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Skrying said:
Sure it is.Win95 doesn't need anymore than 512MB of RAM.
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June 21, nVidia Next Gen Video Card Launch?
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Sure it is.Win95 doesn't need anymore than 512MB of RAM.
USMC2Hard4U
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I know I will be getting one 7800GTX. I think SLI is overrated and dont think for what I do I will ever need it, Since my monitor will not do more than 1280x1024. And I hate Anti Alising, I think I will be ok with 1 GTX.
My 9700Pro is still good though, but I think she needs to be layed to rest.
My 9700Pro is still good though, but I think she needs to be layed to rest.
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I can't blame you for wanting to get your hands on the latest tech. I've always wanted too, but never had the money. So I settle for midrange.
Running a Venice 3000@2.4GHz and a 6600GT PCI-E in WIndows XP64 playing Far Cry with 2Gb of RAM is still an awesome experience, though. At 1024x768@100Hz with high settings, there's no chugging or choppiness.
Running a Venice 3000@2.4GHz and a 6600GT PCI-E in WIndows XP64 playing Far Cry with 2Gb of RAM is still an awesome experience, though. At 1024x768@100Hz with high settings, there's no chugging or choppiness.
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Skrying said:
The original poster needs to listen to what this man is saying. I think several people in this thread have said it already More memory WILL give you a MUCH MUCH better gaming excperience than a new graphics card.
As for a matching stick, who said it needs to match? You can buy a 512 stick of DDR400 Corsair memory on the egg for $39.85
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I think AA is pretty stupid. Get rid of the "jaggies" which I dont notice anyway. When I play fast paced games I dont care how the wall or celing look, if they are jagged or not, of course they will its a computer game, But I just want ultimate smoothness so I can kill that bastard before he shoots me.OrionNT said:Spend $500 on a video card and hate AA??
I really dont care how the game looks as long as it runs good.
Plus, I will settle for no less than my max monitor res and absolute highest in game details. But I dont need FSAA and Ansicopic filtering to any other enhancements like that, I think its cool that they are their but not for me at all.
USMC2Hard4U said:
I agree about AA when you're at a high resolution. But I must have my AF. I LOVE AF and I must have it whenever possible.
Main reason? It helps me when aiming in games.
I'm a hardcore gamer (I play in leagues go to CPL tournments etc) and most of the time I play at max details 1024x768 with 2xAA and 16xAF. Its what works best for me. I cant go up to a high resolution or it makes heads to small and any lower and the jaggies do distract my eyes.
To each their own. My cousin loves to play without AA because for some reason he says with it on it makes the game feel "unnatural" to him.
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I only use AF in Counter Strike. It seems to be the only game i can notice it on
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Skrying said:
lol if you're so concerned with easier headshots, instead of spending $500 more on a new videocard, spend 200 for this very nice refurbed 22in CRT i found on pricewatch. You'll cheese your pants with how big the heads are.
LMAO
https://www.azatek.com/details.asp?iid=603
edit: whoops it's a pull, not a refurb
SatinSpiral said:lol if you're so concerned with easier headshots, instead of spending $500 more on a new videocard, spend 200 for this very nice refurbed 22in CRT i found on pricewatch. You'll cheese your pants with how big the heads are.
LMAO
https://www.azatek.com/details.asp?iid=603
edit: whoops it's a pull, not a refurb
I instead spent $300 on a nice LCD and $300 on a nice video card = yay fun.
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Krycek1 said:
OK buddy! Whatever you say.
Battlefield 1942, Farcry, and UT2004 weren't night and day back then when I upgraded to 1GB. All my imagination!Dude it's been gig time for months now. With prices at what they are at and the whoas of shitty clocking gig packs long gone... well you live in whatever world you want to.
"Once again, the numbers don't quite meet reality head on. While using our setup with 512MB, we experienced lots of chugging due to the large textures swapping between system memory and the hard drive."Krycek1 said:
From the first link. So basically... you post a link that contradicts what you say. Well, at least you did all the work for us when it comes to proving you wrong.
I am buying 2 gb of Geil RAM from newegg for 180 come thursday Newegg is about to get richer here on thursday:
Shuttle SN25P
A64 4000+ San Diego
2gb Geil DDR400 RAM
74 gig Raptor
Sapphire X850XT
NEC DVD Burner
Viewsonic VP191B
EDIT: thought about getting the 7800 GTX but size, heat, and power is my concern. Plus no dual slot pushing hot air out of the case action
Newegg is about to get richer here on thursday:Shuttle SN25P
A64 4000+ San Diego
2gb Geil DDR400 RAM
74 gig Raptor
Sapphire X850XT
NEC DVD Burner
Viewsonic VP191B
EDIT: thought about getting the 7800 GTX but size, heat, and power is my concern. Plus no dual slot pushing hot air out of the case action