Looking around for a new video card...

[Imran Siddiqui]

Ah to have the money for a new computer. I guess I'll have to stick it out for a few years . Though at least I'm not hurting TOO bad (probably will be able to 'play' HL2 on 1024 with some of the bells and whistles off).

[Adagio]

Originally posted by Asher
The 9600 Pro, definitely.

DX9 support is a HUGE plus.

Ok, since nobody else has said anything, it'll probably be this one then...


But is there any difference if I take "Club 3d" or "Hightech"?

The "Club 3D" is much cheaper
And those few who have posted on mentioned site, has all said both cards are great

[Adagio]

Here's the difference... didn't notice until now

Memory Clock: 400MHz
RAMDAC: 400MHz
Core Clock: ?
Type: AGP 2x/4x/8x

Memory Clock: 600MHz
RAMDAC: 2x400MHz
Core Clock: 400MHz
Type: AGP 4x / 8x

How much difference does those make? I don't know much about HW

[Asher]

RAM is a huge bottleneck in video card performance, the 600MHz RAM will be quite a bit faster.

[Adagio]

They just updated the site. Now it says it's only a 400MHz clock


I just ordered the card short time ago... should arrive tomorow

[Adagio]

I just got the Radeon 9600 Pro installed and tested in 3dMark:

2001: 9007
2003: 3033

Shouldn't this be much more?

I got the newest drivers installed...


I haven't tested in games yet...

[SpencerH]

My new Dell has a Radeon 9800. It seems to work quite well except for one little problem (that I have forcefully mentioned to Dell)....


The ****ing card heats up and crashes while playing RoN. I have to take the side off and have a big house fan blowing on the card to keep it going.

[Adagio]

I have now experienced several problems with it:

When adding my 250 GB Maxtor Firewire/USB2.0 HD it acts really strange. When using Firewire it can't find my HD, can't install drivers... When using USB2.0 I can find the HD, and it works... though uses very much CPU:



As you can see it uses very much CPU power when opening "My Computer", and copying also takes up very much...


It was completely impossible to have WinAmp 3 running, then the CPU useage would be 100%, but there's no problems running WinAmp 2.91

[Adagio]

And by posting last msg, the CPU useage went to 100% for short time...

When doing nothing it keeps around 10-25%


When moving the mouse around the screen, the useage goes from 25-50%

[alva]

Just tested it.:
2000XP
756DDR
Radeon 9600PRO

2003: 3034

[alva]

As you can see it uses very much CPU power when opening "My Computer", and copying also takes up very much...

I sometimes have the problems, even right-clicking can take ages but this was even so before installing the 9600.
Some sites suggest it has to do with the updates from MS (no link)

[Adagio]

I have had those problems before, but only once in a while... now it's constantly

[Adagio]

On a side note:

Before I installed this card, I once in a while (once every week or so) I hear some "screaming" sound coming from my computer. I don't know from where it comes from, but I have had this ever since I installed the GeForce 3 TI200

During the last few hours, after installing the new card, I have heard this "scream" 3-4 times...

[alva]

A fan in desperate needs of some oil?
Could be that they are touching something.

Else: Run Away !!!!

[Adagio]

I found the firewire problem I guess... as I touched it, it fell out... Why didn't it do this why I was inserting the card?

But this doesn't explain the high useage of CPU power


I couldn't find anything else touching anything else... the fan seems to work just fine...