GeForce Buying Help?

[alva]

Stay away from the 9200 radeon series though, it has many eugh issues .

I, myself, own a 9600 and am very pleased about it, no conflicts, runs like a charm (and it is DX9 ready ).

[MattH]

There really isn't one game that I'm upgrading for... HL2, SC4K, and The Sims II (I know) are coming out, and I wanted better fps in UT 2003- and maybe be able to get Unreal.

I was surfing Googlegear one day and I hit the "graphics card" button. I was so suprised to see a decent 256MB card for the same price I paid for my current Raedon. T

RE: Atahualpa- the cash for a R9800, but that's what I really want. Maybe it will go down in price when the 10000 series or whatever is coming now gets on the shelves.

[Sava]

bah, ever since I had two ****ty ATI cards, I've stuck with the GeForce series... they've been reliable, fast, and very affordable...

[Sirotnikov]

I have recently purchased GeForce FX 5600 128MB and i like it plenty

Vice City and Ron run perfectly

[Provost Harrison]

Well if we were comparing a GF5900 with the 9800, the former is faster, the latter better image quality...so it is, basically, take your pick - they are within pissing distance of one another...

[mrmitchell]

I have no advice to give after I shamed myself by buying 512MB or RAM that wasn't compatable with my computer. Anyone want 512 MB sdram for AMD Thunderbird/Duron newer motherboards?

Most stores have a return policy that'll let you take it back if you goofed up on your own (though it's still recommended that you study up first, if just to save time.) ...But, finding out that they did have one would be doubly shaming wouldn't it?

The 9800 Pro 128 and the 9800 Pro 256 perform EXACTLY the same!

The idea is that future games will use up all the 256mb and start begging for more before ye know it.

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by mrmitchell



The idea is that future games will use up all the 256mb and start begging for more before ye know it.

by that time either the chipset will be showing it's age and/or the price of the board will have come down

[mrmitchell]

Originally posted by reds4ever


by that time either the chipset will be showing it's age and/or the price of the board will have come down

Yeah. I'd wait until Doom3 and HL2 came out before buying a new board--just to see exactly what it is they require, and prices for what they require will have gone down by then, too.

[MattH]

I'm NOT going to buy a Raedon 9800 of GeForce FX 5900.
The money just doesn't exist- that $400 is 1/2 the cost of my current new computer.

How long do you estimate the FX 5600 will last (before it becomes obsolete)?

[chequita guevara]

I'm still using a TNT2.

[reds4ever]

Depends what you mean by obsolete, unless the games you are playing NOW are suffering perfomance-wise, every month you can wait before you upgrade will save you money, no matter what board you choose

[MattH]

Yeah, well how good does it play UT 2003?

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by MattH
Yeah, well how good does it play UT 2003?

It doesn't, but I figure I won't be playing that game for about three years anyway.

[Neutrino]

I've heard that the 256MB versions use slower RAM, so maybe the only performance gains will be in apps that are very graphics-intensive.

I'm in the process of building a new PC too and still deciding on which graphics card to get .. so far I have my eye on the Radeon 9600pro. However, next month ATI and nVidia plan to release new mainstream boards, so maybe that'll drive down the prices of the current mainstream ones.

[MattH]

Alright. I can wait.