well my tax checks are in, and the new ati card is out. so what card should i buy? 2900 looks to be a bit lacking in preformance, but could better driver help them out? 8800gts 640 look to be a great card, but is the 8900 right around the corner? i dont want to get burned again (yeah i got a 7800 right before they released the 7900). what im thinking is a 8800 on rental from compusa, untill the smoke clears. what would you get????
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What DX10 card will you buy??
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rental?
I would to like to know
Seconded. Rental?
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Those are the kind of people who ruin a good return policy for everyone.
i dont abuse it, i just use it.
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I got the BFG 8600 GTS. For a couple of reasons:
1: The [H] review. Good OC, quiet and good performance
2: Price. Spent ~198 on it (BBY employee discount+BFG discount)
3:Fits what I do for gaming. Good speed with out of the box OC. I like to get the newest games soon after they come out, but since I have a 17"LCD, I don't need to spend the money on a card for higher resolutions.
4: Lifetime warranty. Tough to beat.
5: Cool running. Maybe not as cool as the ATI X2600 will be, but cool enough.
5.5: Single slot cooler. I never want to buy a card with a dual slot cooler. I think they are cop-outs for lazy engineering and lazy design.
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1: The [H] review. Good OC, quiet and good performance
2: Price. Spent ~198 on it (BBY employee discount+BFG discount)
3:Fits what I do for gaming. Good speed with out of the box OC. I like to get the newest games soon after they come out, but since I have a 17"LCD, I don't need to spend the money on a card for higher resolutions.
4: Lifetime warranty. Tough to beat.
5: Cool running. Maybe not as cool as the ATI X2600 will be, but cool enough.
5.5: Single slot cooler. I never want to buy a card with a dual slot cooler. I think they are cop-outs for lazy engineering and lazy design.
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8800GTS 320MB!!!!!
but i have a samgsung 204b 16 x 12 native, so im not sure 320mb of vram is enough for the newer games that will be coming out.
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I am not going to buy any. The GPU market sucks more than a gay vampire right now.
ATI is counting on previous fanism of their series to sell these, just like nVIDIA did for the puke FX series. You may want to read the HardOCP review and conclusion on these before spending your hard earned dough.
Oi! If I had to buy a card today I would pick up the 8800 GTS 640. Mature product, great price, excellent performance. If I were to wait a while I would pick up the 2900XT after a price drop, and refined drivers as I am confident the 2900XT has a good amount of headroom in it that we haven't seen yet.
A couple things though...
1.) I really like the idea of the 8800 GTS having 640MB of memory V.S. the 512 on the ATI 2900XT. It's not a huge difference , but I am sure looking forward that extra memory will help.
2.) I am hesitant on buying any R600 derived card because of ATI's track record with hardware refreshes. I base this on the release of the X1800 series of cards, and only a few short months later we were given the X1900 series which blew the X1800 generation right out of the water. Essentially they fixed all the issues plaguing the X1800 series, released the X1900 and had a real winner on their hands. I feel that this will be the case again with the X2900. I am pretty sure we will see a R600+ refresh sooner than you think. Don't count ATI out just yet.
yeah but the 2900 has over 100 GB/sec and the 8800 only has 64 GB/sec. so im not sure if the extra 128 helps that much.
i dont agree with that. thx though.