HAY GUYZ help me pick out a grafx card, u dig?

Neon Dingo · Post by **Neon Dingo** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 4:25 am

OK, so HL2 is right around the corner blah blah blah....

Can't decide between ATI Radeon x800 Pro or nVidia 6800 GT.

Which one and why?

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 6:09 am

I suppose it's going to be an AGP-card, right? X800 Pro and 6800 GT cost pretty much the same and I've heard more good about this new 6800-series, so I could recommend that.

On the other hand, if you were getting a PCI-Express-card, I'd have to suggest the X800 XT, which pretty much PWNZ.

Koki · Post by **Koki** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 8:36 am

Hahaha, I'm actually hoping of playing HL2 at 9550 overed to 9600.

Rich bastards.

MurPHy · Post by **MurPHy** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 9:18 am

Radeon PWNZ all, yo. I have a Radeon 9700 Pro, but it no worky (OS may be at fault).

SDMVersion3 · Post by **SDMVersion3** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:57 pm

Dodge the Nvidia like FR dodges grammer. It's a piece of shit and gave me nothing but hassles.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 6:02 pm

Radeon for the win!

And HIS makes some pretty damn fine Radeon cards.

Subhuman · Post by **Subhuman** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 8:32 pm

I liked the nVidia TNT2, and nVidia is compatible with a lot of games. I'd go with that one, but I know fuck-all about video cards.

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 9:51 pm

I've got personal experience on Riva TNT2, GeForce2, Geforce4 and X800 XT myself and the only one I've been disappointed in is the GF2-card. NVidia's done pretty well for me.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 9:59 pm

If you're not stupid, any card worth 300$+ will be fine. There's only wacky people to have problems running a game with a Radeon 9800. Either that or you have some really shitty underground hardware.

Smiley · Post by **Smiley** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 1:15 am

Radeon.

Franz Schubert · Post by **Franz Schubert** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 2:07 am

The computer I'm building is going to have the 6800 Ultra. That's the $500 one.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 3:38 am

I bought mine for 229$ CDN and I run Doom3 on the highest

Trakocian · Post by **Trakocian** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 8:36 am

Nvidia tends to be the one with fewer hassles. Raedon seems to prefer churning out more kinds of cards. It seems to be more like a question similar to the Pentium vs Athlon debate.

Sovy Kurosei · Post by **Sovy Kurosei** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 10:23 am

Radeon is the best choice to go with. The 6800 GT sucks on power like Herve Caen sucks on sphincter.

And Half-Life 2 is primed for Radeon cards because of the Catalyst drivers, so w1n for ATi.

ExtremeDrinker · Post by **ExtremeDrinker** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 2:21 pm

Radeon cards also come with HL2...At least they did last year...

I've got my little sticker to send in to get that fucking game when it comes out, at least.

Smiley · Post by **Smiley** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 6:14 pm

ExtremeRyno wrote:Radeon cards also come with HL2...At least they did last year... I've got my little sticker to send in to get that fucking game when it comes out, at least.

Actually most people don't seem to be able to use that coupon... some say it's a scam =/

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 6:24 pm

You had to buy the ATI brand Radeons.

Smiley · Post by **Smiley** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 6:34 pm

S4ur0n27 wrote:You had to buy the ATI brand Radeons.

I don't recall any non-ATI cards sold along with coupons!

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 7:41 pm

That's what I just said : Only the ATI Radeons came along with a coupon, not the Sapphire, HIS, Powercolor, Asus, etc.

Sovy Kurosei · Post by **Sovy Kurosei** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 11:38 pm

Yeah, like I have a PowerColor Radeon 9600. She does me well enough for games like Doom 3, and Half-Life 2, which I am currently installing as we speak.

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HAY GUYZ help me pick out a grafx card, u dig?

Radeon x800 or nVidia 6800 GT?

HAY GUYZ help me pick out a grafx card, u dig?