 11th Apr 2005 23:39
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I have a 9600XT, it's not bad.


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Van B
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Posted: 11th Apr 2005 23:43
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Sounds like a decent bargain, you should certainly go for it - IIRC 9600's usually start at about £70 for the entry level 128mb models.

Should be fine for DBPro, there's a lot of people here who use them.


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Posted: 11th Apr 2005 23:43
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does it work with the latest version of dbpro then!i forgot to ask that one sorry
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Ian T
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Posted: 12th Apr 2005 00:25
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Yes. All quasi-modern video cards will work fine with DirectX, and DBP uses DirectX for all rendering purposes. Any Radeon card, even a 7000, would work fine .


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Posted: 12th Apr 2005 00:35
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thank you for you fast reply i will buy it then
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mm0zct
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Posted: 12th Apr 2005 02:40
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a 9600 is a great card, not top range but a 256mb 9600 will happily run most games at high settings with playable frame rates, i had a 9600 128mb until i upgraded my whole system and it ran like a dream.
30 quid is a bargain, go for it.

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AMD athlon 64 3000+, 512mb ddr400, abit kv8, 160gb hdd, gigabit lan, ati radeon 9800se 128mb.
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