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Found my new video card!
I REALLY didn't want to order a video card off the internet, but I most stores close to me carry either cheap cards or hi end cards, nothing in between. Well, I went to Best Buy, and I found an ATI Radeon 8500, 64M DDR, VGA, DVI, and S Video out for $124! And this isn't with any rebates that I probably wont ever get. I plan on getting it tomarrow, unless someone tells me a major flaw with those cards, or with my chipset and that card(Via KT133a)
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Re: Found my new video card!
Sounds like a good deal to me. From what I've heard the 8500's are a good card. I think they make a 128 meg version. I would see if you can get that and / or how much extra it is. Thumbs up on the find.
I got a GF4 MX440 for 122.25 off the net. Not the best card but just right for my budget. :) Wish I saw the 8500 that you found. |
Re: Found my new video card!
I was about to get a GF4 MX440... I found an Abit model for $100 even. I'm glad I found this one though. The site that had the GF4 was very unclear on what I was getting...
And about the 128M version, it's about $299. If not that much, much for then I want to spend. And either way, I'll probably have a new computer within a year, so I don't need the top of the line card. |
Re: Found my new video card!
Good choice...I get a score of about 4600 on the 3dMark2001SE benchmarks. I've seen 8500's score well over 8000 on the test. :( I want to return my card and get one of them.
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Re: Found my new video card!
WOW!!! I didn't think it was this good!!!
7559 3D Marks :o (1024x768x32bit, compressed textures, pure HW T&L, no antialiasing) Much higher then my 3000 score with my GF2 GTS. I do like the card so far, but I see things that may get on my nerves soon. Like, I don't see a way to completely disable the flicker filter(but the quality is quite nice...) I'm also a bit suprized that I can't watch a DVD on my TV while doing somthing else on my other screen. I know our computer a school with can do this(between 2 monitors) but it's not that big of a deal... |
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